WO2016190444A1 - Information management device, and file management method - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a method which achieves management of information on a hierarchical table configured in such a manner that an open command with respect to one cell on the table is received, and a sub-table suitable for each cell is opened and displayed, the management being achieved in a form that places minimal burden on the user in terms of going up and down the hierarchy, and minimal burden on the memory capacity of the system. [Solution] An information processing device having a user operating environment in which information is represented by icons which are characterizing images for each type of information, and the content of said information is displayed on a device screen according to specific instructions made by operators with respect to icons on the device screen, wherein a collection of tables is used in which cells that are rectangles in which information icons are positioned are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, tag names that characterize information are positioned so as to correspond to the attribute name thereof from the perspective of that characterization.

Description

Information management apparatus and file management method

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that performs information management using a table in a desktop environment.

Conventional technology

As a method of managing information on the desktop environment, a child table is prepared for each cell constituting the table, and the table is hierarchically displayed in such a way that the corresponding child table is opened and displayed by a specific instruction for one cell. There has been proposed a method of arranging information icons on a combined hierarchy table (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-122707, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-211040). This method aims at the following user convenience as compared with a method using a currently popular folder as a method for managing information on a desktop environment.

A cell designated on the table of each hierarchy for accessing information can be identified by “first visibility” by a classification tag name arranged as a headword on the same row and column.
-Since the classification tag name seen from one viewpoint is arranged as one row of the table or a heading word string on one column, fine classification seen from many viewpoints can be performed with a small number of layers. In particular, it is possible to greatly reduce the user burden of moving up and down the hierarchy, which has been a troublesome operation in the search for information in the hierarchy tree.
・ Since the classification tag name that characterizes information is controlled by the item name that is the viewpoint of characterization, search noise and search omission are greatly increased in the search function that retrieves information by matching the tag name attached to the information with the input keyword. Can be reduced

However, with this proposed method, as the number of viewpoints to be classified increases, the number of tables to be configured increases exponentially, and accordingly, the user effort to create a hierarchy table and the memory capacity to store the hierarchy table Will also increase exponentially.

In order to deal with such problems, one same table is prepared for each hierarchy of the hierarchy table, and one prepared table is displayed open in response to an open instruction for all cells on the table constituting one hierarchy. Although this method has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-168663), this method detracts from the basic advantage of tree-type classification in which classification is freely performed for each classification node, and its application is limited. Become a thing.

Further, as a problem with the proposals in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2007-122707 and 2013-2111040, information management using a table is not compatible with a method using a folder which is a basic method of information management in a desktop environment. Sometimes. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2013-228964 discloses a method of arranging information stored in a folder tree on a table in a form equivalent to classification by the folder tree, but from a table storing information, A method for obtaining a folder tree that performs classification equivalent to the classification by the table is not disclosed.

In view of these problems, the present invention increases the number of hierarchies in a method of managing information using a hierarchically structured table, in which a child table suitable for each cell on the constituting table can be provided. The purpose is to provide a method that provides a method for minimizing the increase in the number of configuration tables and the number of man-hours required to create the hierarchy table and the increase in the power of the storage capacity. It is.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for obtaining a folder tree for performing classification equivalent to classification based on a table storing information.

In order to achieve the above object, a method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention of claim 1
In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. A hierarchical table configuration method configured to be displayed open on the device screen as:
For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Configuring a hierarchy table by repeating the specification of the parent table, and
On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Determining as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a relationship defined with related data, and displaying the selected table as an open display table on the device screen;
In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. Registering and displaying an information icon associated with the cell,
Identified information management data that has been set for all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the cell after receiving an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table. Displaying the content of the relevant information on the device screen;
It is characterized by comprising.

In order to achieve the above object, a method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention described in claim 2 comprises:
In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A folder having “path name” as its entire path name is created.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention provides:
An information processing apparatus having a user operation environment in which information is represented by an icon that is an image image that characterizes each type, and the content of the corresponding information is displayed on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator. And
A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. As a device that constitutes a hierarchy table configured to be displayed open on the device screen as
For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Means for constructing a hierarchical table by repeating the specification of the parent table;
On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Means as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Means for selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a predetermined relationship with related data, and displaying the selected table on the device screen as an open display table;
In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. A means of registering and displaying information icons in association with the cell,
Identified information management data that has been set for all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the cell after receiving an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table. Means for displaying the contents of the corresponding information on the device screen;
It is characterized by comprising.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention provides:
An information processing apparatus having a user operation environment in which information is represented by an icon that is an image image that characterizes each type, and the content of the corresponding information is displayed on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator. And
The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A folder having “path name” as its entire path name is created.

In order to achieve the above object, a control program for causing a computer to implement the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 5 is provided:
In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. A hierarchical table configuration method configured to be displayed open on the device screen as:
For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Configuring a hierarchy table by repeating the specification of the parent table, and
On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Determining as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a relationship defined with related data, and displaying the selected table as an open display table on the device screen;
In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. Registering and displaying an information icon associated with the cell,
Identified information management data that has been set for all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the cell after receiving an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table. Displaying the content of the relevant information on the device screen;
It is characterized by comprising.

In order to achieve the above object, a control program for causing a computer to implement the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention of claim 6 is provided:
In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A folder having “path name” as its entire path name is created.

