Navigating a software project respository

• US 7,853,556 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2008
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• 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., Milleker, William N., Swaminathan, Kishore
• Primary Examiner(s): Pardo; Thuy N
• Application Number:
  US12/150,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/3, 707/5, 707/694, 707/755, 707/602, 707/625, 715/501.1, 702/20, 705/1.1, 705/7, 705/10
• US Class Current: 707/602
• 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 in a computer system comprising:

a) a backend system of the computer system, receiving, from one document repository of a plurality of document repositories, a document, the document including data and a document type, the document type having an associated physical structure;

b) determining, with the backend system, a logical structure of the document based in part on the data;

c) selecting, with the backend system, one or more conceptually meaningful segments within the document based on at least one of the document type and the physical structure; and

d) storing, in a physical storage medium operatively connected to the back end system, a document segment, the document segment including the selected meaningful segments.

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 the 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, that utilizes one of a plurality of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in a backend system of the system, to receive a document, wherein the document has an associated document type and physical structure, from one of a plurality of document repositories;

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

c) a segmentation tool, that utilizes at least one of the plurality of APIs in the backend system, to identify and select one or more conceptually meaningful segments within the document based on at least one of the document type and the physical structure; and

d) a storing tool for storing, in a physical storage medium operatively connected to the backend system, a document segment.