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,wherein the intersection includes a current revision of the intersection that can be re-identified as an historic revision and a future revision of the intersection that can be re-identified as a new current revision.
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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, wherein the intersection includes a current revision of the intersection that can be re-identified as an historic revision and a future revision of the intersection that can be re-identified as a new current revision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. 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; referencing the second type instance in the intersection using the control for the intersection; creating a future revision of the intersection, the future revision referencing a current revision of the first base and a current revision of the second base; identifying a current revision of the intersection as an historic revision; and identifying the future revision of the intersection as a new current revision. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14)
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