JP5113303B2 - Information processing apparatus, program, storage medium, and display control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device, a program, a storage medium, and a display control method. More specifically, the content of an actual instance object is managed, displayed, and edited, and simultaneously managed and displayed simultaneously with a schema definition that defines an object configuration. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a program, a storage medium, and a display control method that can display and edit the contents of an instance object.

  As an application field of the present invention, for example, there is an application to a method for displaying and editing a document described in an XML format. The format of these structured documents is basically composed of nested parts enclosed by <tag> </ tag>, and the structure for each tag type is defined in advance by schema definition. At this time, if a portion surrounded by a certain tag is considered as an object, an attribute can be described in <tag>, so the method of the present invention can be applied. In addition to this, the scope of application as an object is wide, and any structure can be applied as the object of the present invention as long as the structure is defined and a hierarchical structure is exhibited. For example, whether it is an organization, a component configuration, or folder management, the structure and configuration can be defined and applied as an object of the present invention as long as it can be illustrated in a hierarchical structure. it can.

  Conventionally, expressing a parent-child relationship of an instantiated object in a tree structure is generally performed because it is intuitively easy to understand. For example, it is clear from a file list screen of a personal computer. The same applies to editing software for an XML document, which is one of structured documents, and the parent-child relationship of instantiated objects is generally represented by a tree structure.

  However, in such software, the actual instance object structure and the object schema definition structure are displayed separately. For this reason, when adding a new object to the tree structure of the instance object, it is necessary to select the object type from the schema. Specifically, a method of selecting an object from the tree structure of the schema and dropping it into the tree structure of the object, displaying the types of objects that can be held below the selected object in a form like another palette, There are methods for selecting and reflecting objects from there.

  FIG. 18 shows a method of separately displaying the structure of a conventional instance object and the structure based on the schema definition of the object, and is an example of a language MPEG-7 editing application in which XML is extended. Here, the schema is displayed on the left side 2001 of the screen, and the contents of the instance object are displayed on the upper right part 2002 of the screen. In the lower right part 2003 of the screen, objects that can be held by the currently designated Classification are listed. In this application, the contents of the object are edited while selecting and adding and deleting from the lower right part 2003 of the screen.

  However, according to the above conventional technique, the structure of the actual instance object and the structure based on the schema definition of the object are displayed separately. To add a new object in the tree structure of the instance object, the structure is displayed separately. Since there is a need to search the schema for the target object type from the schema, there is a problem that the operability is poor, the work is complicated, and the efficiency is lowered. In particular, when the hierarchy of objects to be added / changed is multi-layered, or when there are many types of objects with similar names, there is a problem that work efficiency is remarkably lowered.

  In addition, according to the above conventional technique, although the schema definition can express the structure of each object in a straightforward manner, it does not form an instance, so the positional relationship of each object in the tree structure hierarchy is difficult to understand. There was a problem that operability and work efficiency were lowered.

Specifically, the following schema definition is taken as an example.
1. Object A has one object B.
2. Object B has one object C.
3. Object C has one or more objects A.
When this schema structure is displayed by a conventional method, three structures having the objects A, B, and C as roots are arranged, but it is difficult to understand that the object A is circularly referenced.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an information processing apparatus, a program, and an information processing apparatus that can be displayed intuitively in an easy-to-understand manner by combining the structure of the instance object and the structure based on the schema definition, It is an object to provide a storage medium and a display control method.

