Component dependency tree normalization through contextual dependency

A computer-implemented method for normalizing a component design tree, the method comprising:

• receiving a first request for retrieval of a dependency tree of a version of a component, the first request generated by a client device and comprising a unique identifier of the version of the component as a root version of the dependency tree;
• querying the root version of the component with the unique identifier of the root version of the component;
• initiating assembly of a tree data by, starting at the root version, following a set of dependency references of the version of the component and a set of dependency references of a version of each of a set of sub-components of the component;
• determining a reference drawn to a version of a first sub-component is a contextual dependency, wherein the contextual dependency is dependent on an edge distance from the root version not exceeding a threshold value;
• comparing the threshold value to an edge distance of the version of the first sub-component to the root version;
• generating a normalized tree data comprising the unique identifier of the root version along with unique identifiers of the version of one or more of the set of sub-components by executing a set of computer readable instructions on a computer processor that:
• where the threshold value is exceeded by a value of the edge distance of the version of the first sub-component to the root version, exclude a unique identifier of the version of the first sub-component from the normalized tree data, and
• where the threshold value is not exceeded by the value of the edge distance of the version of the first sub-component to the root version, store the unique identifier of the version of the first sub-component in the normalized tree data;
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• returning the normalized tree data of the root version of the component to the client device;
• receiving a second request for retrieval of one or more workfiles associated with the normalized tree data to assemble a design workspace, wherein the second request comprising the unique identifier of the root version and a set of unique identifiers of the version of the one or more sub-components of the normalized tree data;
• retrieving the one or more workfiles associated with the normalized tree data of the root version from a file repository;
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• returning the one or more workfiles to the client device for assembly of the design workspace.

A system comprising:

• a coordination server comprising:
• a processor of the coordination server,
• a memory of the coordination server,
• a request agent comprising computer executable instructions that when executed on the processor of the coordination server receives a first request for retrieval of a dependency tree of a version of a component, the first request comprising a unique identifier of a user and a unique identifier of the version of the component as a root version of the dependency tree,
• a tree query engine comprising computer executable instructions that when executed on the processor of the coordination server, starting at a root node, follows a set of dependency references of the version of the component and a set of dependency references of a version of each of a set of sub-components of the component to assemble a tree data,
• a tree normalization engine comprising:
• (i) a context dependency module comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the coordination server determines a contextual dependency, wherein the contextual dependency is dependent on an edge distance from the root version not exceeding a threshold value, and compares the threshold value to an edge distance of a version of a first sub-component to the root version;
• (ii) a node selection module of the tree normalization engine comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the coordination server, where the threshold value is exceeded by a value of the edge distance of the version of the first sub-component to the root version, excludes a unique identifier of the version of the first sub-component from a normalized tree data and generates a terminating branch of the dependency tree at the version of the first sub-component, and
• (iii) a tree assembly engine comprising computer executable instructions that when executed on the processor of the coordination server stores the normalized tree data comprising a unique identifier of the root version and a unique identifier of each version of the set of sub-components that is within a continuing branch of the dependency tree;
• a file server comprising:
• one or more workfiles defined in the conflict recognition module further normalized tree data, each workfile comprising an identifier of the workfile and a workfile data, and
• computer readable instructions that when executed on a computer processor of the file server receives a second request for retrieval of the one or more workfiles defined in the normalized tree data to assemble a design workspace;
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• a network.