Specifications automation system and method

• US 20110289120A1
• Filed: 03/18/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bentley Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bentley Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Gorbaty, Leon
• Granted Patent: US 8,849,873 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/805
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/956 Hierarchical

Abstract

A method of leveraging XML (eXtensible Markup Language) Technology, or similar modeling languages such as ontology definition languages, to provide attribution and multi-node data modeling, object orientation, classes, and linkage capabilities of such languages and technologies, specifically for authoring new and translating existing technical specifications in such a way that the base text content is augmented with additional information such as metadata, in such a way that other sub-specifications, data sheets, inspection and quality assurance documents, etc., do not need to be written separately, but instead become logical sub-components of the governing specifications themselves.

Claims

1. A method of automatically generating specification data models that are rich with both standard and custom metadata according to industry, company, and user requirements for multiple related purposes, said method comprising the steps of

a) parsing existing documents;

b) or beginning a new blank document in lieu of existing document;

c) referring to a schema to add attributes and metadata;

d) allowing the user to edit content and metadata in convenient, simultaneous views in computer application;

e) allowing the user to select relationships and set notifications;

f) allowing the user to configure output document types and publishing requirements;

g) publishing multiple document types simultaneously off related content in datamodel and its metadata.