Management Apparatus and Method for Managing Data Elements
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorEgon Wuchner
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for identifying relationships between data elements stored in a storage system are provided. A common check-in procedure of related data elements is analyzed, and an additional database is provided for storing information of data elements that have been checked-in together. Based on an analysis of information stored in the additional database, an indication may be automatically generated and provided to a user in order to give a hint for related data elements.
Claims20
A management apparatus for managing a plurality of data elements of a code base of a software system, the management apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a plurality of data elements;
- a memory configured to store the plurality of received data elements;
- a database configured to record link data specifying data elements that have been received together by the receiver;
- a requesting device configured to receive a request for reading a requested data element being stored in the memory;
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- an identifying device configured to identify a further data element related with the requested data element based on the link data stored in the database.
A data storage and management system, comprising:
- a management apparatus for managing a plurality of data elements of a code base of a software system, the management apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive the plurality of data elements;
- a memory configured to store the plurality of received data elements;
- a database configured to record link data specifying data elements that have been received together by the receiver;
- a requesting device configured to receive a request for reading a requested data element being stored in the memory;
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- an identifying device configured to identify a further data element related with the requested data element based on the link data stored in the database;
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- a user terminal configured to send a data element to the management apparatus and to receive a data element from the management apparatus upon request.
A method for managing a plurality of data elements of a code base of a software system, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of data elements;
- storing the plurality of received data elements in a memory;
- recording link data in a database, the link data specifying data elements that have been received together;
- receiving a request for reading a requested data element stored in the memory;
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- identifying a further data element related with the requested data element based on the link data stored in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.