METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS DESIGN
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1. An apparatus for managing process design in a computer, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer, including a memory;
a first type instance stored in a database in the memory, the first type instance including a first information about the process design, the first information of a first type;
a second type instance stored in the database in the memory, the second type instance including a second information about the process design, the second information of a second type, where the first type is unrelated to the second type;
an intersection stored in the database in the memory, the intersection designed to correlate the information in the first type instance with the information in the second type instance; and
a control stored in the database in the memory, the control including a third information about a process in the process design, the control operable on the intersection.
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Abstract
A process is managed by creating a future revision of a base. Data are input into the future revision of the base. The future revision of the base is made current, revising the base. A control tracks the authorization of the base revision, storing the authorization of the future revision of the base.
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1. An apparatus for managing process design in a computer, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer, including a memory; a first type instance stored in a database in the memory, the first type instance including a first information about the process design, the first information of a first type; a second type instance stored in the database in the memory, the second type instance including a second information about the process design, the second information of a second type, where the first type is unrelated to the second type; an intersection stored in the database in the memory, the intersection designed to correlate the information in the first type instance with the information in the second type instance; and a control stored in the database in the memory, the control including a third information about a process in the process design, the control operable on the intersection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for correlating information between a first type instance and a second type instance, comprising:
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creating an intersection in a memory of a computer; creating a control for the intersection using a processor in the computer; referencing the first type instance in the intersection using the control for the intersection; and referencing the second type instance in the intersection using the control for the intersection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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