In order to solve the above-described problem and achieve the object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is configured to input a value to the object based on a value input process to the object displayed on the screen. The first display control means for updating the displayed object and displaying it on the screen, and when an object of the same type as the object is displayed on the screen, based on the deletion process for the object to which the value is input, If the display of the object for which the value is input is deleted from the screen, and the object of the same type is not displayed on the screen, the value is input based on the deletion process for the object for which the value is input. Second display control means for updating the object to an object for which no value has been input and displaying the object on the screen. And butterflies.
Further, an information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention updates an object to an object to which a value is input and displays the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen. When the first display control means and an object for which the same type of value as the object for which the value is input are displayed on the screen, based on the deletion process for the object for which the value has been input, When an object for which a value has not been input is displayed and the display of the object for which the value has been input is deleted from the screen, and an object of the same type as the object for which the value has been input is not displayed on the screen, Based on the deletion process for the object for which the value has been input, the object for which the value has been input has not been input. It characterized in that it comprises a second display control means for updating the object displayed on the screen, the.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for updating the object to an object to which a value is input and displaying the object on the screen based on a process for inputting a value to the object displayed on the screen. When an object of the same type as the object is displayed on the screen when the display control means is displayed on the screen, the display of the object with the value input is deleted from the screen based on the deletion process for the object with the value input. If the same type of object is not displayed on the screen, the object to which the value has been input is updated to an object to which the value has not been input based on the deletion process for the object to which the value has been input. The second display control means for displaying on the screen is for causing the computer to function.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for updating the object to an object to which a value is input and displaying the object on the screen based on a process for inputting a value to the object displayed on the screen. When an object for which a value of the same type as the object for which the value has been input is displayed on the screen, the value is determined based on a deletion process for the object for which the value has been input. When an object that has not been input is displayed and the display of the object that has been input with the value is deleted from the screen, and an object of the same type as the object that has been input with the value is not displayed on the screen, the value Based on the deletion process for the object that has been entered, the object that has been entered the value is not entered A second display control means for displaying on the screen is updated to objects, it is for causing a computer to function with.

  A storage medium according to another aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable medium storing the above program.

Further, in the display control method according to another aspect of the present invention, the first display control means updates the object to the object to which the value is input based on the value input process to the object displayed on the screen. The first display control step for displaying on the screen and the second display control means, when an object of the same type as the object is displayed on the screen, based on the deletion process for the object to which the value is input If the display of the object to which the value is input is deleted from the screen and the object of the same type is not displayed on the screen, the value is determined based on the deletion process for the object to which the value is input. A second display control step of updating the input object to an object for which no value has been input and displaying the updated object on the screen. And features.
Further, in the display control method according to another aspect of the present invention, the first display control means updates the object to the object to which the value is input based on the value input process to the object displayed on the screen. When the first display control step for displaying on the screen and the second display control means are displaying on the screen an object for which the same type of value as the object for which the value is input is displayed, Based on the deletion process for the object for which the value is input, the object for which the value is not input is displayed, and the display of the object for which the value is input is deleted from the screen, and the object for which the value is input If an object of the same type is not displayed on the screen, the value is entered based on the deletion process for the object for which the value is entered. A second display control step of displaying on the screen to update the objects that are not object is a value input, characterized in that it comprises a.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability and work efficiency of editing the contents of an object.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for illustrating the outline of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the object editing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of modules constituting the object content structure editing software shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a management state on the memory according to the schema definition example of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen in which the management state of FIG. 4 is displayed by the object content structure display module. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen in which the object “CreationMetaInformation” repeatedly appears. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an object selected in the options and display icon examples of objects of other options. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing setting of attribute values in the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of “instance addition” in the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of “instance addition” in the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where a dummy object MediaDuration indicating a possibility is added as an existing instance. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where a dummy object MediaDuration indicating a possibility is added as an existing instance. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of deleting an existing object. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of selection change of an existing object. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display screen according to another embodiment. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display screen according to another embodiment. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which the present invention is applied to an organizational structure design tool. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of separately displaying the structure of a conventional instance object and the structure based on the schema definition of the object.

Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, a program, a storage medium, and a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(Outline of the present invention)
(Configuration of the object editing device of the present embodiment)
(Operation example of this embodiment)
(Other embodiments)
A detailed description will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings in this order.

(Outline of the present invention)
In the present invention, the content structure of each object is represented by a parent-child relationship of a tree structure composed of zero or at least one object, and the attributes and object types that each object can have for each type of object. It manages, displays, or edits the content structure of objects defined by the schema definition. That is, when an object is composed of zero or more attributes and zero or more other objects, and the attributes and object types that can be possessed according to the object type are defined in advance by the schema, the actual configuration of the object Content is managed in combination with its definition information (schema definition), and it is visualized and displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for editing.

  The present invention relates to a technique for displaying the contents of an object as an actual instance by using this, facilitating the editing, referring to the contents by outputting an editing result, and saving and reusing the contents. At the same time, it manages schema information that defines the object structure and displays it in an easy-to-understand manner.

  For example, in the present invention, the structure of the instance object and the structure based on the schema definition are combined and displayed intuitively and easily.

