Systems and methods for generating and storing referential links in a database
First Claim
1. A system for generating referential document links, comprising:
- a first data storage location operable to store at least one data structure, the at least one data structure including data elements extracted from at least one written document;
a second data storage location operable to store at least one business rule that defines an association between data elements in the at least one data structure; and
a processor coupled to the first data storage location and the second data storage location and being configured to process the data elements in the at least one data structure and generate at least one referential link corresponding to the at least one business rule.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for the generation of referential links according to predetermined association rules are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a first data storage location operable to store at least one data structure and having data elements extracted from at least one written document. A second data storage location stores at least one business rule that defines an association between data elements in the data structure. A processor is coupled to the first data storage location and the second data storage location to process the data elements in the data structure and generate referential links corresponding to the business rule. In another embodiment, a method includes selecting at least one business rule that describes a selected attribute of a written document. The data structure is processed to generate a referential link corresponding to the business rule and stored in a database.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for generating referential document links, comprising:
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a first data storage location operable to store at least one data structure, the at least one data structure including data elements extracted from at least one written document;
a second data storage location operable to store at least one business rule that defines an association between data elements in the at least one data structure; and
a processor coupled to the first data storage location and the second data storage location and being configured to process the data elements in the at least one data structure and generate at least one referential link corresponding to the at least one business rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating referential document links, comprising:
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selecting at least one business rule that describes a selected attribute of a written document;
processing at least one data structure to generate at least one referential link corresponding to the selected business rule; and
storing the at least one referential link in a database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for generating referential document links from a data structure, comprising:
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identifying at least one business rule corresponding to a selected attribute of a written document;
providing information indicating a desired subject matter area;
generating at least one referential link from the data structure corresponding to the identified business rule and the information indicating a desired subject matter area; and
transferring the at least one referential link to a storage device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of developing referential document links for an aircraft maintenance document, comprising:
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selecting at least one business rule corresponding to a selected attribute of the aircraft maintenance document;
accessing a database that includes a plurality of data structures formatted as XML documents;
selecting a portion of the data structures related to a maintenance topic of interest;
generating at least one referential link from the selected portions; and
transferring the at least one referential link to a database. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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