In order to achieve the above object, a storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to implement the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 7 is provided.
In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. A hierarchical table configuration method configured to be displayed open on the device screen as:
For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Configuring a hierarchy table by repeating the specification of the parent table, and
On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Determining as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a relationship defined with related data, and displaying the selected table as an open display table on the device screen;
In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. Registering and displaying an information icon associated with the cell,
Identified information management data that has been set for all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the cell after receiving an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table. Displaying the content of the relevant information on the device screen;
It is characterized by comprising.

In order to achieve the above object, a storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to implement the method in the information processing apparatus according to claim 8 is provided.
In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A folder having “path name” as its entire path name is created.

effect

By adding condition data to the table data of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, a hierarchy is displayed in which a table suitable for each cell is opened according to the relationship between the condition data and the open condition determined for each cell in the table that is instructed to open. Since the structure is obtained, it is possible to create a hierarchical table that supports many classification viewpoints simply by burdening the creation man-hours and the memory capacity in proportion to the number of classification viewpoints, and it is unnecessary for the user to access information. This can be done efficiently by opening only the necessary table without going through the open operation of the correct table.

Every time information is saved on the created table, a folder tree that automatically classifies the information with the classification based on the table is automatically created, and the information is stored in the folder tree. The information can be accessed through two interfaces, a table and a folder tree.

Also, from the viewpoint of creating a folder tree, it is possible to create a folder tree of a hierarchy that requires a lot of time and labor by creating a table that performs equivalent classification.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration example on the hardware of the information processing apparatus by one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the desktop screen which the environmental control program in the system of an Example displays. It is a figure which shows the format of the data object management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table | surface management application screen in the system of an Example. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of invention in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the table | surface in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table structure tag name sequence input screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the structure of the table block input column of the hierarchy head table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of entry of the table block input column of the hierarchy head table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of entry of the table block input column of the hierarchy subordinate table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of entry of the table block input column of the hierarchy subordinate table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of entry of the table block input column of the hierarchy subordinate table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the head table preparation procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the whole management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the tag name string data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the tag name data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the table management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the related data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table preparation / display procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure which produces the table data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the icon arrangement column definition data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the headword column definition data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the preparation procedure of the headword column definition data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the cell data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the character string data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the headword cell information management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the image of the cell located in the lower part of the 1st cell in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure which copies the cell "located in the lower part" in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of "row break position data" or "column break position data" in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the ruled line data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the hierarchy head table of the example of description in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the open table determination process in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the open candidate table determination procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the address column of the table management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the open table of the example of an explanation in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the preservation | save procedure of the information in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the open table of the example of an explanation in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the information storage procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the path name preparation procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which carries out the open display in which the icon of the drag information in the system of an Example was displayed. It is a figure which shows the format of the information management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen in a cell in the system of an Example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a hardware system configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this system, an appropriate interface circuit (not shown) is used with a keyboard 12 and mouse 14 as input devices, an internal memory 16 and an external memory 18 as storage devices, and a display device 20 and a stamp device 22 as output devices. It is connected to the CPU 24 via The CPU 24 is also connected to a telephone line or a communication line 27 via the communication device 26. The internal memory 16 and the external memory 18 store various electronic dictionaries, character fonts, files, and the like in addition to various programs that define processing or control operations of the CPU 24. The communication device 26 has a facsimile communication function.

When the apparatus is turned on, an environment control program for controlling the GUI environment in the apparatus is automatically activated. For example, the desktop screen 30 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display screen 20a of the display device 20, and the desktop The screen 30 provides the following GUI environment.

In this apparatus, information created by the user is managed in units of file information by an environment control program as a known method. In addition, in this apparatus, a folder is prepared in addition to file information as a data object, which is a unit for managing information, so that file information classification management can be performed by storing file information in a folder. It has become.

In this specification, the file information and the folder are collectively referred to as “information”. Folders are managed in the form of a folder hierarchy in which one folder is repeatedly accommodated as a child folder in another parent folder, and the folder of a folder rooted at one external memory 18 in the system. Arranged to form a tree.

Data objects consisting of file information and folders are stored in the data object management data consisting of "type information", "name", "all path names", "icon image data pointer information", and "icon placement position" by the environment control program. It is managed in the attached form (Fig. 3). The “type information” first identifies the file information and the folder, and if it is file information, indicates the type of the application in which it is created. “Name” is a name input by the user, and is uniquely determined for each “type information” in the parent folder that directly accommodates the information. It is sometimes called “name in folder” to distinguish it from “name” used for other meanings.

“All path names” is a key for the environment control program to uniquely identify each data object in the system, and the names of all upper folders related to the data object are listed in order starting from the root. It is taken out. The name of the folder is connected to the character string obtained by sequentially connecting the folder names with a separator as a specific delimiter, with the separator between them. In the present specification, this separator is particularly referred to as a first separator. Storing one data object in another folder is realized in the system by connecting the name of the data object to be stored to all the path names of the storage destination folders.

In addition, the environment control program displays an icon, which is a specific type of image determined for each “type information”, on the desktop screen 30 as a known method for the stored file information or folder, The displayed icon is displayed with a character string representing “name” information of the corresponding data object management data added thereto.

The file information or folder is opened by a specific instruction operation on the corresponding icon with the mouse 14 on the desktop screen 30. The environment control program first identifies the corresponding data object by repeatedly collating the “icon display position” information of each icon displayed on the desktop screen 30 with the position where the instruction operation is given.

