Methods and systems for a compliance framework database schema
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1. A computer-readable storage device storing a data structure, the data structure comprising:
- an authority document table in the computer-readable storage device, including references to a plurality of authority documents; and
a citation table in the computer-readable storage device comprising;
authority document fields, each authority document field to indicate a unique authority document of the plurality of authority documents,guidance fields, each guidance field to indicate at least a noun-verb pair of a citation in one or more of the plurality of authority documents, wherein each noun-verb pair indicated by the guidance fields comprises a pairing between a noun and a verb matched to the noun,citation fields, each citation field to indicate the citation to the noun-verb pair in the one or more of the plurality of authority documents, andcitation ID fields, each citation ID field representing a unique identification for mapping an individual noun-verb pair with at least one of;
the authority document field,the guidance field, andthe citation field that corresponds with the individual noun-verb pair, wherein contents of the citation table are useable by an executing application to;
match one or more nouns associated with an organization with at least one noun-verb pair from the guidance fields; and
convert the matched at least one noun-verb pair into one or more audit questions or directives for analyzing compliance with the at least one noun-verb pair from the guidance fields.
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Abstract
Generating a compliance framework. The compliance framework facilitates an organization'"'"'s compliance with multiple authority documents by providing efficient methodologies and refinements to existing technologies, such as providing hierarchical fidelity to the original authority document; separating auditable citations from their context (e.g., prepositions and or informational citations); asset focused citations; SNED and Live values, among others.
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1. A computer-readable storage device storing a data structure, the data structure comprising:
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an authority document table in the computer-readable storage device, including references to a plurality of authority documents; and a citation table in the computer-readable storage device comprising; authority document fields, each authority document field to indicate a unique authority document of the plurality of authority documents, guidance fields, each guidance field to indicate at least a noun-verb pair of a citation in one or more of the plurality of authority documents, wherein each noun-verb pair indicated by the guidance fields comprises a pairing between a noun and a verb matched to the noun, citation fields, each citation field to indicate the citation to the noun-verb pair in the one or more of the plurality of authority documents, and citation ID fields, each citation ID field representing a unique identification for mapping an individual noun-verb pair with at least one of; the authority document field, the guidance field, and the citation field that corresponds with the individual noun-verb pair, wherein contents of the citation table are useable by an executing application to; match one or more nouns associated with an organization with at least one noun-verb pair from the guidance fields; and convert the matched at least one noun-verb pair into one or more audit questions or directives for analyzing compliance with the at least one noun-verb pair from the guidance fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for analyzing compliance with one or more authority documents, the method comprising:
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accessing an authority document table, including references to a plurality of authority documents, stored at a computer-readable storage device; accessing a citation table, stored at the computer-readable storage device, comprising; authority document fields, each authority document field to indicate a unique authority document of the plurality of authority documents, guidance fields, each guidance field to indicate at least a noun-verb pair of a citation in one or more of the plurality of authority documents, citation fields, each citation field to indicate the citation containing the noun-verb pair in the one or more of the plurality of authority documents, and citation ID fields, each citation ID field representing a unique identification for an individual citation; matching one or more nouns associated with an organization with at least one noun-verb pair from the guidance fields; and converting the matched at least one noun-verb pair into one or more audit questions or directives for analyzing compliance with the at least one noun-verb pair from the guidance fields. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more instances of computer-readable storage media storing a data structure and instructions that, in response to execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for analyzing compliance with one or more authority documents, the data structure comprising:
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an authority document table, including references to a plurality of authority documents, stored at a computer-readable storage device; and a citation table, stored at the computer-readable storage device, comprising; authority document fields, each authority document field to indicate a unique authority document of the plurality of authority documents, guidance fields, each guidance field to indicate at least a noun-verb pair of a citation in one or more of the plurality of authority documents, wherein each noun-verb pair indicated by the guidance fields comprises a pairing between a noun and a verb matched to the noun, citation fields, each citation field to indicate the citation to the noun-verb pair in the one or more of the plurality of authority documents, and citation ID fields, each citation ID field representing a unique identification for an individual citation; wherein the operations comprise analyzing compliance, with the one or more authority documents, including performing a search of the guidance fields in the citations table for at least one distinguished noun-verb pair with an associated citation ID mapped to one or more distinguished authority documents referenced by the authority document table. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
wherein a first distinguished noun represented by a distinguished unique noun identification is linked to at least one of;
a distinguished record example field, a distinguished asset field, or a distinguished configuration setting field; andwherein any second distinguished noun that is represented by the distinguished unique noun identification is also linked to one or more of;
the distinguished record example field, the distinguished asset field, or the distinguished configuration setting field.
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17. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the data structure further comprises a Meta Data portion including:
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live values; and revision fields, each revision field indicating a status of a noun-verb pair in the citation table relative to a previous noun-verb pair having a matching citation ID.
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18. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the data structure further comprises a noun ID table including:
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noun name fields, each noun name field indicating a unique noun name that represents a plurality of occurrences of noun names, in the guidance fields, wherein a first distinguished noun name represented by a distinguished unique noun name is associated with at least one of;
a distinguished record example field, a distinguished asset field, or a distinguished configuration setting field, andwherein any second distinguished noun name represented by the distinguished unique noun name is also linked to one or more of;
the distinguished record example field, the distinguished asset field, or the distinguished configuration setting field; andnoun ID fields, each noun name field indicating a unique ID assigned to each unique noun name.
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19. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein each authority document is a document that provides a basis for an audit of an organization with regard to requirements defined in that authority document.
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20. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein at least one distinguished authority document of the authority documents referenced in the authority document table is associated, in the data structure, with one or more of:
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a published name for the distinguished authority document; an author of the distinguished authority document; a version identifier for the distinguished authority document; a uniform resource locator (URL) for the distinguished authority document;
orany combination thereof.
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