Although the schema definition simply represents the structure of each object, it does not form an instance. For example, consider the following definition:
1. Object A has one object B.
2. Object B has one object C.
3. Object C has one or more objects A.

  As described above, when this schema structure is displayed by the conventional method, three structures having the objects A, B, and C as roots are arranged. However, in such a display, since the object C has the object A, it is difficult to understand that the object A is circularly referenced.

  In order to solve this, in the present invention, the schema structure and the structure of the instance object are displayed in combination. At this time, basically, when there is no instance object, only the schema structure is displayed. However, when the display hierarchy level is 4, the display method of the present invention is as shown in FIG. It is close to the structure of the sample instance and is intuitive and easy to understand. If the display hierarchy level is increased here, B and C are repeated under the object A (Object A in the figure) according to the number of levels.

(Configuration of the object editing device of the present embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an object editing apparatus to which the object content structure management method, the object content structure display method, and the object content structure editing method according to the present embodiment are applied. Here, an XML object editing editor will be described as an example of the object editing device.

  A computer 101 that serves as an object editing device includes a CPU 201 that executes processing based on software that will be described later, a ROM 202 that stores a boot program, a RAM 203 that is used as a work area of the CPU 201, and various input operations. Keyboard 204 and mouse 205 for performing, display device 206 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display having a display screen for displaying the content structure of the object, the object content structure management method of the present invention, and the object content structure display The object content structure editing software 207 for realizing the method and the object content structure editing method, the hard disk 210 storing various other application programs and data, and a network via a network (not shown). Interface unit 211 such as various drivers for transmitting / receiving data to / from an external device connected to the computer 101, a recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, CD-ROM, MO, and DVD, and a network adapter And a bus 212 for connecting the above-described units.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of modules constituting the object content structure editing software 207 shown in FIG. 2, and an object content reading module 301 for reading object content described in binary or text from a recording medium or the like, An object schema definition reading module 302 that reads an object schema definition from a recording medium or the like, and an object content and object schema definition input via the object content reading module 301 and the object schema definition reading module 302 to display the object content structure Content structure display module 303 and edit module 304 for editing the content structure of the object displayed by the object content structure display module 303 , Composed of the object content recording module 305 to output the content structure of the object after editing the display or editing module 304 in the object content structure display module 303 on the recording medium.

(Operation example of this embodiment)
In the above configuration, the object editing apparatus according to the present embodiment operates as an XML object editing editor including MPEG-7 attribute description editing. First, the object schema definition and the object contents are read from the recording medium via the object content reading module 301 and the object schema definition reading module 302, and managed on the memory (RAM 203 or hard disk 210). In this example, both the schema definition and the contents of the object are read from the recording medium, but only the schema definition may be read and an object may be newly created. Further, if it is not particularly necessary to dynamically change the operation in accordance with the schema definition, the schema definition may be fixed and may not be read from the recording medium.

  An example of input data (object content structure) input by the object content reading module 301 is shown below.

<MovieMmcLogicalContent id = "MovieTool">
<CreationMetaInformation id = "">
<Classification id = "">
<PackagedType CSLocation = "file: ///PackageType.csv">
aaa
</ PackagedType>
</ Classification>
</ CreationMetaInformation>
</ MovieMmcLogicalContent>

Next, the schema definition will be described with a specific example.
The following (1) to (8) show conceptual representations of part of the schema definition used in the present embodiment. The structure of the object is managed according to this schema definition. Unless otherwise specified, a plurality is not possible.

(1) Definition of MovieMmcLogicalContent The following objects may be possessed as objects. Note that attributes are omitted.
・ IPR
・ CreationMetaInformation
・ UsageMetaInformation
・ MediaTime

(2) Definition of CreationMetaInformation The following objects may be possessed as objects. Note that attributes are omitted.
・ Creation
・ Classification
・ RelatedMaterial

(3) Definition of Classification Items that may be held as objects are as follows. Note that attributes are omitted.
・ Genre
・ Multiple PackagedType possible ・ Purpose
・ AgeClassification
・ MarketClassification

(4) Definition of PackageType There is nothing that could be held as an object. The attributes are as follows.
・ ControlledTerm :: CSName
ControlledTerm :: CSTermID
ControlledTerm :: CSLocation
ControlledTerm :: CTermElement