When the identified data object is file information, the contents of the file information are displayed on the “file information screen” newly provided for the corresponding file information by the instruction operation. The environment control program calls the corresponding application program based on the “type information” of the instructed file information, and the called program displays the contents of the corresponding file information.

When the identified data object is a folder, a “folder screen” in which icons of stored information in the folder are arranged is displayed at an appropriate position on the desktop screen 30, and the corresponding folder is displayed on the displayed folder screen. The icon of the data object that is directly included is displayed.

The environment control program identifies the data objects that are directly included in the folder by repeating the matching between all path names of the folder and all path names of each data object in the system. The image data defined for each “information type part” data of the object management data is arranged and displayed according to a method defined on the folder screen.

An icon representing file information or a folder can be changed in position on the desktop screen 30 by a drag operation which is a specific operation by the user with the mouse 14, and the position on the desktop screen 30 corresponds to the corresponding data. Registered in the “icon display position” of the object management data. In addition, storing certain information in another folder can be performed in the form of an operation of dragging the icon of the storage target information onto the icon of the storage destination folder.

When the “Start” button, which is always displayed in the lower left corner of the desktop screen 30, is selected and instructed, a “main menu” 31 listing selection buttons such as “program”, “setting”, “search”, etc. is displayed. When the “program” button 35 is further clicked on the “main menu” 31 on the screen 20a, a “program menu” 32 showing a list of application programs installed on the apparatus is displayed on the display screen. 20a is displayed. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the “program” button 35 is clicked and the “program menu” 32 is displayed.

When the user clicks on a corresponding button of “table management application program” which is an application program for controlling functions related to the present invention on the “program menu” 32, the environment control program loads the source program of this table management application program. The program is taken out from a predetermined storage position on the external memory 18 of the apparatus, developed into an executable program on an appropriate area on the internal memory 16, and then activated. First, for example, a table management application screen shown in FIG. 33 is displayed on the display screen 20a.

The table management application is intended to manage information on the desktop screen 30 using a table, and functions such as “table creation”, “conversion”, “search”, “save”, “setting” are provided. It has been. The above functions are realized by a system in which the table management application program operates in cooperation with the environment control program and the hardware constituting the apparatus.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the present invention. In the figure, an input unit 51 inputs a tag name string and its condition data for each table constituting the hierarchy table, and hierarchical hierarchical relation information indicating the hierarchical relation between the table and other tables in the hierarchy. . A display 20a for displaying a folder created and managed by the environmental control program, an input device such as a keyboard 12 and a mouse 14, a CPU 24 for executing a corresponding process, and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 for once capturing input information. Composed.

The tag name string data creating unit 52 creates tag name string data representing a tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information from one viewpoint, based on information input for each table constituting the hierarchy table. . The CPU 24 is configured to execute processing, and the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 is provided with a work area for processing.

Based on the tag name string data created for each table constituting the hierarchical table, the table data creating unit 56 creates table data representing a table in which the corresponding tag name string is arranged as a headword. The CPU 24 is configured to execute the corresponding process, and the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 is provided with a work area for performing the process.

The condition data giving unit 54 is a condition indicating that the table data to be created is a condition to be opened as a child table based on the information input from the input unit 51 for each table constituting the hierarchy table. Assign data and hierarchical relationship information. The CPU 24 executes processing, and the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 in which a work area for performing the processing is arranged.

The table data storage unit 57 stores the table data created by the table data creation unit 56. The internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 is used.

The open instruction unit 62 outputs a table data selection condition obtained based on the input open instruction position and the table data selected and displayed in the table data selection unit 55 to the table data selection unit 55. A display 20a that displays a table on which an open instruction is to be performed, an input device such as a mouse 14, an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 in which a CPU 24 that executes a corresponding process and a work area that performs the process are arranged. Consists of.

The table data selection unit 55 stores the table data storage unit 57 based on the condition data given to the table data stored in the table data storage unit 57 and the table data selection condition input from the open instruction unit 62. Table data is selected from the stored table data. The CPU 24 executes processing, and the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 in which a work area for performing the processing is arranged.

The information attribute data giving unit 60 gives information attribute data in which the corresponding tag names are registered on the table for the information stored on the table. Further, a display 20a for displaying a table on which an information storage operation finger is performed, an input device such as a mouse 14, a CPU 24 for executing processing, and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 for arranging a work area for performing processing. Consists of.

Based on the table data selected and displayed by the table data selection unit 55 and the information attribute data required for the information managed on the table, the output information association unit 61 is a unit output area on the table. Correspond the information output for each cell. The CPU 24 executes processing, and the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 temporarily stores output information for each icon arrangement column cell.

Based on the table data selected and displayed by the table data selection unit 55 and the information associated with the corresponding cell on the table by the output information association unit 61, the table display unit 58 displays the corresponding information. Display a table with icons. The CPU 24 executes processing, the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 that temporarily stores output data converted for display, and the display device 20.

The table handled by the table management application is created according to the format shown in FIG. That is, the table includes an icon arrangement column 41, a horizontal headword arrangement column 42, and a vertical headword arrangement column 43. The horizontal headword arrangement column 42 is arranged adjacent to the outside of the upper end of the icon arrangement column 41. The vertical headword arrangement column 43 is arranged adjacent to the left outer side of the icon arrangement column 41. The horizontal headword arrangement column 42 and the vertical headword arrangement column 43 are collectively referred to as a headword arrangement column.

