AUTO-GENERATION AND AUTO-VERSIONING OF A MULTI-SOURCED DYNAMIC DOCUMENT

• US 20080235569A1
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kelapure, Rohit D., Thalheimer, Dana R., Brauneis, David N., ARUN, JAI S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,680 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71

Abstract

A computer-implementable method, system and computer media for auto-generating and auto-versioning a dynamic document are presented. In a preferred embodiment, the computer-implementable method includes populating a dynamic document with content from multiple sources. The dynamic document is then version named in accordance with a nomenclature rule that identifies a source and version of content from the multiple sources. In response to a content from one or more of the multiple sources changing at a source, the dynamic document is updated with updated content, and a version name of the dynamic document is updated to reflect the updated content.

Claims

1. A computer-implementable method for auto-generating and auto-versioning a dynamic document, the computer-implementable method comprising:

populating a dynamic document with content from multiple sources;

version naming the dynamic document in accordance with a nomenclature rule, wherein the nomenclature rule identifies a source and version of content from the multiple sources; and

in response to a content, from one or more of the multiple sources, changing at a source, updating the dynamic document with updated content, and updating a version name of the dynamic document to reflect the updated content.

2. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, further comprising:

reading the version name of the dynamic document; and

based on information contained in the version name of the dynamic document, identifying which version of content from the multiple sources populated the dynamic document.

3. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, wherein content of at least one of the multiple sources is another dynamic document.

4. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if an update to the dynamic document has invoked a primary version rule, wherein the primary version rule mandates that a primary nomenclature element in the version name be changed if the dynamic document has been updated more than a predetermined number of times; and

in response to the primary version rule being invoked, renaming the dynamic document to represent that the primary version rule has been invoked.

5. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if an update to the dynamic document has invoked a primary version rule, wherein the primary version rule mandates that a primary nomenclature element in the version name be changed if the dynamic document has been updated by content provided from a specifically defined author; and

in response to the primary version rule being invoked, renaming the dynamic document to represent that the primary version rule has been invoked.

6. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if an update to the dynamic document has invoked a primary version rule, wherein the primary version rule mandates that a primary nomenclature element in the version name be changed if the dynamic document has been updated by content that contains pre-specified content data; and

in response to the primary version rule being invoked, renaming the dynamic document to represent that the primary version rule has been invoked.

7. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, further comprising:

reconstructing a previous version of the dynamic document by populating a reconstructed document with previous content from the multiple sources, wherein the previous content is identified by a previous version name of the dynamic document.

8. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, wherein the nomenclature rule assigns each of the multiple sources a hierarchical number, wherein the version name represents a hierarchical order of the multiple sources, and wherein a major nomenclature change is based on a hierarchical number assigned to a major source.

9. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, wherein content from the multiple sources is copied from the multiple sources and pasted into the dynamic document.

10. The computer-implementable method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic document is a text document.

11. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the data bus; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for auto-generating and auto-versioning a multi-sourced dynamic document by performing the steps of;

populating a dynamic document with content from multiple sources;

version naming the dynamic document in accordance with a nomenclature rule, wherein the nomenclature rule identifies a source and version of content from the multiple sources; and

in response to a content, from one or more of the multiple sources, changing at a source, updating the dynamic document with updated content, and updating a version name of the dynamic document to reflect the updated content.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further configured for performing the steps of:

reading the version name of the dynamic document; and

based on information contained in the version name of the dynamic document, identifying which version of content from the multiple sources populated the dynamic document.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein content of at least one of the multiple sources is another dynamic document.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further configured for performing the steps of:

determining if an update to the dynamic document has invoked a primary version rule, wherein the primary version rule mandates that a primary nomenclature element in the version name be changed if the dynamic document has been updated more than a predetermined number of times; and

in response to the primary version rule being invoked, renaming the dynamic document to represent that the primary version rule has been invoked.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the dynamic document is a computer program.

16. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

populating a dynamic document with content from multiple sources;

version naming the dynamic document in accordance with a nomenclature rule, wherein the nomenclature rule identifies a source and version of content from the multiple sources; and

in response to a content, from one or more of the multiple sources, changing at a source, updating the dynamic document with updated content, and updating a version name of the dynamic document to reflect the updated content.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the executable instructions are further configured for performing the steps of:

reading the version name of the dynamic document; and

based on information contained in the version name of the dynamic document, identifying which version of content from the multiple sources populated the dynamic document.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein content of at least one of the multiple sources is another dynamic document.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computer-usable medium is a component of a remote server, and wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a supervisory computer from the remote server.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computer executable instructions are capable of being provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.