Method and apparatus for converting data
OwnerMatthew Pitstickinventor
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for converting data from project scheduling tools into UN/CEFACT XML, compiling the UN/CEFACT XML data into a database, and analyzing the project scheduling data from multiple project scheduling tools. The present invention relates to normalizing digital project management data, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for converting data from multiple project scheduling tools into the UN/CEFACT Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema. Additionally, the invention comprises a method for importing the UN/CEFACT XML data into a relational database in which various forms of analysis are performed.
Claims8
A method for analyzing data comprising:
- converting project scheduling data to UN/CEFACT XML;
- importing the UN/CEFACT XML data into a database;
- normalizing the data;
- generating a valid replication of the schedule data in a normalized state;
- and
- calculating metrics.
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