(5) Definition of MediaTime The following may be held as an object. Note that attributes are omitted.
-Either MediaTimePoint or MediaRelTimePoint or mediaRelIncrTimePoint-Either MediaDuration or MediaIncrDuration

(6) Definition of MediaTimePoint There is nothing that could be held as an object. The attributes are as follows.
・ Year
・ Month
・ Day
・ Hour
・ Min
・ Sec
・ Frame

(7) Definition of RelatedMaterial Items that may be held as objects are as follows. Note that attributes are omitted.
・ MediaType
・ MediaLocator
・ MediaInformation
・ CreationMetaInformation (* Note the repetition)
・ UsageMetaInformation

(8) Other detailed definitions are omitted.

  Next, FIG. 4 shows a management state in the memory according to the schemas (1) to (8), and FIG. 5 shows a display screen 501 displayed by the object content structure display module 303. In FIG. 4, the selected object (instance object) is represented by a halftone dot in order to facilitate the explanation. Reference numerals 401, 403, 406, and 407 in the figure correspond to instance objects.

  Here, the parent object is “MovieMmcLogicalContent” 401, and the four objects that “MovieMmcLogicalContent” 401 may have as objects are “IPR” 402, “CreationMetaInformation” 403, “UsageMetaInformation” 404, “MediaTime”. ”405. In addition, the selected object and other candidate options are a group of relationships when viewed from the parent node. Although it is conceivable to prepare special objects for representing these groups, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a list of options is prepared for the objects, and the selected object represents this group. The form managed in the child list of the parent node is adopted.

  In the display screen 501 of FIG. 5, a node indicating an existing instance object is indicated by an icon “present”, and a node indicating an object type that is not actually held but can be held is an icon “empty”. Indicated by Specifically, object nodes corresponding to reference numerals 401, 403, 406, and 407 in FIG. 4 are indicated by the icon “present” 502, and non-existent object nodes such as reference numerals 404 and 405 in FIG. “Empty” 503 is displayed.

  Next, a state where the object “CreationMetaInformation” 602 repeatedly appears will be described with reference to the display screen 601 of FIG. Here, since the hierarchical level is 3, three levels from the “present” node are displayed, and the lower levels are not displayed. The designation of this hierarchical level can be input by selecting a dialog screen by clicking a predetermined icon (not shown).

  Next, with reference to the display screen 701 in FIG. 7, an example of display icons of the object selected in the options and the objects of other options will be described. Here, “MediaTimePoint” 702 is selected from “MediaTimePoint” 702, “MediaRelTimePoint” 703, and “MediaRelIncrTimePoint” 704, and it can be seen from the “present” icon 702A that this is an actual instance. Further, the two subsequent objects 703 and 704 can be seen as options by the “Select” icon 702B.

  In this example, there are still another option groups “MediaDuration” 705 and “MediaIncrDuration” 706, and “MediaDuration” 705 is selected by default, both of which are dummy objects that indicate possibilities and exist. It is not an instance.

  Next, setting of attribute values will be described with reference to the display screen 801 in FIG. When the time of “MediaTimePoint” 802 in FIG. 8 is corrected in the dialog 803 and the Up button 804 is clicked, it is reflected in the actual data.

  When an “add instance” is instructed by designating an existing object “PackagedType” 902 from the display screen 901 in FIG. 9 and clicking the Add button 904, as shown in the display screen 901 in FIG. Another instance object 903 is created under “PackagedType”. Since a plurality of “PackagedType” can exist under “Classification”, this instruction can be made. However, for example, since “Classification” itself cannot exist under “CreationMetaInformation”, the Add button does not become active.

  Next, a case where a dummy object MediaDuration indicating possibility is added as an actual instance will be described with reference to the display screen 1101 of FIG. First, when MediaDuration 1102 is specified, “Add” is instructed by inputting an attribute value and clicking the Up button 1103, an instance object is added as MediaDuration 1202 as shown in the display screen 1201 of FIG.

  In addition, if an existing object displayed with a “present” icon on the display screen is specified and “delete” is instructed by clicking the Ers button, the “present” icon is changed to an “empty” icon, The corresponding object is deleted. For example, if “CreationMetaInformation” is an actual object, “CreationMetaInformation” is designated and clicked on the Ers button 1302, and “CreationMetaInformation” 1303 is displayed with an “empty” icon as shown in FIG. . That is, “CreationMetaInformation” is deleted and becomes a dummy object indicating the possibility, and is displayed with an “empty” icon.