In the icon arrangement column 41, cells that are rectangular areas in which icons of information to be managed are arranged are arranged in a matrix, and in the headword arrangement column, tag names characterizing each cell in the icon arrangement column 41 are displayed in the corresponding cell. Is entered as a headword on the same row or column.

One tag name column is allocated and arranged in one headword arrangement column, and one headword arrangement column is arranged in one row or one column of the table. The headword arrangement column is divided into cells that are rectangular areas in which one tag name is written, and the icon arrangement column 41 is divided by the extension of the ruled lines separating each cell in each headword arrangement column. To form a matrix. The table handled by the table management application may be freely created as long as it follows this format.

Each table constituting the hierarchy table handled by the table management application is associated with a tree shape, and the user performs a specific open instruction operation (for example, for a cell in the icon arrangement column 41 on one table constituting the hierarchy table (for example, When the mouse 14 is double-clicked), a table associated with the designated cell as a child table is displayed on the table management application screen 33 as an open table.

After the user opens the table management application screen 33, when the user instructs the “table creation” button 71 on the function menu 70 on the table management application screen 33 opened on the screen 30, the system displays “table creation”. In response to the instruction of the “” button 71, first, a table configuration tag name string input screen 350 is displayed on the table management application screen 33 (FIG. 7).

On the table structure tag name string input screen 350, a table block input field 353 is provided for each table constituting the hierarchy table to be created, and each table constituting the corresponding table is included in one table input block field 353. A plurality of tag name string input fields 361 for inputting information related to tag name strings and a condition input field 363 for inputting conditions to be given to the corresponding table are provided. In the table block input field 353, a hierarchy rank input field 365 for designating a hierarchy rank in the hierarchy table of the corresponding table is also provided. The configuration of the table block input field 353 is shown in FIG.

The tag name string input field 361 is provided for each classification viewpoint viewed from the user. In the tag name string input field 361, an arrangement direction instruction field 371, an item name input field 373, and a tag name input field 375 are sequentially provided. In 363, an item name input field 383 and a tag name input field 385 are provided in this order.

In the tag name string input field 361, an item name that is the name of the viewpoint in classification is entered in the item name entry field 373 of the tag name string input field 361, and in the tag name entry field 375, the classification based on the corresponding classification viewpoint is performed. The tag name that is the name of the name is entered. A plurality of tag names are usually entered in the tag name input field 375, and the combination is called a tag name string.

As the item name, a unique name is input for each tag name string input field 361, and the same item name is input to another tag name string input field 361 on one table configuration tag name string input screen 350. And inputting a plurality of the same tag names in one tag name input field 375 is prohibited. Note that entry of item names may be omitted on the assumption that the same tag name is not entered between the tag name string input fields 361.

In the condition input field 363, a child table setting condition, which is a condition for opening a table created based on the corresponding table block, is entered. In the tag name column input field 383, the child table setting condition is entered. And the tag name of the child table setting condition is entered in the tag name input field 385.

Also, in the hierarchical rank input column 365, the arrangement order that the table created based on the corresponding table block occupies in the hierarchical table is entered. The arrangement order of the table in the hierarchy table can be left to the system. In that case, the above-described designation of the hierarchy rank and the arrangement direction may be omitted.

Entry in the arrangement direction instruction column 371, entry of item names in the item name input column 373 and item name input column 383, entry of tag names in the tag name input column 375 and tag name input column 385, and hierarchical rank Input to the input field 365 is performed by a known method using the character string input function of the apparatus, and a plurality of tag names to be entered in the tag name input field 375 are entered with a space code in between.

Now, it is assumed that the user performs the input shown in FIGS. 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the table block input field 353 on the table configuration tag name string input screen 350. FIG. Here, in general, on the table structure tag name string input screen 350, the input related to the lower table of one table (first table) is arranged below the table block input field 353 assigned to the first table. This is performed in the table block input field 353. In the case of the description example, the input shown in FIGS. 10, 11, and 12 related to the tables other than the top table of the hierarchy table is the table configuration tag name from the table block input field 353 for performing the input shown in FIG. This is done in the table block input field 353 arranged below on the column input screen 350.

After the user completes all inputs to the table structure tag name string input screen 350, when the “execute” button 352 is instructed, the system receives the instruction and performs the next top table creation procedure (FIG. 13). In this procedure, as in the case of the above example, first, the overall management data (FIG. 14) is created, and the name of the target hierarchy table read from the table name input field 351 on the screen is set in the “name part”. In addition, the next table block input process is performed for each table input field 353 (step K1).

In the table block input process, tag name string data (FIG. 15) is created for each tag name string input field 361 in the corresponding table block input field 353, and the corresponding tag name string input field is included in the item name part. The input text of the item name input field 373 of 361 is set, and the tag name data chain obtained from the input contents to the corresponding tag name input field 375 is pointed from the tag name data pointer portion.

The text string entered in one tag name input field 375 is divided into individual tag names by a space code included therein, and each individual tag name is separated for each tag name. The tag name data set in the data part in the tag name data to be created (FIG. 16) is linked as a tag name data chain by the “link pointer” according to the arrangement order in the tag name input field 375. Is done.

Also, the input text to the arrangement direction instruction column 371 is converted into a corresponding code and set in the arrangement direction portion of the tag name string data. For example, “0” is set when “horizontal direction” is designated in the arrangement direction designation field 371, and “1” is set when “vertical direction” is designated.

