System and method for document and data validation

• US 20050246159A1
• Filed: 04/30/2004
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Horn Interactive, Inc. (Synnex Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Configurecode, Inc.
• Inventors: Perla, Jesse, Dulin, Oleg, Canaran, Vishvas T.
• Granted Patent: US 7,451,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/226 Validation

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention generally relates to a method of processing data. The method includes receiving a multi-language document and determining a profile associated with the multi-language document. The method also includes determining associated schemas and rule files with the profile and applying said associated schemas and rule files to the multi-language document.

Claims

1. A method of processing data, the method comprising:

receiving a multi-language document;

determining a profile associated with the multi-language document;

determining associated schemas and rule files with the profile; and

applying said associated schemas and rule files to the multi-language document.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining an anomaly based on a data item contained in the multi-language document not matching a condition specified in the rules files.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

appending the anomaly to a list of anomalies.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

presenting the list of anomalies in a single format.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

appending a return path tag for the anomaly in the list of anomalies.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining an anomaly based on the multi-language document not conforming to at least one associated schema.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein determination of the profile associated with the document further comprises:

creating a database of schemas and rule files;

analyzing a test document for the multi-language document; and

linking the associated schemas and rule files based on the analysis of the test document.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

storing the document profile in a profile database.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein determination of the profile associated with the document further comprises:

parsing the multi-language document;

analyzing a namespace of an associated metadata of the document; and

selecting the profile based on the namespace.

10. A system for processing data, comprising:

a schema database configured to store schemas and rules files;

a profile database configured to store document profiles; and

a validation component configured to receive a multi-language document, determine a profile for the multi-language document, and determine associated schemas and rules with the profile.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the validation component is further configured to apply the associated schemas and rules to the multi-language document.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the validation component is further configured to determine an anomaly based on a data item contained in the multi-language document not matching a condition specified in the rule files.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the validation component is further configured to append the anomaly to a list of anomalies.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the validation component is further configured to format the list of anomalies for presentation is a predetermined format.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the validation component is further configured to append a return path tag to the multi-language document for the anomaly in the list of anomalies.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein the profile database is adapted to receive the profile based on an analysis of a test document associated with the test document.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the profile defines links between the associated schemas and rule files of the test document.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the validation component is further configured to parse the document and to determine a name space for the multi-language document based on the parsing of the multi-language document.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the validation component is further configured to select the profile based on the name space.

20. A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, the one or more computer programs implementing a method of processing data, the one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:

receiving a multi-language document;

determining a profile associated with the document;

determining associated schemas and rule files with the profile; and

applying said associated schemas and rule files to the multi-language document.

21. The set of instructions according to claim 20, further comprising:

determining an anomaly based on a data item contained in the multi-language document not matching a condition specified in the rules files.

22. The set of instructions according to claim 21, further comprising:

appending the anomaly to a list of anomalies.

23. The set of instructions according to claim 22 further comprising:

presenting the list of anomalies in a single format.

24. The set of instructions according to claim 21, further comprising:

appending a return path tag for the anomaly in the list of anomalies.

25. The set of instructions according to claim 20, further comprising:

determining an anomaly based on the multi-language document not conforming to at least one associated schema.

26. The set of instructions according to claim 20 wherein determination of the profile associated with the document further comprises:

creating a database of schemas and rule files;

analyzing a test document for the document; and

linking the associated schemas and rule files based on the analysis of the test document.

27. The set of instructions according to claim 26 further comprising:

storing the document profile in a profile database.

28. The method according to claim 20, wherein determination of the profile associated with the document further comprises:

parsing the multi-language document;

analyzing a namespace of an associated metadata of the document; and

selecting the profile based on the namespace.