1. A method for deriving software use and software data object characteristics, comprising: determining one or more locations on one or more computer storage devices where one or more configuration and data files associated with computer software components are stored; obtaining one or more attributes associated with said one or more computer software components; issuing one or more commands associated with said one or more computer software components; collecting one or more related information associated with said one or more software computer components resulting from issuing one or more commands; and mapping the one or more attributes and the one or more related information to the computer software components.