  Next, for example, when “MediaRelIncrPoint” 702 is designated on the display screen 701 in FIG. 7 and “selection change” is instructed, “MediaTimePoint” 702 that has been selected so far, as shown in FIG. “MediaRelIncrPoint” 703 becomes “Yes” instead. At this time, “MediaRelIncrPoint” 703 is actually selected as the instance object.

  Next, an example in which the object content edited by the object editing apparatus of the present embodiment is output as MPEG-7 by the object content recording module 305 is shown below. The contents of the object are stored in a recording medium for reuse at a later date.

<LogicalContent id = "MovieTool">
<MediaTime>
<MediaTimePoint>
2000-1127T06: 35: 03: 0F30
</ MediaTimePoint>
<MediaIncrDuration timeunit = "P0DT0H0M0S1N30F">
379200
</ MediaIncrDuration>
</ MediaTime>
<CreationMetaInformation id = "">
<Classification id = "">
<PackagedType CSLocation = "file: ///PackagedType.csv">
aaa
</ PackagedType>
<PackagedType CSLocation = "file: ///PackagedType.csv">
abc
</ PackagedType>
</ Classification>
</ CreationMetaInformation>
</ LogicalContent>

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, not only the objects having the parent-child relationship are managed in a list, that is, not only the parent-child relationship of the actual instance but also the structure of the object based on the schema definition in one list. Since the instance object structure and the schema definition structure are combined and displayed in an intuitive and easy-to-understand manner, the operability and work efficiency can be improved.

  In addition, the parent-child relationship of an instantiated object is generally expressed in a tree structure, and the types of objects that may be held below the selected object are represented by palettes. The form of displaying in the form is also an existing method. However, in the conventional method, since the types of objects that can be held are not known unless an object is selected, the listability is insufficient. In addition, since the type of object that can be a candidate for only one stage as a child of an actual object is unknown, there is a problem in that it is impossible to know what to have unless the tree structure indicating the schema is referenced separately. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the object type that can be held as a child object is represented as a node in the tree structure at the same time, so that the actual object structure is defined simultaneously with the object structure defined in the schema. To solve this problem.

  In addition, when the same type of object appears twice in the parent-child relationship displayed as a hierarchical structure of the object structure, the same repetition may occur forever and may not be displayed. In the embodiment, this problem is avoided by determining the display hierarchy level, and the user can dynamically specify the display hierarchy level as necessary, so that an orderly and easy-to-understand display is possible.

  Further, as described above, in the present embodiment, the selected object and other options are visualized in an easy-to-understand manner, and the attributes of the other options are clear, so that the selection is easy.

  Furthermore, when the types and relationships of objects in the schema definition are complex, a large number of objects may be displayed. In this embodiment, it is possible to find a necessary object in such a case.

  In addition, since it is possible to confirm at a glance what object attribute the attribute value is, the attribute value can be easily edited, which is effective when editing a required attribute value.

  In addition, if you want to have multiple objects, add or delete objects, you can operate without having to check the schema definition to see if it is possible. Even if the ancestor of the designated dummy object is also a dummy object, all necessary objects (series) can be instantiated by one operation, so that operability is good. Note that in the case of the conventional palette method, only candidate objects possessed by real objects are displayed, so this is impossible.

  Furthermore, the edited object content is described in a language such as MPEG-7 and saved as a file, so that it can be reused to be edited again, exchanged, searched based on the read information, etc. It can be used for various applications.

(Other embodiments)
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the basic configuration and operation are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, only different portions will be described here.

  15 and 16 show a display screen 1501 according to another embodiment. Here, an object structure display unit 1502A, an instance display unit 1502B, and an attribute editing unit 1502C are provided. The above embodiment is not completely the same because the MPEG-7 schema is changed, but CreationInfoion (changed from CreationMetaInformation), Creation, Relatedmaterial, and the like are arranged. Again, CreationInformation is repeated under RelatedMaterial.

  In the display screen 1501 of FIG. 15, a check box 1503 is added to the display portion 1502 of the tree structure of the object. Here, all the check boxes 1503 are checked.