Each tag name string data created in the table block input field 353 is linked as a horizontal table data chain or a vertical table data chain by the link pointer 2 for each designated “arrangement direction”. The address of the head data is set in the “horizontal table data pointer” or “vertical table data pointer” of the table management data (FIG. 17) created for the corresponding table block input field 353, respectively. The Here, each tag name string data connected as described above and forming a horizontal table data chain or a vertical table data chain may be referred to as table data in the corresponding direction.

In the table block input process, the condition data created based on the input contents of the condition tag name input field 363 in the corresponding table block input field 353 is pointed from the “condition data pointer” of the corresponding table management data.

The condition data is created in the format of the related data shown in FIG. 18, the input text of the corresponding item name input field 383 is set in the item name portion, and the corresponding tag name input is made from the tag name data pointer portion. The tag name data chain obtained from the input text in column 385 is pointed to. The input read from the hierarchy rank input unit 365 is converted into a corresponding code and set in the “hierarchy rank” portion of the corresponding table management data.

The table management data created for each table block input field 353 is linked as a table management data chain by the “link pointer”, and the address of the head data is set in the “table data pointer” of the overall management data. Here, it is assumed that each table management data is linked in the order of arrangement on the table configuration tag name string input screen 350 in the corresponding table block input field 353 in the table management data chain.

Next, the head table creation procedure is performed in the “hierarchy rank” section of the table management data chain created as a process by the table data selection section 55 as table management data of the table that becomes the head table of the hierarchy table. The table management data for which “0” is set is selected (step K2). If table management data in which “0” is set in the “hierarchical rank” part is not found in the table management data chain, the table management data in which no real address is set in the condition data pointer Table management data connected to the forefront position in the management data chain is selected. In the case of the explanation example, the table management data created based on the input to the table block input field 353 located at the head is selected.

In the subsequent step K3, the table creation / display procedure (FIG. 19) is performed based on the selected table management data, the corresponding table data is generated, and the corresponding table is displayed on the screen 33 based on the generated table data. indicate. In the table creation / display procedure, first, corresponding table data is created based on the horizontal table source data chain and the vertical table source data chain pointed to by the table management data selected as the process of the table creation unit 56 ( Step R1). In this specification, the entire data representing a table is referred to as table data. Table data is managed by table management data.

Step R1 is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. 20. In this procedure, first, icon arrangement column definition data (FIG. 21) is created. (Step A1). In step A1, first, for example, the term “icon” is set in the “item name portion” of the icon arrangement field definition data as a reserved word that is specifically determined in advance. In addition, as range position information indicating the range in which the icon arrangement column 41 is located on the table, the column positions of the upper end row position and the left end row position are the “upper end position portion” and “ Set to “Left end position”. The “lower end position part” and “right end position part” in the “overall position part” are not set at this stage. (Set in step A3 below.)

The row position here is a row position counted from the upper end of the table of the corresponding row, and the column position is a column position counted from the left end of the table of the corresponding column. Further, in this specification, “1 row” and “1 column” in the reference table representing the row position and the column position are unit rectangles constituting the icon arrangement column 41 and one icon is arranged. It is defined as a ruled line that divides the icon arrangement column cells, which are cells to be displayed, and a row or column delimited by a ruled line that divides the headword arrangement columns 42 and 43 described later. Here, in the headword arrangement columns 42 and 43, cells for entering individual headwords may extend over a plurality of rows or a plurality of columns.

The uppermost row position and the leftmost column position of the icon arrangement column 41 can be obtained by adding “1” to the number of horizontal headword arrangement columns 42 and the number of vertical headword arrangement columns 43, respectively. it can. Tag names registered in one horizontal table source data and one vertical table source data are arranged in one horizontal headword placement column 42 and one vertical headword placement column 43, respectively. Therefore, the numbers of the horizontal direction word arrangement column 42 and the vertical direction word arrangement column 43 in one table are respectively the prepared horizontal direction data source column and vertical direction data source data chain. Can be obtained by sequentially tracing each table data chain. The address of the head data of the icon arrangement column definition data created as described above is set in the icon arrangement column definition data pointer of the table management data.

Step R1 then creates entry word column definition data (FIG. 22) for each entry word arrangement column 42, 43 on the table (step A2). The headword column definition data is created for each “direction” based on the original data in the corresponding direction. For example, the “horizontal” headword column definition data is sequentially extracted from the horizontal source data chain. Each table data in the horizontal direction is created by the procedure shown in FIG.

In the “item name portion” of the headword column definition data, the text set in the item name portion of the corresponding tag name string data is set as the item name corresponding to the corresponding headword arrangement columns 42 and 43. In the “placement direction portion” indicating the direction in which the headwords in the headword placement columns 42 and 43 to be placed are arranged, a code set in the placement direction portion of the corresponding tag name string data is set. In this example, “0” is set in the “horizontal direction” and “1” is set in the “vertical direction”.

As range position information indicating the positions occupied by the corresponding headword placement fields 42 and 43 in the table, the corresponding headword placement fields 42 and 43 are placed in the “row / column position portion” in the “overall position portion”. The matrix position is set. When the corresponding headword arrangement fields 42 and 43 are “horizontal direction”, the row position is entered. In the “start position part” and “end position part” in the “total position part”, as the matrix positions at both ends of the entry word arrangement fields 42 and 43, when the entry word arrangement fields 42 and 43 are “horizontal”, In the case of the column position, “vertical direction”, the row position is set.

