US 2004/0177082 A1Published application

Structured data processing apparatus

OwnerKiyoshi Nitta, Yasuo Uemurainventors

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Abstract

A structured data described in a structured description language and a schema data that defines a structure of the structured data, are acquired from an external database. The structured data and the schema data are converted based on schema format conversion instruction information. The structured data and the schema data converted are registered in a database. A tool program and schema resource definition information are registered in a corresponding manner. When a tool program is started, the structured data and the schema data registered in the database are converted into a format suitable for the tool program, based on the schema resource definition information corresponding to the tool program. The structured data and the schema data after this conversion are input to the tool program.

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A structured data processing apparatus comprising:

a structure data acquisition unit which acquires structured data described in a structured description language, and schema data defining a structure of the structured data;
a format conversion unit which converts the structured data and the schema data acquired by the structured data acquisition unit based on schema format conversion instruction information;
a structured data registration unit which registers the structured data and the schema data converted by the format conversion unit in a database;
an analysis tool registration unit which registers a tool program for accessing the database, in which the structured data and the schema data are registered by the structured data registration unit, to conduct a data processing, and schema resource definition information which defines resources of a schema of the structured data input to the tool program so that the tool program corresponds to the schema resource definition information;
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an analysis tool start unit which converts the structured data and the schema data registered in the database according to the schema resource definition information corresponding to the tool program, and which inputs the converted structured data and schema data to the tool program if the tool program is started.

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A structured data processing method comprising:

a structure data acquisition step of acquiring structured data described in a structured description language, and schema data defining a structure of the structured data;
a format conversion step of converting the structured data and the schema data acquired by the structured data acquisition unit based on schema format conversion instruction information;
a structured data registration step of registering the structured data and the schema data converted by the format conversion unit in a database;
an analysis tool registration step of registering a tool program for accessing the database, in which the structured data and the schema data are registered by the structured data registration unit, to conduct a data processing, and schema resource definition information which defines resources of a schema of the structured data input to the tool program so that the tool program corresponds to the schema resource definition information;
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an analysis tool starting step of converting the structured data and the schema data registered in the database according to the schema resource definition information corresponding to the tool program, and inputting the converted structured data and schema data to the tool program if the tool program is started.

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A program which allows a computer to execute a structured data processing method comprising:

a structure data acquisition step of acquiring structured data described in a structured description language, and schema data defining a structure of the structured data;
a format conversion step of converting the structured data and the schema data acquired by the structured data acquisition unit based on schema format conversion instruction information;
a structured data registration step of registering the structured data and the schema data converted by the format conversion unit in a database;
an analysis tool registration step of registering a tool program for accessing the database, in which the structured data and the schema data are registered by the structured data registration unit, to conduct a data processing, and schema resource definition information which defines resources of a schema of the structured data input to the tool program so that the tool program corresponds to the schema resource definition information;
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an analysis tool starting step of converting the structured data and the schema data registered in the database according to the schema resource definition information corresponding to the tool program, and inputting the converted structured data and schema data to the tool program if the tool program is started.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.