JPH0528154A - Document management system construction device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a document management system construction device that allows a user to store a document in a database by simply creating document structure information that defines the structure of a document to be managed. [Structure] The user interface constructing unit 3 constructs a data input screen by analyzing one or more information elements constituting a document and predetermined document structure information a which defines a hierarchical relationship between these information elements. The schema construction unit 2 analyzes the document structure information a and stores the information elements in the schema c.
Is constructed in database b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document management system construction apparatus for storing documents in a database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the cost reduction of computers and computer storage devices, there is an increasing tendency to store documents in a database and digitize them. By storing the document in the database and digitizing it in this way, the document can be easily reused for searching, copying, processing, transmitting, etc., and it is possible to contribute to the improvement of productivity.

A conventional document management system construction apparatus is shown in FIG.
1, the schema construction unit 33, the user interface construction unit 34, the display device 35, the data input unit 36, and the data storage unit 37 are included. The schema definition information p defines a schema for storing a document in the database q. The database q stores documents. The schema construction unit 33 constructs a schema in the database q according to the definition of the schema definition information p. The user interface construction unit 34 creates data input screen data and causes the display device 35 to display the data input screen. The display device 35 displays a data input screen based on the data input screen data created by the user interface construction unit 34. The data input unit 36 inputs data based on a data input screen and an operator's instruction. The data storage unit 37 stores the data input from the data input unit 36 in the database q.

In this conventional document management system construction apparatus, the schema construction unit 33 firstly determines the schema definition information p.
Creates a schema r defined by the in database q. Then, the user interface construction unit 34 creates data input screen data and causes the display device 35 to display the data input screen. Then, the data input unit 36 inputs data based on the data input screen of the display device 35 and the instruction of the operator. As a result, the data storage unit 37 stores the data input from the data input unit 36 in the database q.

[0005]

In the conventional document management system construction apparatus, in order to construct the schema r of the database q, the schema definition information p matching the structure of the document to be managed is created to construct the user interface. Therefore, it is necessary to create the user interface construction unit 34 including a program for creating the data input screen data of the document to be managed. For this reason, it is necessary to perform two different operations of designing the schema definition information p and designing the user interface constructing unit 34, which increases the load on the document manager. Only the structure of the document to be managed is an important concern for the document manager, and the schema r of the database q and the development of the user interface constructing unit 34 are originally only means for managing the document. Instead, a great deal of effort must be put into developing that means.

Further, each time the structure of the document to be managed is changed, the schema definition information p and the user interface constructing section 34 must be changed in two ways, and the increase in load is serious. Has become. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a document management system construction apparatus capable of storing a document in a database simply by creating document structure information in which a user defines the structure of a document to be managed. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a data input screen is constructed by analyzing one or more information elements forming a document and predetermined document structure information defining a hierarchical relationship between these information elements. And a schema construction unit that analyzes the document structure information and constructs a schema storing information elements in a database.

[0008]

The user interface constructing unit constructs a data input screen by analyzing one or more information elements forming a document and predetermined document structure information defining a hierarchical relationship between these information elements. The schema construction unit analyzes the document structure information and constructs a schema for storing information elements in the database.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document management system construction apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This document management system construction apparatus includes a schema construction unit 2, a user interface construction unit 3, and a data input unit 5. And the data storage unit 6
And a display device 7 formed of, for example, a CRT. The document structure information a defines the structure of the document to be managed. The schema construction unit 2 creates a schema based on the document structure information a. The user interface construction unit 3 creates data input screen data based on the document structure information a. The data input unit 5 inputs information elements based on a data input screen on the display screen of the display device 7 and an operator's instruction. The data storage unit 6 stores the information element input from the data input unit 5 in the schema c of the database b. The display device 7 displays a data input screen based on the data input screen data from the user interface construction unit 3.

