JPH0442337A - Link production method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the link production efficiency by securing the linkage between a processing subject object and an object defined by the link producing conditions as long as the contents of the processing subject object are accordant with the link producing conditions which are previously registered by a user. CONSTITUTION:A link production control means 1 compares a processing subject object 2 with the prescribed conditions (link producing conditions) 3 related to the linkage between the objects registered by a user when the object 2 is edited. When the contents of the object 2 are accordant with the conditions 3, the means 1 secures the linkage between the processing subject object 2 and the object 2 defined by the conditions 3. Thus the objects related with each other can be linked together in an easy and quick way.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a link creation method for linking related objects (=1 digit).

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, hypertext systems have been realized that use hypertext to facilitate the creation, storage, and retrieval of a series of information.

In this hypertext system, a series of information is divided into nodes (basic structural units), and nodes related to each other are divided into nodes.
We have created a so-called "Hypertext I" that links the hypertexts, and this hypertext can be saved and searched.

This allows you to create and edit a series of information on a node-by-node basis, and if you want to search for the desired search target information from the created series of information, you can specify the desired node. Information to be searched can be searched.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in the conventional hypertext system described above, when creating links between objects, the user must consciously link the objects. Therefore, under certain conditions regarding linking between objects, even if it is known that links must be created between objects that meet the conditions, the user may consciously link objects. It took time to create links, and the processing efficiency of creating and editing hypertext was low.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a link creation method that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and allows related objects to be linked easily and quickly.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, in the link creation method according to the present invention, predetermined conditions regarding linking between objects are registered in advance, and when an object registration or editing process is performed, the content of the object to be processed is The content of the object is compared with the conditions, and if the content of the object meets the conditions, the object is linked to the other object that meets the conditions.

[Effect]

In the link creation method according to the present invention, when an object is registered or edited, it is determined whether the content of the object to be processed satisfies a predetermined condition regarding linking between objects; If the condition is met, the object is linked to another object that meets the condition.

Therefore, by registering predetermined conditions, the user does not have to consciously link objects.

〔Example〕

Below, an example of the link creation method according to the present invention is attached (=I
This will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a link creation method according to the present invention.

In the link creation method according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the link creation control means 1 performs object registration (addition) processing, object modification (including modification of attributes within the object, etc.), deletion, etc. When the editing process for the object 2 is performed, the object 2 to be processed is compared with predetermined conditions (hereinafter referred to as link creation conditions) 3 regarding linking between objects registered by the user, and the object 2 to be processed is The content is link creation condition 3
If the conditions are met, link the object to be processed 2 and the object defined in link creation condition 3;
1 digit.

In this embodiment, the link creation condition 3 is "If...
I try to set it in the [if (premise) - then (conclusion)] format.

Here, the link creation conditions 3 registered by the user include conditions (1) to (2) shown below.

Condition ■: Link another object to your own object (put 1 digit).

For example, if an object a has a specified specific attribute a (if), the object a is linked to an object A whose object name is the specific attribute a (then).

Condition ■: Link own object to other object.

For example, if object b has a plurality of specified attributes (if), that object b is linked to object B whose object name is a higher-level attribute that includes each of the attributes (then).

Condition ■: Link multiple objects hierarchically.

For example, if there are multiple objects that satisfy multiple conditions specified such as conditions 1 to 3 (i
f) , linking each object hierarchically (
then).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a hypertext system to which the link creation method according to the present invention is applied. In the figure, a keyboard/mouse control section 11 controls input of data, commands, etc. input from a keyboard 12 and a mouse 13. The disk control unit 14 controls access to a disk device 5 that stores various data such as hypertext and user-registered link creation condition data. The display control unit 16 controls a display device 17, and causes the display device 17 to display a hypertext structure such as a hierarchical type or a network type, and a window corresponding to each node.

The real memory 18 stores data and commands entered manually from the keyboard 12 and mouse 13, as well as link creation condition data loaded from the disk device 15, and data regarding nodes and links. Central processing unit (
The CPU 19 (hereinafter referred to as CPU) performs the function of the above-mentioned link creation control means and also controls each section described in Section 2 above.

Next, the link creation processing operation of the hypertext system will be explained using FIG. 3.

First, the user creates and registers desired link creation conditions according to a predetermined registration format.

In this case, the link creation condition may be 1, or
There may be more than one. This user-registered link creation condition data is stored in the real memory 18, and further stored in the disk device 15 according to a predetermined command.

When the user performs an action related to an object such as registering (adding), modifying, or deleting an object, or changing an attribute within an object (that is, processing such as registering or editing an object), the CPU 19 performs (step 1.00) ), it is determined whether the link creation condition data is registered in the real memory 18 or not in step 1.01. )
, if it is registered, refer to the link creation condition data to determine whether the contents of the object to be processed meet the conditions (Step 1.02); if the contents of the object to be processed match the conditions, A link is created or deleted under the corresponding conditions depending on the content (step 103).

Note that if the link creation condition data is not registered in Step 10 above, if the content of the object to be processed does not meet the link creation conditions in Step 102, or if Step 103 is finished, the object registration by the user. /Determine whether or not there is an instruction indicating the end of the editing process (step 104), and if you want to continue the process, return to step 100 and execute the steps from this step onwards; conversely, if you want to end the process, click the link Finish the creation processing operation.

