1. A computer program product for handling context control information, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause at least one data processing apparatus to provide a context control interface, the context control interface comprising: a context name field that is arranged and configured to identify a working context; one or more attribute name fields that are configured to identify one or more attributes that define the working context; and one or more attribute value fields that are arranged and configured to correspond to the attribute name fields and to define one or more values for the attribute name fields, wherein the attribute name fields and the corresponding attribute value fields are mapped to a first set of fields in a first application and are mapped to second set of fields in a second application and the attributes and the values populate the first set of fields and the second set of fields such that the working context is persistent across the first application and the second application, wherein the first application differs from the second application.