System and method for displaying an acceptance status

• US 20060184874A1
• Filed: 02/11/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kimiya, Takuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/207
• 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

A method of parsing a markup-language document includes detecting, in a markup-language document, a start of a first data node of a first node type and identifying a first data definition associated with the first node type. The first data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type. The method further includes adding a first entry associated with the first data node to a data structure and reading, from the markup-language document, contents of the first data node. The method also includes determining a status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the contents read from the first data node and indicating the status of the first data node on a graphical user interface.

Claims

1. A method of parsing a markup-language document, comprising:

detecting, in a markup-language document, a start of a first data node of a first node type;

identifying a first data definition associated with the first node type, wherein the first data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type;

adding a first entry associated with the first data node to a data structure;

reading, from the markup-language document, contents of the first data node;

determining a status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the contents read from the first data node; and

indicating the status of the first data node on a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the status of the first data node comprises determining an acceptance status of the first data node wherein the acceptance status indicates whether one or more of the defined contents of the first data definition have been read from the first data node, and wherein indicating the status comprises indicating the acceptance status of the first data node GUI.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reading, from the markup-language document, additional contents of the first data node;

determining an updated status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the additional contents; and

indicating the updated status of the first data node on the GUI.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein indicating the updated status comprises changing a color associated with text indicating the status of the first data node on the GUI.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein reading contents of the first data node comprises:

identifying a start of a second data node within the first data node, wherein the second data node is a child node of the first data node;

incrementing an occurrence count associated with child nodes of the first data node; and

reading, from the markup-language document, contents of the second data node; and

wherein determining the status of the first data node further comprises determining the status of the first data node based on the occurrence count.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second data node has a second node type and further comprising:

identifying a second data definition associated with the second node type, wherein the second data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type;

reading, from the markup-language document, contents of the second data node; and

determining an acceptance status of the second data node based on the second data definition, wherein the acceptance status of the second node indicates whether one or more of the defined contents of the second data definition have been read from the second data node; and

wherein determining the status of the first data node comprises determining an effective acceptance of the first data node based on the acceptance status of one or more child nodes of the first data node.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

reading, from the markup-language document, additional contents of one of the first data node and the second data node;

determining an updated effective acceptance of the first data node based on the first data definition and the additional contents; and

indicating the updated effective acceptance of the first data node on the GUI.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein indicating the updated effective acceptance comprises changing a color associated with text indicating the effective acceptance on the GUI.

9. Logic for parsing a markup-language document, the logic encoded in media and operable when executed to:

detect, in a markup-language document, a start of a first data node of a first node type;

identify a first data definition associated with the first node type, wherein the first data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type;

add a first entry associated with the first data node to a data structure;

read, from the markup-language document, contents of the first data node;

determine a status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the contents read from the first data node; and

indicate the status of the first data node on a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

).

10. The logic of claim 9, wherein the logic is operable to determine the status of the first data node by determining an acceptance status of the first data node, wherein the acceptance status indicates whether one or more of the defined contents of the first data definition have been read from the first data node, and wherein the logic is operable to indicate the status by indicating the acceptance status of the first data node.

11. The logic of claim 9, the logic further operable to:

read, from the markup-language document, additional contents of the first data node;

determine an updated status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the additional contents; and

indicate the updated status of the first data node on the GUI.

12. The logic of claim 11, wherein the logic is further operable to indicate the updated status by changing a color associated with text indicating the status of the first data node on the GUI.

13. The logic of claim 9, wherein the logic is operable to read contents of the first data node by:

identifying a start of a second data node within the first data node, wherein the second data node is a child node of the first data node;

incrementing an occurrence count associated with child nodes of the first data node; and

reading, from the markup-language document, contents of the second data node; and

wherein determining the status of the first data node further comprises determining the status of the first data node based on the occurrence count.

14. The logic of claim 13, wherein the second data node has a second node type and wherein the logic is further operable to:

identify a second data definition associated with the second node type, wherein the second data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type;

read, from the markup-language document, contents of the second data node; and

determine an acceptance status of the second data node based on the second data definition, wherein the acceptance status of the second node indicates whether one or more of the defined contents of the second data definition have been read from the second data node; and

wherein determining the status of the first data node comprises determining an effective acceptance of the first data node based on the acceptance status of one or more child nodes of the first data node.

15. The logic of claim 14, wherein the logic is further operable to:

read, from the markup-language document, additional contents of one of the first data node and the second data node;

determine an updated effective acceptance of the first data node based on the first data definition and the additional contents; and

indicate the updated effective acceptance of the first data node on the GUI.

16. The logic of claim 15, wherein the logic is operable to indicate the updated effective acceptance by changing a color associated with text indicating the effective acceptance on the GUI.

17. A system for parsing a markup-language document, comprising:

a memory operable to store markup-language documents;

a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) operable to display a status of one or more data nodes based on information received from a processor; and

the processor operable to;

detect, in a markup-language document, a start of a first data node of a first node type;

identify a first data definition associated with the first node type, wherein the first data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type;

add a first entry associated with the first data node to a data structure;

read, from the markup-language document, contents of the first data node;

determine a status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the contents read from the first data node; and

indicate the status of the first data node on the GUI.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is operable to determine the status of the first data node by determining an acceptance status of the first data node, wherein the acceptance status indicates whether one or more of the defined contents of the first data definition have been read from the first data node, and wherein the processor is operable to indicate the status by indicating the acceptance status of the first data node on the GUI.

19. The system of claim 17, the processor further operable to:

read, from the markup-language document, additional contents of the first data node;

determine an updated status of the first data node based on the first data definition and the additional contents; and

indicate the updated status of the first data node on the GUI.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further operable to indicate the updated status by changing a color associated with text indicating the status of the first data node on the GUI.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is operable to read contents of the first data node by:

identifying a start of a second data node within the first data node, wherein the second data node is a child node of the first data node;

incrementing an occurrence count associated with child nodes of the first data node; and

reading, from the markup-language document, contents of the second data node; and

wherein determining the status of the first data node further comprises determining the status of the first data node based on the occurrence count.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the second data node has a second node type and wherein the processor is further operable to:

identify a second data definition associated with the second node type, wherein the second data definition specifies defined contents of the first node type;

read, from the markup-language document, contents of the second data node; and

determine an acceptance status of the second data node based on the second data definition, wherein the acceptance status of the second node indicates whether one or more of the defined contents of the second data definition have been read from the second data node; and

wherein determining the status of the first data node comprises determining an effective acceptance of the first data node based on the acceptance status of one or more child nodes of the first data node.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the processor is further operable to:

read, from the markup-language document, additional contents of one of the first data node and the second data node;

determine an updated effective acceptance of the first data node based on the first data definition and the additional contents; and

indicate the updated effective acceptance of the first data node on the GUI.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the processor is operable to indicate the updated effective acceptance by changing a color associated with text indicating the effective acceptance on the GUI.