US 7,321,896 B1 | ||
Component management system, component management device, and computer-readable recording medium | ||
Tadashi Ohashi, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
Filed on Jul. 27, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/626,965. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 11-273427 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 1999. | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 707—102 [707/4] | 13 Claims |
1. A component management system comprising:
a storage unit storing hardware and firmware related electronic information components as a hardware and firmware component
knowledge database, each hardware and firmware related electronic information component being electronic information generated
during processes including design, development, manufacture, and inspection, of a product,
wherein the hardware and firmware related electronic information components include at least one of a drawing of a hardware
constituting the product, a firmware, a program, a specification, and a contract for the product, as the electronic information,
wherein said hardware and firmware related electronic information components as a variety of electronic information generated
during the processes including the design, development, manufacture, and inspection of the product constitute a hierarchical
structure in which the hardware and firmware related electronic information components are stored according to a numbering
system common to both hardware and firmware electronic information components and added to each hardware and firmware electronic
information component,
wherein said storage unit stores meta-information according to Extensible Markup Language (XML) data expressing the hierarchical
structure of the hardware and firmware related electronic information components, and
wherein said hardware and firmware related electronic information components constituting said product are at a same management
level;
a server which manages the hardware and firmware component knowledge database stored in said storage unit; and
at least one client, which is connected to said server via a network, and accesses a a desired hardware and firmware related
electronic information component from said hardware and firmware related electronic information components constituting the
hierarchical structure based on the meta information.
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