Next, the operation will be described. The document structure information a is
Created by the document administrator in advance and the primary or
It is stored in the following storage device. This document structure information is
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the structure of each document of "bug report", "new registration report" and "test report" is defined, and the bug report is composed of a new registration report, an analysis report and a correction report. ing. The new registration report is composed of summary, registration date, registrant, software name, version, failure status and test report, and the test report is composed of test date, tester, environment and result. The schema construction unit 2 uses the document structure information a
Based on the above, a schema c as shown in FIG. 3 for storing information elements is constructed in the database b. This schema c
Is the schema of the "bug report" document, which is simply an information element built into the schema. Then, the user interface construction unit 3 arranges a data input field for inputting an information element on the screen based on the document structure information a to display a data input screen for a “bug report” document as shown in FIG. 4, for example. Data input screen data to be displayed is created, and the data input screen is displayed on the display device 7. This data input screen is simply arranged on the screen with data input fields for inputting information elements. Then, the data input unit 5 inputs the information element based on the data input screen of the display device 7 and the instruction of the operator. That is, the data input unit 5 is composed of, for example, a keyboard, a mouse or a voice recognition device, and the operator operates the data input unit 5 while looking at the data input screen of the display device 7 to input data, that is, information elements. As a result, the data storage unit 6
The information element input from the data input unit 5 is stored in the schema c of the database b.

In this way, the document structure information a is interpreted by the schema construction unit 2 and the user interface construction unit 3,
Since the schema c and the user interface are built,
The user defines only the document structure information a, and the labor for constructing the schema c and the user interface can be reduced. (Embodiment 2) The user interface construction unit 3 considers the hierarchical relationship between the information elements defined by the document structure information a, and a menu screen as shown in FIG. 5 and a new registration report input screen as shown in FIG. Data input screen data having a hierarchical structure with the test report input screen as shown in FIG. 7 may be created. (Example 3) The schema construction unit 2 considers the hierarchical relationship between the information elements defined by the document structure information a, and as shown in FIG.
Two schemas of "bug report" and "test report" may be provided, and the schema may be constructed so that the "bug report" to the "test report" are referred to by a pointer. (Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a document management system construction apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. This document management system construction apparatus includes a schema construction unit 12, a user interface construction unit 13, and a data input unit 15. A data storage unit 16, a display device 17, a screen creation information extraction unit 19, a screen image output unit 20, and a printer device 2.
1 and 1. The document structure information d defines the structure of the document to be managed. The screen definition file g has one or more information element identifiers β that represent the information elements defined by the document structure information d, and zero or more layout processing identifiers α that represent the layout on the screen. Schema construction department 1
2 constructs the schema f based on the document structure information d. The user interface construction unit 13 arranges the data input field for inputting the information element represented by the information element identifier β included in the screen definition file g on the screen according to the arrangement processing identifier α included in the screen definition file g, thereby performing the data input. Create the data input screen data to display the screen. The data input unit 15 inputs information elements based on a data input screen on the display screen of the display device 17 and an operator's instruction. Data storage 1
6 stores the information elements input from the data input unit 15 in the schema f of the database e. The display device 17 displays a data input screen based on the data input screen data created by the user interface construction unit 13. The screen creation information extraction unit 19 creates the screen definition file g from the document structure information d. The screen image output unit 20 has a data input field for inputting an information element represented by the information element identifier β included in the screen definition file g.
It outputs a screen image when it is laid out on the screen according to the layout processing identifier α included in the screen definition file g. The printer device 21 prints the output data from the screen image output unit 20.

Next, the operation will be described. Schema construction unit 12
Constructs a schema f, which stores information elements defined by the document structure information d, in the database e. The screen creation information extraction unit 19 represents an information element defined by the document structure information d 1
A screen definition file g as shown in FIG. 10 having one or more information element identifiers β and zero or more layout processing identifiers α representing the layout on the screen is created from the document structure information d. This screen definition file g is a screen definition file necessary for constructing the data input screen of FIG. 4 from the document structure information of FIG. The user interface construction unit 13 arranges the data input field for inputting the information element represented by the information element identifier β included in the screen definition file g on the screen according to the arrangement processing identifier α included in the screen definition file g.
Create the data input screen data to display the data input screen. The data input unit 15 inputs information elements based on a data input screen of the display device 17 and an operator's instruction. That is, the data input unit 15 is composed of, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or a voice recognition device, and the operator operates the data input unit 15 while looking at the data input screen of the display device 17 to input data, that is, information elements. As a result, the data storage unit 16
Stores the information element input from the data input unit 15 in the schema f of the database e. The screen image output unit 20 uses the information element identifier β included in the screen definition file g.
The printer device 21 displays a screen image when the data input field for inputting the information element represented by is arranged on the screen according to the arrangement processing identifier α included in the screen definition file g.
Output to.