The headword field definition data created for each headword placement field 42, 43 in the table is sequentially linked by the “link pointer” for each “direction” in which the headwords placed therein are placed. Thus, a headword column definition data chain is formed, and the address of the head data is set in the horizontal headword column definition data pointer or the vertical headword column definition data pointer of the table management data.

In the procedure shown in FIG. 23, first, as the initial setting (step B1) of the entire procedure, the “current row position” parameter that is the row position of the row to be processed in each loop of the subsequent processing from step B3 to step B7. As an initial value, the number obtained by subtracting “1” from the number set in the “upper position portion” in the “overall position portion” of the icon arrangement column definition data as the row position of the uppermost row of the icon arrangement column 41 previously. set.

In this step, as the initial value of the “currently fetched data pointer”, which is the address of the table data fetched from the horizontal table data chain in each loop of the above processing, the tail component data of the corresponding horizontal table data chain Set the address of. When there is no data constituting the horizontal table data chain, a specific value indicating this is set.

In the initial setting step (step B1), “1” is further set as the initial value of the “cell length” parameter, which is the number of columns existing in one cell. The “cell length” is the length of the cell in the headword placement direction of the corresponding headword placement fields 42 and 43, and is represented by the number of columns that the headword placement fields 42 and 43 include in the headword placement direction. . Here, the headword wording direction of the headword wording column is “horizontal direction” when the headword wording columns 42 and 43 are arranged on the line above the icon wording column 41, and the icon wording column When it is arranged on the left column of 41, it becomes “vertical direction”.

Next, the “currently fetched data pointer” is determined, and if it is the specific value, this procedure is terminated. If it is not the specific value, the process proceeds to step B3 and subsequent steps (step B2). In the subsequent step B3, the table data designated by the “currently extracted data pointer” on the horizontal table data chain is extracted.

Next, after creating one new headword field definition data, set “0” to indicate the horizontal direction in the “direction part” of the created headword field definition data, and create the new headword field definition In the “tag name string data pointer part” and “item name part” of the data, the leading data address of the table data being extracted and the character string set in the “ID name part” of the table data being extracted Are respectively set (step B4). In step B4, the address set in the “ID data pointer portion” of the table data extracted in the “ID data pointer portion” of the created headword column definition data is set.

In step B4, first, the set value of the “current row position” parameter is set in the “row / column position portion” in the “whole position portion” of the headword field definition data. In addition, the number set in the “left end position” in the “total position portion” of the icon arrangement column definition data is set in the “start position portion” in the “total position portion” of the headword column definition data.

Subsequently, the headword column definition data created as described above is registered in the corresponding table management data (step B5). For the headword field definition data created first, the address is set in the horizontal headword field definition data pointer of the corresponding table management data, and the headword field definition data created thereafter is the headword field definition The address is set in the concatenation pointer of the last data in the data chain.

In the subsequent step B6, character string data corresponding to each headword arranged in the headword placement column and cell data representing a cell containing the headword are created. The headwords placed in the headword placement column are the tag name string configuration tags registered in the table data in which the address of the head data is set in the “tag name string data pointer part” of the created headword field definition data It can be taken out sequentially as a name.

The formats of cell data and character string data are shown in FIGS. First, a specific value indicating a cell in the headword arrangement column is set in the “partition section” of the cell data. The created character string data is pointed from the character string data pointer of the corresponding cell data. The position information of the character string data is set in step A6 described later.

The position information of the cell data representing the cell containing each headword can be obtained as follows. Since each headword in one headword placement column 42 is placed in one row, first, “vertical start position” and “vertical end position” in cell data representing the vertical position of each cell. ”May be set to the arrangement row position of the corresponding entry word arrangement column 42 set in the“ row / column position portion ”in the corresponding entry word arrangement column 42 data.

The “lateral start position” and “lateral end position” in the cell data representing the lateral position information of each cell can be set as follows. First, for the first cell located at the left end of the corresponding headword arrangement column 42, the “start position” in the “overall position portion” in the headword field definition data corresponding to the “lateral start position” in the cell data. Set value of “part”, and the “lateral end position” is obtained by subtracting “1” from the previously set “cell length” to the above “lateral start position”. Just set the number. For example, when “cell length” is “1”, “horizontal start position” and “lateral end position” are the same column position, and when “cell length” is “2” The “end position” is a column position adjacent to the right of the “lateral start position”.

The “horizontal start position” of the cell positioned next to the first cell in the headword arrangement column 42 is set to “cell length” in the “horizontal end position” of the first cell positioned immediately before the headword arrangement column. Set the column position to which “1” of “sa” is added, and in the “lateral end position” of the cell, the number obtained by subtracting “1” from “cell length”, as in the case of the first cell, The number added to the “lateral start position” of the cell may be set. The “horizontal start position” and the “lateral end position” can be set in the same manner for each cell located thereafter in the headword arrangement column 42.

Next, one headword cell information management data is created corresponding to each cell data created for each headword in the corresponding headword arrangement column 42, and “cell” of the headword cell information management data thus created is created. The corresponding cell data is pointed from the "internal information data pointer". The format of headword cell information management data is shown in FIG.

The created headword cell information management data is linked by the concatenation pointer in the order of creation to form a headword cell information management data chain. The headword cell information management data of the corresponding headword column definition data The address of the head configuration data is set in the “pointer”. The address of the character string data of the character string written in the corresponding cell may be set in the in-cell information pointer of the headword cell information management data.

