Navigating a software project respository

• US 20080281841A1
• Filed: 05/02/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Kurth, Scott W., Swaminathan, Kishore, Milleker, William N.
• Granted Patent: US 7,853,556 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A system for analyzing a document in a repository is provided. The system receives a document that includes data and a document type. The document type has an associated physical structure. The system determines a logical structure of the document based in part on the data and selects a subset of the data based on at least one of the group including the associated physical structure and the logical structure. The system also stores a document segment that includes the selected subset of the data.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing a document, comprising:

a) receiving a document, the document including data and a document type, the document type having an associated physical structure;

b) determining a logical structure of the document based in part on the data;

c) selecting a subset of the data based on at least one of the group including the associated physical structure and the logical structure; and

d) storing a document segment, the document segment including the selected subset of the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a subset of the data further comprises using an application programming interface to access the subset of data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a document further comprises determining the document type.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the document type further comprises selecting a document type from the group comprising a plain text document, a formatted text document, a presentation with discrete pages or slides, a diagram, a spreadsheet, programming code, a semi-structured document database, a text document with mark-up language tags, and a fully structured relational database.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the document type further comprises analyzing a name of the document.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the document type further comprises determining a category for the document.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein determining a category for the document further comprises selecting a category from the group comprising documents relating to requirements, documents relating to design specifications, documents relating to source code, documents relating to testing, documents relating to defects, documents relating to outstanding issues, and documents relating to additional requests.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting a subset of the data further comprises analyzing the structure of the document.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the subset of the data is a discrete conceptually meaningful piece of information.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein storing a document segment further comprises storing the document segment as a text file.

11. A system for analyzing a document, the system comprising:

a) a receiving tool for receiving a document wherein the document has an associated document type and physical structure;

b) a analyzing tool for determining a logical structure of the document based in part on the data;

c) a segmentation tool for selecting a subset of the data based on at least one of the group including the associated physical structure and the logical structure; and

d) a storing tool for storing a document segment.