In this way, the screen creation information extraction unit 19 creates the screen definition file g, the screen image output unit 20 outputs the screen image to the printer device 21 according to the screen definition file g, and the user interface construction unit 13
Creates the data input screen data, the effect that the image of the data input screen built by the user interface building unit 13 can be printed by the printer device 21 in addition to the effect of the document management system building device of the first embodiment. .

In the fourth embodiment, the screen definition file g is referred to by the user interface construction unit 13 and the screen image output unit 20, but, for example, instead of the screen image output unit 20, the screen image communication unit is used. Is provided
The screen image may be transferred to another information processing device. In this way, instead of directly constructing the data input screen from the document structure information d, by creating the screen definition file g that once defines the screen configuration and performing various operations according to the description, other than the data input screen construction. Can do various jobs.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the user interface construction units 3 and 13 are configured to exist in the same information processing device as the data storage units 6 and 16, but the present invention is limited to such a configuration. Not something. That is, the screen definition file g created by the document structure information d prepared in the first information processing apparatus is transferred to the second information processing apparatus, and the user interface construction unit prepared in the second information processing apparatus. The data input screen is displayed on the display device 17 on the second information processing device by means of 13, and the information element input there is transferred to the data storage unit 16 in the first information processing device. It can be stored in the database e in the first information processing apparatus. With this configuration, it is possible to obtain an effect that a document can be input from a remote place. Of course, the document structure information d
Similarly, even if the schema f is constructed by the schema construction unit 12 prepared on the first information processing apparatus, the document construction information d is transferred to the first information processing apparatus. The effect of is obtained.

In each of the above embodiments, the data is stored in the database using one document structure information. However, a plurality of types of document structure information are stored in the storage device, and the document structure information is stored according to the type of document. May be selected and used.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, one or more information elements forming a document and predetermined document structure information defining a hierarchical relationship between these information elements are analyzed to input data. Since the user interface construction unit that constructs the screen and the schema construction unit that analyzes the document structure information and constructs the schema that stores the information elements in the database are provided, the user simply defines the document structure information. Schema construction and user interface construction are automatically performed. Further, when the document structure is changed, it can be dealt with only by changing the document structure information, and there is no need to change the design of the schema or the design of the user interface. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to eliminate an increase in the load on the document manager when constructing the schema and the user interface.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document management system construction apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of document structure information adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a schema adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a schema adopted in the document management system construction device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a document management system construction apparatus according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of document structure information adopted by the document management system construction apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a conventional document management system construction apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Schema construction department 3 User interface construction section 5 Data input section 6 Data storage 7 Display device 12 Schema construction department 13 User Interface Construction Department 15 Data input section 16 Data storage 17 Display device 19 Screen creation information extraction unit 20 Screen image output section 21 Printer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A user interface constructing unit for constructing a data input screen by analyzing predetermined document structure information defining one or more information elements constituting a document and a hierarchical relationship between these information elements, and A document management system construction apparatus comprising: a schema construction unit that analyzes document structure information and constructs a schema in a database for storing information elements. 2. A user interface constructing unit for constructing a data input screen by analyzing predetermined document structure information defining one or more information elements constituting a document and a hierarchical relationship between these information elements, and A data input unit for inputting information elements from a data input screen, a schema construction unit for analyzing the document structure information and constructing a schema for storing information elements in a database, and an information element input from the data input unit. A document management system construction apparatus comprising: a data storage unit for storing in the database. 3. A screen definition file having one or more information element identifiers representing information elements defined by the document structure information and zero or more layout processing identifiers representing layouts on the screen is created from the document structure information. Equipped with a screen creation information extraction unit,
The user interface construction unit arranges the data input field for inputting the information element represented by the information element identifier included in the screen definition file on the screen according to the arrangement processing identifier included in the screen definition file to display the data input screen. The document management system construction apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the construction is constructed.