JPH05290096A - Hypermedia system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute edition such as the generation and elimination of hypermedia. CONSTITUTION:A hypermedia system which extracts operation information showing an operation content which is previously made to correspond to partial information based on an operation instruction as against partial information being a division unit constituting information shown on a screen, and which executes an operation which is previously made to correspond to partial information is provided with a storage part 5 storing operation information 13-15 which are generated by division at every partial information and a storage control part 6 executing update including the addition and elimination of operation information 13-15 stored in the storage part 5 corresponding to updated partial information based on update including the addition and elimination of partial information. Operation information 13-15 are generated by dividing them at every partial information and partial information 9-11 are made to correspond to operation information 13-15 by one to one.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hypermedia system for highly efficient processing such as information retrieval by a computer, and particularly to a hypermedia system suitable for efficiently performing processing such as hypermedia creation and deletion. It is about the media system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For the purpose of improving the operability of computers, for example, "Nikkei Electronics 1
989 4-17 (no. 471) ". 121 ~
146 and “Nikkei Electronics 1991
8-19 (no. 534) ", pp. Hypertext and hypermedia systems have been developed as described in 113-134. In this hypertext, related information is linked to each other, and by following the link to reach the related information one after another, when one is looking at a certain information, the related information is immediately referred to. be able to. For example, paragraphs and chapters,
In a so-called structured document that has a document structure that manages each element divided into sections, by pointing a diagram or paragraph in the document with a mouse, related documents such as explanatory notes or references Can be called. Furthermore, the hypermedia system handles not only sentences but also multimedia such as images and sounds as information.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the structure of document data created by a conventional hypertext creating system and an example of its display. As shown in FIG. 4A, the document data 40 includes a document name, an author name, a creation date, management information 41 indicating the number of divided content parts, and each of the divided documents. The first to eighth content parts 42 to 44 as partial information which is the data body, and the operation information 45 used for mutual linking between the first to eighth content parts 42 to 44.
It consists of In addition, the first to eighth contents section 4
2 to 44 are data bodies of the respective content parts A to H of the document displayed on the display screen 50 shown in FIG. 4B. In this way, one operation information 45 for one document data 40
Is provided. The operation information 5 needs a description for branching to a process corresponding to each of the content parts A to H on the display screen 50 of FIG. For example, the document data 40 is shown in FIG.
From the 1st to 8th in the state as shown in
The operation information 45 describing the operation corresponding to the th contents part 42 to 44 can be represented by the processing procedure shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the contents of the processing procedure based on the operation information in the document data of FIG.
When the content portion A to H in FIG. 4B is pressed by a mouse or the like (step 501), one of the content portions A to H is detected according to the pointing position of the mouse (step 50).
2) Then, the process branches to the process corresponding to the detected content parts A to H (step 503) and the corresponding process is performed (step 50).
4-508). Normally, in hypertext, a search process for a related document is started when a part of the document shown in FIG. 4B is designated by a mouse or the like, and thus the branch process in step 503 is essential. Therefore, such a fixed form process must be created for each document data to be created.

Furthermore, when a new content part is added or an existing content part is deleted or moved, it is necessary to change the branch processing in step 503 in accordance with the addition, deletion, or movement of the document content part. Become. For example, when the displayed content section B43a is deleted in FIG. 4B, the numbers of the content sections after the third content section are shifted in FIG. 4A. That is, in FIG. 4A, the second content portion 43 has a content portion C46 in FIG. 4B.
"3, system configuration ..." is entered, and the third content part is not the content part C46 but the content part D47 of "(1)
“Software configuration ...” is further added to the fourth content section, which is “(2) Hardware configuration ...
In the same manner, "-" will indicate the content that is one step away from that before deletion. On the other hand, the correction of the operation information 45 in FIG. 4A is not sufficient by simply deleting the process for the content portion B in step 505, and the correction shown in FIG. 6 must be performed next. ..

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of the processing procedure based on the operation information corrected with the document data of FIG. Similar to the processing in FIG. 5, when the content portion being displayed is designated by the mouse or the like (step 501), the number of the content portion is detected according to the pointing position of the mouse (step 502), and The process branches according to the detected content part (step 503a) and the corresponding process is performed (steps 504, 506 to 508). But here
The content part B43a in FIG. 4B is deleted, the process in step 505 in FIG. 5 is unnecessary, and the branch process in step 505 in FIG. 5 needs to be modified to the branch process in step 503a. That is, step 50 in FIG.
The process for the content part B in 5 is step 5 in FIG.
The process for the content part C of No. 06, and the process for the content part C in step 506 of FIG. 5 is the process for the content part D.
It is necessary to modify the branch process of step 503 in FIG. 5 so that the contents (A to H) correspond to the contents (A to H).

