Method of and an apparatus for displaying version information and configuration information and a computer-readable recording medium on which a version and configuration information display program is recorded

• US 6,301,592 B1
• Filed: 11/04/1998
• Issued: 10/09/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Takahashi, Toru, Aoyama, Yuki, Wakayama, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US09/185,646
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 707/511, 707/515, 707/526, 707/530, 345/329
• US Class Current: 715/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Each time a document or a program source is edited, version information including its version name and creation date is stored in a storage. Configuration information of a plurality of documents and program sources is stored in another storage. The version and configuration information is read from the storages such that information of constituent elements of a project such as documents and program sources is placed in a vertical direction and version information of the elements is placed by use of a creation date as a reference in a horizontal direction for a two-dimensional display thereof. With the configuration, there is provided a display method of clearly presenting to the user a display image in which version information is combined with configuration information.

Claims

1. A version and configuration information display method for use with a document management system including a processor, a storage, and a terminal unit for managing version information of documents and program sources and configuration information including a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources, comprising:

storing, each time a document or a program source is edited, version information including a version name thereof and a creation date thereof in a storage;

storing configuration information of a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources in another storage; and

reading the version information and the configuration information from storage, placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources on a screen of the terminal unit in a vertical direction, and placing and displaying version information of each of the constituent elements thereon by using the creation date as a reference to vertically align between relevant constituent elements and arranged time-sequentially in a horizontal direction.

2. A version and configuration information display method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising using a version as the reference.

3. A version and configuration information display method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources in a tree structure in a vertical direction in accordance with a hierarchic relationship between the constituent elements.

4. A version and configuration information display method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising storing, in the storage, job management information for inspection of a state of writing documents and a state of developing program sources, wherein

the displaying information of constituent elements reads the job management information from the storage and places and displays the job management information on the screen of the terminal unit.

5. A version and configuration information display apparatus for use with a document management system including a processor, a storage, and a terminal unit for managing version information of documents and program sources and configuration information including a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources, comprising:

means for storing, each time a document or a program source is edited, version information including a version name thereof and a creation date thereof in the storage;

means for storing configuration information of a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources in the storage; and

means for reading the version information and the configuration information from the storage;

means for placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources on a screen of the terminal unit in a vertical direction, and placing and displaying version information of each of the constituent elements thereon by using the creation date as a reference to vertically align between relevant constituent elements and arranged time-sequentially in a horizontal direction.

6. A version and configuration information display apparatus in accordance with claim 5, wherein the display means uses a version as the reference.

7. A version and configuration information display apparatus in accordance with claim 5, wherein the display means conducts placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources in a tree structure in a vertical direction in accordance with a hierarchic relationship between the constituent elements.

8. A version and configuration information display apparatus in accordance with claim 5, further including

means for storing, in the storage, job management information for inspection of a state of writing documents as constituent elements and a state of developing program sources, wherein

the display means reads the job management information from the storage and places and displays the job management information on the screen of the terminal unit.

9. A computer-readable recording medium on which a version and configuration information display program of a document management system is recorded, wherein the program executes:

a procedure of storing, each time a document or a program source is edited, version information including a version name thereof and a creation date thereof in a first storage;

a procedure of storing configuration information of a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources in a second storage; and

a procedure of reading the version information and the configuration information from said first storage and said second storage, placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources on a screen of the terminal unit in a vertical direction, and placing and displaying version information of each of the constituent elements thereof by using the creation date as a reference to vertically align between relevant constituent elements and arranged time-sequentially in a horizontal direction.

10. A computer-readable recording medium in accordance with claim 9, wherein the display procedure uses a version as the reference.

11. A computer-readable recording medium in accordance with claim 9, wherein the display procedure conducts placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources in a tree structure in a vertical direction in accordance with a hierarchic relationship between the constituent elements.

12. A computer-readable recording medium in accordance with claim 9, further including

a procedure of storing, in the storage, job management information for inspection of a state of writing documents as constituent elements and a state of developing program sources, wherein

the display procedure reads the job management information from the storage and places and displays the job management information on the screen of the terminal unit.