Next, link creation processing when the object is a node will be specifically explained using FIGS. 4 to 8.

5 to 8 show the hypertext structure (hierarchical structure, network structure) corresponding to the data structure of nodes and links displayed in the window 20 displayed on the display device 17. There is.

Now, it is assumed that the following condition 11■ is set as a link creation condition.

Condition I (corresponding to the above condition (■)) A node whose gender item is female is linked to the node "female".

Condition ■ (corresponds to the above condition ■) A node that satisfies the preconditions that the gender item is female and the year item is 20 or more and less than 30,
Link to the node "Women in their 20s". A concrete example of this is as follows.

"if item gender - female and 20≦item year<30 hen crcaLc 1ink nodenamc: female cr
eat 1 ink nodename: 20's female" Also, when registering a node, register by filling in the necessary information in each item column on a property sheet for node registration as shown in FIG. Note that the node name is entered in the name item field.

First, as shown in Figure 5, node 1 named "female"
, and a node 2 named "woman in her 20s" are registered, these nodes do not meet the above condition 11■, so no link is created.

Next, create a node 3 whose name, gender, and year items each have attribute values of Y child, female, and 18 years old, and name, gender,
If each item in the year has the attribute value of X, female, 35 years old, and node 4 is registered, both node 3 and node 4 meet the above condition I, so as shown in Figure 6, Node 3 and Node 4 as child nodes to Node 1
are linked (link 1, link 2).

Next, each item of name, gender, and year is child A,
If node 5 with the attribute value of female, 24 years old is registered, node 5 conforms to the above conditions I and H, so the 7th
As shown, node 5 is linked as a child node of node 1 and node 2 (link 3 and link 4).

Furthermore, in addition to the above conditions I and H, condition m (the above condition
(corresponding to ``Japanese''), the node ``Female'' is linked to the node ``Japanese'' (Condition 1). The node “Women in their 20s” is linked to the node “Women” (Condition 2).

” is registered. In this state, after the above-mentioned nodes 1 to 5 are registered and linked (the seventh
If node 6 named "Japanese" is registered, node 1, node 2, and Nodoro meet the above condition (■), so as shown in Figure 8, node 1 and node 2 (
(as a child node of node 1) and node 6 (as a child node of node 2) are hierarchically linked (link 5, link 6).

Incidentally, when the nodes shown in FIG. 7 are linked, the data structure becomes, for example, the data structure shown in FIG. 9.

As shown in this structure, node 1 and child node 3 are connected by link 1, node 1 and child node 4 are connected by link 2, and node 1 and child node 5 are connected by link 3. . Further, the node 2 and the child node 5 are connected by a link 4. Links 1 to 4 have attributes such as the node name of the reference point (parent node name) and the node name of the referenced point (child node name).

Here, node 3 (a node whose name, gender, and year items have attribute values of child Y, female, and 18 years old, respectively), which was linked by node 1 and link 1 in accordance with condition I above, is deleted. If so, link 1 is also deleted.

Also, the content of the year item of node 3 changes from "18" to "2".
0'', node 3 will meet the above condition n in addition to the above condition I, so it will also be linked to node 2 (node name: 2nd generation female). Ru.

Next, node 1 and nodes 3 to 5 shown in FIG. 7 are hierarchically linked, but if this is expressed in another structure, the content will be as shown in FIG. 10.

That is, in FIG. 10, a link icon 30 with link information to node 3, a link icon 40 with link information to node 4, and a link icon 50 with link information to node 5 are described for node 1, respectively. has been done. This indicates that nodes 3 to 5 are linked to node 1 as child nodes corresponding to each link icon.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, linking between "node-node" was explained, but if the object in the node is robjectJ, similarly, linking between "node-0" is explained.
between bjeciJ, between robject-node, r 0
It is also possible to link between object and object member j.

As described above, according to this embodiment, if the contents of the object to be processed match the link creation conditions registered in advance by the user, the object and the object defined in the conditions are linked. Therefore, the user only needs to perform operations such as registering, changing, and deleting objects, and changing attributes within objects, and there is no need to perform link-related operations such as creating and deleting links.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, link creation conditions registered in advance by the user are compared with the contents of the object to be processed, and links between objects are created according to the comparison result. The processing efficiency of creating and editing a series of information (for example, hypertext) having a hierarchical structure or network structure can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the link creation method according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hypertext system to which the link creation method according to the invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is a link A flowchart showing the processing operation for creating a link, Figures 4 to 8 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the process of link creation, and Figure 9 shows an example of the data structure of nodes and links shown in Figure 7. The figure shown in FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example when node 1 shown in FIG. 7 is provided with a link icon. 1...Link creation control means, 11...Keyboard/
Mouse control unit, 12... Keyboard, 13... Mouse, 14 Disk control unit, 15... Disk device, 1
6...Display control unit, 17...Display device, 18...
Real memory 19...Central processing unit. Fig. 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a link creation method for linking objects, predetermined conditions regarding linking between objects are registered in advance, and when an object is registered or edited, the contents of the object to be processed are and the conditions, and if the content of the object meets the conditions, the object is linked to another object that meets the conditions. .