As described above, according to the conventional technique, the operation information necessary for the link of the created hypermedia exists only for one hypermedia. For that purpose, it is checked whether the mouse is pressed, the number of the content part corresponding to the pressed position is detected, and the process branches according to the number.
A fixed-form process using a sentence or a "case" sentence must be described every time document data is created. Further, the correction of the operation information with respect to the addition or deletion of the content section extends to the branch processing.

[0008]

The problem to be solved is that in the conventional technique, a fixed process for branching to a process according to each content part must be described every time the hypermedia is created. In addition, since the correction of the operation information for the addition or deletion of the content part extends to the branching process, the editing such as the creation or deletion of the hypermedia cannot be efficiently performed. An object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art, eliminate the need for a description of a fixed process for branching to a process corresponding to each content part each time a hypermedia is created, and perform an operation for changing the content part. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hypermedia system capable of efficiently performing editing such as creation and deletion of hypermedia by separating correction of information from branch processing.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the hypermedia system of the present invention is based on (1) an operation instruction for partial information which is a division unit constituting information displayed on a screen. This is a hypermedia system that extracts operation information indicating the operation content previously associated with partial information and performs an operation previously associated with partial information based on the extracted operation information. The storage unit that stores the operation information created as described above and the addition and deletion of the operation information stored in the storage unit corresponding to the updated partial information based on the update including addition and deletion of the partial information. And a storage control unit for performing the update.

[0010]

In the present invention, the operation information is created by dividing the partial information, that is, by the content part, and the partial information and the operation information are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis. For example, in hypertext, operation information is divided and created and stored in correspondence with divided content parts such as paragraphs and chapters.
Then, the operation information corresponding to the content portion designated by the mouse or the like is individually extracted and processed. As a result, it becomes unnecessary to describe a fixed process for branching to a process corresponding to each content part every time the hypermedia is created. Further, the correction of the operation information for the change of the content part (partial information) can be performed separately from the branch processing,
Editing such as creation and deletion of hypermedia can be performed efficiently.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration related to the present invention of a hypermedia system to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a hypermedia processing device that performs processing such as creation and modification of hypermedia according to the present invention, 2 is a display device that displays hypermedia processed by the hypermedia processing device 1, and 3 is
It is an input instruction device for inputting hypermedia such as document data and instructing reference points. Also, the hypermedia processing device 1 includes a display device 2 and an input instruction device 3.
The main control unit 4 that controls the overall operation of the hypermedia processing apparatus 1 including the input / output control of the, and the partial information, that is, the operation information that is created by dividing each content unit according to the present invention is stored. The storage unit 5 and a storage control unit 6 for controlling storage of contents and operation information in the storage unit 5 are provided. Document data 7 which is a hypertext is stored in the storage unit 5, and the document data 7 includes management information 8 indicating a document name, an author name, a creation date, and the number of content parts.
, The divided content parts 9-11, and the individual content parts 9-1
1 is composed of operation information 12 for the entire document executed before being instructed by the mouse, and operation information 13-15 corresponding to the content parts 9-11. The document data 7 of the storage unit 5 created and edited by the hypermedia processing device 1 can be stored in an auxiliary storage device (not shown).

With such a configuration, the hypermedia system of this embodiment performs processing such as hypermedia creation and update by associating the content portion (partial information) with the operation information in a one-to-one correspondence. That is, the content portions 9 to 11 input by the operator using the input instruction device 3 are displayed on the display device 2 by the control unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 5 via the storage control unit 6. It is divided into parts 9 to 11 and stored together with the management information 8. Furthermore, each content section 9-11
A storage location of operation information corresponding to is generated, and each content part 9
The operation information 13 to 15 corresponding to 11 to 11 are stored in the storage unit 5. Then, the operator uses the input instruction device 3 to
An arbitrary content part of the information displayed on the screen of the display device 2,
For example, when an operation instruction is given to the content section 9, the main control section 4 extracts the operation information 13 corresponding to the content section 9 from the storage section 5 via the storage control section 6, and the extracted operation information. Based on 13, the operation previously associated with the content section 9 is performed. Further, when the operator updates, for example, deletes any content portion of the information displayed on the screen of the display device 2, for example, the content portion 10, the storage control portion 6 responds to the content portion 10. The operation information 14 to be deleted is deleted from the storage unit 5.