On the other hand, each created cell data is linked by the linked pointers in the cell data in the order of creation to form a cell data chain, and the address of the head configuration data is set in the “cell data pointer” of the corresponding table management data Is done. Here, the cell data chain created for the headword arrangement column 42 taken out after the second is linked to the end cell of the cell data chain pointed to by the “cell data pointer”. Will be. It should be noted that “1” is set in the “in-column end flag” portion of the last created cell data in the corresponding headword arrangement column, and “0” is set in the corresponding portion of the other cell data.

Next, the cell in the other headword placement column “located below” the headword in the headword placement column 42 and the headword in the cell are the second in the headword placement column 42 to which the head cell belongs. Copy to the “lower position” of each cell located thereafter (step B7). Here, the “located below” cell of one cell (hereinafter referred to as the first cell) is another headword placement field located below the headword placement field 42 to which the first cell belongs. 42 is a cell that belongs to 42 and the column position occupied by it is included in the column position occupied by the first cell. FIG. 27 shows an image of the “located below” cell of the first cell.

In step B7, first, it is determined that the corresponding entry word arrangement column 42 is provided on a line above the line adjacent to the icon arrangement column 41. Since there is no cell “located in the lower part” with respect to the cell on the bottom row, if the determination is obtained, the lower cell cell data generation procedure shown in FIG. 28 is performed. If the determination is not obtained, step B7 Terminates immediately. This determination may be made by determining that the “row / column position” in the corresponding headword column definition data is larger than the number obtained by subtracting “1” from the “upper end position” in the icon arrangement column definition data.

In the lower cell cell data generation procedure, first, cell data of the first cell in the corresponding headword arrangement column 42 is identified (step C1). The constituent cell data are sequentially extracted from the cell data chain pointed to by the corresponding table management data, and the “vertical start position” matches the “row / column position” of the corresponding headword arrangement column, and the “ It is only necessary to select the “horizontal start position” that matches the “start position” of the corresponding headword arrangement column data.

Subsequently, the cell data representing the cells “located below” of the head cell of the corresponding headword arrangement column 42 are sequentially identified, and the cell data obtained by copying the identified cell data are connected to each other by the connection pointer. A “first cell lower position cell data chain” is created (step C2).

Cell data representing the cell “located below” of the first cell is sequentially extracted from the cell data chain pointed to by the cell data pointer of the corresponding table management data. The “position” is larger than the “vertical end position” of the first cell, the horizontal start position is greater than or equal to the horizontal start position of the first cell, and the horizontal end position is the horizontal direction of the first cell. What is necessary is just to identify as cell data which are below an end position.

In the subsequent step C3, the first cell identified in the entry word arrangement column 42 as the initial value of the “current cell data address” indicating the cell data of the “current cell” that is the processing target cell in the subsequent processing loop. Set the cell data address.

In the subsequent step C4, it is determined that the “current cell” is a “cell in the column” which is a cell located at the end in the corresponding headword arrangement column 42, and the “column end flag” in the corresponding cell data is set. Judgment by reference. If this determination is obtained, this procedure (step B7) is terminated, and if this determination is not obtained, the process proceeds to step C5.

In Step C5, the “next cell”, which is the cell arranged on the right side of the “current cell” in the headword arrangement column 42, is set as the “current cell” in the next processing loop. The cell data of the “next position cell” is identified, and the “current cell data address” may be updated with the address of the identified cell data.

As the position information of “next position cell”, “horizontal start position” is obtained by adding “1” to “end position” of “current cell”, and “vertical start position” is a corresponding headword arrangement column. 42 is the “row / column position”, and the cell data representing “next position cell” is collated with the corresponding position information between the position information of “next position cell” and the cell data sequentially extracted from the cell data chain. Can be identified by repeating.

In the subsequent step C6, the cell data representing the cells “located below” of the “current cell” are sequentially identified, and the cell data obtained by copying the identified cell data are connected to each other by the connection pointer. Create a “bottom position cell data chain”.

The “current cell lower position cell data chain” is a cell data obtained by sequentially extracting the constituent cell data from the “first cell lower position cell data chain” and sequentially connecting the cell data obtained by copying the extracted cell data with the connection pointer. In addition to creating a chain, the “current cell” occupies the horizontal column in the corresponding headword arrangement column 42 with respect to the “horizontal start position” and “horizontal end position” of each cell data constituting the created cell data chain. It can be created by adding a directional relative position.

The horizontal relative position that the “current cell” occupies in the corresponding headword arrangement column 42 can be obtained by subtracting the “start position” of the corresponding headword arrangement column 42 from the “horizontal start position” of the “current cell”. . The created “current cell lower position cell data chain” is connected to the end of the cell data chain pointed to from the cell data pointer of the table management data. When the system finishes step C6, it returns control to step C4 again.

When step B7 is completed, parameters for creating headword field definition data are set as follows for the headword layout field 42 on the next line up (step B8) and "currently fetched" As the “data”, the table data set back by one in the table data chain is set (step B9), and the process returns to the determination in step B2.

In step B8, first, the “current row position” parameter is updated by subtracting “1”, and the next cell row is set as the “cell length” parameter of the extracted entry word arrangement column 42. The number of columns included in the range occupied in the horizontal direction by the set of cells in which the cell data has been created as described above is set in the headword arrangement column 42 provided in FIG.