  In FIG. 16, the check box 1601 of one choice 1602 is unchecked. As a result, the child node displayed immediately below is only an instance, and the empty “CreationInformationRef” 1510 shown in FIG. 15 is not displayed.

  By the way, the instance display unit 1502B displays the actual instance, and the tag body (eg, aaa part of <aaa bbb = "sss" ccc = "ttt"> xxx </ aaa>) is input and edited by clicking the mouse. To do.

In the above example, the attribute editing unit 1502C is a tabular window as shown below.
bbb sss
ccc ttt
When sss and ttt are input and edited, the contents are reflected in the instance display section 1502B.

  The object structure display unit 1502A increases or deletes (instantiates or deletes) the existence of the object itself in a window for displaying the object structure. The result is reflected in the instance display unit 1502B.

  Next, information regarding objects displayed on the attribute editing unit 1502C will be described. Displays information about the object next to the object as a character string. However, since the display becomes complicated, only the most necessary items (tag name, type name) are displayed side by side, and other information is displayed in a different place (in the lower left of the screen in the example) with “Type = Value” Display in column format.

The contents to be displayed are as follows.
-Object tag name mpeg7: CreationInformation in Figure 15
-Object type name mpeg7: CreationInformationType in Figure 15
-Possible frequency of occurrence (minimum possible number of occurrences, maximum possible number of occurrences)
MinOccurs = 0 in FIG.
MaxOccurs = Unbounded in Fig. 15 (unlimited meaning)

The above is information determined from the schema. In addition, the following information can be displayed.
-Number of instances of the same type instantiated under the same parent

  In the above configuration, by selecting the check box 1503 with a check mark, by preparing ON / OFF, it is possible to hide / not create a possibility object unnecessary for the user. Thereby, memory can be saved. In this case, the point that the listability is lost (if you don't check it, you can't see the bottom) can be solved by preparing a menu that shows how many levels of the specified node are checked.

  In addition, if this method is adopted, it is possible to create a substructure at the on-demand timing internally.

Here, the rules of the display operation of the present embodiment will be briefly described.
a. Display using check boxes Check boxes for objects
OFF: Only instance objects (existing) are displayed immediately below.
ON: Directly below it, all possible objects are displayed in addition to the instance object (Yes)

b. The meaning of +-is the same as the conventional tree display.
+ Child node exists but not expanded
-An unmarked end node that has no children and has no children

c. The meaning of air is the same as before.
Yes Instance that actually exists Empty Object indicating possibility

  As the generation timing of the structure of the object structure display unit 1502A in FIG. 15, all the potential objects (empty) under the check box are generated when the check box is turned on in order to increase memory efficiency. All potential objects (empty) are erased when they turn off.

  In the conventional method, the possibility objects for the designated level hierarchy are automatically generated from the top regardless of the display state of the tree. However, in the present embodiment, for example, the possibility object that is not necessary this time is used. Can efficiently use memory by dynamically creating and destroying as needed.

In the display screens of FIGS. 15 and 16, the following d. ~ E. A change in the display screen when the above process is completed will be described.
d. Node changed to existence (instancing)
At this time, in the case of a node that can have a plurality of nodes that have changed to the existence, another node that is the same as that of itself is made empty, is set as a sibling, and is attached next to itself. Next, when instantiating the same type of node, instantiate this sky. As long as the maximum number that can exist is not exceeded, emptying occurs again at this timing.

  On the other hand, in the case of a node that cannot exist in multiple numbers, you are only included. The sky does not increase.

e. Deletion of node In the case of a node that can exist in plural, the above d. The opposite of. When you delete “Yes”, there should be one other sky of the same type. Delete yourself (the sky will always remain). The deletion target must be present. Finally, it is sufficient that at least one node indicating the possibility remains. If a node cannot have more than one, it just empties itself.

By the way, the “object” targeted by the present invention may be anything as long as its structure is defined by rules and attributes and other objects are managed. Therefore, as other applicable embodiments, the present invention can be applied to the organization chart and the part drawing in exactly the same manner. For example, the following examples are given.
・ Display and edit of class hierarchy and attribute object ・ Display and edit of organization chart and parts chart

  FIG. 17 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to an organization structure design tool. Here, groups such as each section, each section, and each person in each organization chart of each company correspond to objects of the present invention.