The update of the operation information corresponding to the update of the content portion will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the storage state of the document data in the storage unit of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the storage state of the document data after updating. In FIG. 2, the document data is controlled by the storage control unit 6, and includes management information 21, first to eighth content parts 22 to 26, operation information 27 for the entire document, and 1
The operation information is divided into operation information items 28 to 32 for the 8th to 8th content portions and stored in the storage unit 5. Here, the first to eighth content parts 22 to 26 are respectively the content parts A to H, and the operation information 28 to 32 for the first to eighth content parts are respectively the operation information a. ~ H
Are divided and stored.

If any of the contents A to H is deleted or a new addition or movement occurs, the storage controller 6
Changes the operation information a to h corresponding thereto in a linked manner, and the content parts A to H and the operation information a to h are always one-to-one.
Control to correspond to. For example, when the content section B is deleted, the content section and the storage state of the operation information are as shown in FIG. That is, when the content section B23 is deleted, as shown in FIG. 3, the content section C enters the second content section 24a, and in conjunction with this, the operation information 30a for the second content section is included. , Operation information c is entered. Hereinafter, similarly, the content parts of the third and subsequent content parts 25a to 26a, and the third and subsequent content parts 25a to 26a
The operation information for 26a is exchanged. The document data created and edited in this manner is stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk or a flexible disk according to an instruction from the input instruction device 3 in FIG.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, in the hypermedia system of this embodiment, the partial information and the operation information are associated with each other in a one-to-one correspondence to create or update the hypermedia. Do. For example, when a paragraph or a diagram is pointed with a mouse, operation information describing an operation of calling a related document or the like is created for each content part of the document and individually managed. As a result, it becomes unnecessary to check the pressed state of the mouse and describe a fixed processing sequence such as branching of processing according to the content part, and the description of the operation information is greatly simplified. In addition, the corresponding operation information is automatically generated, deleted, and moved according to the addition, deletion, or movement of the content portion of the document, so that the content portion and the operation information corresponding thereto are always one-to-one. Therefore, in the branching process, the troublesome work of correcting the correspondence between the branch destination and the number of the content part changed by deletion or movement is unnecessary. This makes it possible to efficiently create the operation information. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS.

[0016]

According to the present invention, each content part (partial information)
It is not necessary to describe a fixed process for branching to a process according to the above, every time hypermedia is created, and correction of operation information such as addition or deletion of the content part is separated from the branch process, It is possible to efficiently perform editing such as creating and deleting.

[0017]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration related to the present invention of a hypermedia system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a storage state of document data in a storage section of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a storage state of updated document data in the storage unit of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of document data created by a conventional hypertext creating system and a display example thereof.

5 is a flowchart showing the contents of a processing procedure based on operation information in the document data of FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing the contents of a processing procedure based on operation information obtained by correcting the document data of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 hypermedia processing device 2 display device 3 input instruction device 4 main control unit 5 storage unit 6 storage control unit 7 document data 8 management information 9 first content unit 10 second content unit 11 8th content unit 12 entire document Operation information for 13 13 Operation information for 1st content part 14 Operation information for 2nd content part 15 Operation information for 8th content part 21 Management information 22 1st content part 23, 24a 2nd content part 24, 25a 3rd content part 25 4th content part 26 8th content part 26a 7th content part 27 Operation information for the entire document 28 Operation information for 1st content part 29, 30a Operation information for 2nd content part 30 , 31a Operation information for the third content part 31 Operation information for the fourth content part 32 Operation for the eighth content part Operation information 32a Operation information for 7th content section 40 Document data 41 Management information 42 1st content section 42a Content section A 43 2nd content section 43a Content section B 44 8th content section 44a Content section H 45 Operation information 46 Content Part C 47 Content Part D 48 Content Part E 49 Content Part F 50 Content Part G

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Junichi Asakura 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Akio Mitamura 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Yoichi Kato 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Based on an operation instruction for partial information, which is a division unit that constitutes the information displayed on the screen, operation information indicating operation content previously associated with the partial information is extracted, and the extracted information is extracted. A hypermedia system that performs an operation previously associated with the partial information based on the operation information, a storage unit that stores the operation information created by dividing the partial information, and the addition of the partial information,
And a storage control means for performing update including addition and deletion of the operation information stored in the storage means corresponding to the updated partial information based on update including deletion. Media system.