Schematic and database linking system

A computing system configured to access one or more databases in substantially real-time to identify and link data associated with particular physical components with representations of the particular physical components illustrated in a schematic layout of the physical components in an interactive user interface, the computing system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• one or more parts databases storing entries that each include an identity of a physical component and data associated with the respective physical component;
• a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions configured for execution by the computer processor in order to cause the computing system to:
• access a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a schematic layout of a plurality of physical components;
• parse the image to identify first text in the image;
• compare the first text with identities of physical components that are included in the entries stored in the one or more parts databases;
• identify a first identity stored in the one or more parts databases that matches the first text;
• retrieve, from the one or more parts databases, data associated with a first physical component identified by the first identity in the one or more parts databases;
• create a link in a linkage database between the data associated with the first physical component and one or more of the first text in the digital image or an area in the digital image covered by the first physical component;
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• generate user interface data such that the interactive user interface includes the digital image and a link at one or more of a location of the first text in the digital image or the area covered by the first physical component, wherein the link, when selected, causes the interactive user interface to display the data associated with the first physical component.