  The object content structure management method, object content structure display method, and object content structure editing method of the present invention described above are realized by executing a program prepared in advance according to the procedure described in the above description on a computer. Can do. This program is provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, or a DVD. Or it can be distributed over a network.

101 Computer (object editing device)
207 Content Structure Editing Software 301 Object Content Reading Module 302 Object Schema Definition Reading Module 303 Object Content Structure Display Module 304 Editing Module 305 Object Content Recording Module

Claims (13)

First display control means for updating the object to an object to which a value is input and displaying the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen;
When an object of the same type as the object is displayed on the screen, the display of the object input with the value is deleted from the screen based on the deletion process for the object input with the value, and the same type If the object is not displayed on the screen, the object with the value input is updated to an object with no value input and displayed on the screen based on the deletion process for the object with the value input. Second display control means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   First display control means for updating the object to an object to which a value is input and displaying the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen;
  When an object for which the same type of value as the object for which the value has been input is not displayed, the object for which the value has not been input based on the deletion process for the object for which the value has been input And the display of the object in which the value is input is deleted from the screen, and the object of the same type as the object in which the value is input is not displayed on the screen, the object in which the value is input A second display control means for updating the object in which the value is inputted to an object in which the value is not inputted and displaying the object on the screen based on the deletion process for
  An information processing apparatus comprising: The second display control means, when the object is an object of a type that can be displayed in plural on the screen, based on the deletion process for the object to which the value is input or the deletion process for the object of the same type, the information processing apparatus according to display the deletion process is performed objects to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that to remove from the screen. The second display control means deletes the display of the object that has been subjected to the deletion process from the screen based on the deletion process for the object to which the value is input or the deletion process for the object of the same type. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 . The second display control means, when the object is a kind of object that cannot be displayed in plural on the screen, based on the deletion process for the object to which the value is input, the object to which the value is input the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 to update the object value is not input and displaying on the screen. The first display control means and the second display control means display on the screen so as to be able to determine whether or not the object to be displayed is an object that can have one or more lower layer objects. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the information processing apparatus is characterized in that: The first display control unit and the second display control unit expand the one or more lower layer objects when the object to be displayed is an object that can have one or more lower layer objects. It is displayed distinguishably the screen or is displayed without expanding or displaying Te information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein. The structure of the object and the object of the same type includes an attribute,
The value, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the attribute value of the attribute. First display control means for updating the object to an object to which a value is input and displaying the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen;
When an object of the same type as the object is displayed on the screen, the display of the object input with the value is deleted from the screen based on the deletion process for the object input with the value, and the same type If the object is not displayed on the screen, the object with the value input is updated to an object with no value input and displayed on the screen based on the deletion process for the object with the value input. Second display control means;
Program to make the computer function.   First display control means for updating the object to an object to which a value is input and displaying the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen;
  When an object for which the same type of value as the object for which the value has been input is not displayed, the object for which the value has not been input based on the deletion process for the object for which the value has been input And the display of the object in which the value is input is deleted from the screen, and the object of the same type as the object in which the value is input is not displayed on the screen, the object in which the value is input A second display control means for updating the object in which the value is inputted to an object in which the value is not inputted and displaying the object on the screen based on the deletion process for
  Program to make the computer function. A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 9 or 10 . A first display control step in which the first display control means updates the object to an object to which a value is input and displays the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen;
When an object of the same type as the object is displayed on the screen, the second display control means displays the object input with the value based on the deletion process for the object with the value input. If the object of the same type is not displayed on the screen, the object with the entered value is updated to an object with no entered value based on the deletion process for the object with the entered value. And a second display control step for displaying on the screen,
A display control method comprising:   A first display control step in which the first display control means updates the object to an object to which a value is input and displays the object on the screen based on an input process of a value to the object displayed on the screen;
  When the second display control means displays on the screen an object for which the same type of value as the object for which the value has been input is displayed, based on the deletion process for the object for which the value has been input, When an object for which a value has not been input is displayed and the display of the object for which the value has been input is deleted from the screen, and an object of the same type as the object for which the value has been input is not displayed on the screen, A second display control step of updating the object with the value input to an object with no value input and displaying it on the screen based on the deletion process for the object with the value input;
  A display control method comprising:

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