1. A method for configuring a field definition document, comprising: configuring a field definition document for one of a plurality of fields used by a computer application to control operational functions of the computer application by defining attributes for a data element of the one of the plurality of fields in the field definition document and defining different attributes for the data element of the one of the plurality of fields in the field definition document; mapping the computer application to the fields; accessing the attributes for the data element of the computer application from the field definition document based on the mapping and at least one first selection criterion; and accessing the different attributes for the data element of the computer application from the field definition document based on the mapping, the at least one first selection criterion, and at least one second selection criterion, wherein each of the first selection criterion and the second selection criterion comprises a project type.