If it is determined in step B2 that the “currently fetched data pointer” is a specific value representing the above-mentioned end, the “lateral end position” of the cell data provided last is the “right end position” of the corresponding table management data. And the headword field definition for defining the headword placement field 42 in the horizontal direction after setting it to “end position part” in the “total position part” of each headword field definition data created for the corresponding table (step B10). Finish the procedure to create the data. The cell data provided last is cell data of the cell provided at the rightmost end in the headword arrangement column 42 at the uppermost end.

The headword field definition data defining each headword word placement field 43 in the vertical direction can be created by the same procedure, and the address of the head data of the headword field definition data chain obtained by concatenating the created headword field definition data Is set in the vertical headword column definition data pointer of the corresponding table management data.

The headword column definition data created for the headword placement columns 42 and 43 in the table are sequentially linked by the “link pointer” for each “direction” in which the headwords placed therein are placed. Thus, a headword column definition data chain is formed, and the address of the head data is set in the horizontal headword column definition data pointer or the vertical headword column definition data pointer of the table management data.

When step A2 is finished, the row position set in the “lower end position” of the table management data and the column position set in the “right end position” are respectively included in the “overall position” of the icon arrangement column definition data. The “lower end position” and “right end position” are set. In addition, the column position set in the “right end position part” of the table management data is set in the “end position part” in the “overall position part” of each headword field definition data of the horizontal headword arrangement field 42, and the table The column position set in the “lower end position portion” of the management data is set in the “end position portion” in the “total position portion” of each headword column definition data in the vertical direction headword arrangement column 43. (Step A3).

In the subsequent step A4, cell data is created for each cell in the icon arrangement column 41, and the created cell data is linked to the cell data chain pointed to from the table management data. Cell data in which the position information determined as described above is set in the “position information portion” of the cells sequentially extracted from the icon arrangement column 41 is created, and the created cell data is the cell data at the end of the cell data chain. The connection by the connection pointer may be repeated. In addition, a specific value indicating a cell in the icon arrangement column is set in the created cell data “partition section”.

All the cells constituting the icon arrangement column 41 can be taken out as follows, for example. First, in the uppermost row, starting from identifying the cell position (column position and row position) in the upper left corner of the icon arrangement column 41 as the “first cell position”, after identifying one cell, The cell position located on the right side is repeatedly identified as the “next cell position”. When the “next cell position” exceeds the end of the line in the icon arrangement column 41, the “next cell position” is repeatedly identified in the same manner on the next line, When the identification of the cells is completed, the identification of all the cells constituting the icon arrangement column 41 is completed.

The column position and the row position of the cell in the upper left corner of the icon arrangement column 41 are respectively the left end column position and the upper end row position of the entire icon arrangement column 41, and the column position of the cell located on the right side of one cell is the previous position. "1" is added to the column position of the cell, and the row position of the cell located in the next row of one row is "1" added to the row position of the previous row on the icon arrangement column 41. It is a thing. The column position of the first cell of each row in the icon arrangement column 41 is the column position at the left end of the icon arrangement column 41.

Subsequently, the “row delimiter” that associates the “row position” and “column position” used to represent the position information of the icon arrangement column 41, each headword arrangement column, and each cell constituting the table with the logical position on the display screen. “Position data” and “column separation position data” are created (step A5). The logical position on the display screen is represented by a pair of a right position and a lower position with the upper left corner position of the table management application screen 33 displaying the management table as the origin.

The format of “row break position data” or “column break position data” is shown in FIG. The “line break position data” is a list in which the position where each headword column in the vertical direction is separated in the horizontal direction and the position where each component cell in the icon arrangement column 41 is separated are arranged in order from the left side. The “column delimiter position data” is a list in which the position where each horizontal headword field 42 is delimited vertically and the position where each component cell in the icon arrangement field 41 is delimited are arranged in order from the top.

“Row break position data” or “Column break position data” are the “left end position” and “top position”, “headword column width dimension”, and icon placement column cell of the entire table. Can be obtained as follows based on the predetermined “lateral width” and “vertical width”. In the case of “column delimiter position data”, starting from setting the left end position of the table to the top component data, first, the vertical headword field definition data is sequentially extracted from the end data of the headword field definition data chain, Every time one headword column definition data is taken out, the creation of the configuration data in which the “headword column width dimension” is added to the previous configuration data is repeated.

After extracting all the vertical headword column definition data, creating the configuration data in which the “horizontal width” defined for the icon arrangement column cell is added to the previous configuration data is set, It is sufficient to repeat the number of icon arrangement column cells in the horizontal direction. The number of icon arrangement column cells in the horizontal direction can be obtained by adding “1” to the number obtained by subtracting “left end position” from “right end position” of the icon arrangement column definition data. “Line break position data” can be created in the same manner. The addresses of the created “row break position data” or “column break position data” are set in the “row break position data pointer” and “column break position data pointer” of the table management data, respectively.

Subsequently, position information is set in all character string data representing character strings on the corresponding table (step A6). The constituent cell data is sequentially extracted from the cell data chain created for the corresponding table, and the character string data pointed to by the character string data pointer in the extracted cell data is extracted.

On the other hand, the rectangular boundary position of the cell represented by the extracted cell data is obtained based on the position information in the cell data and the previously created “row break position data” or “column break position data”. The left end position of the cell is a configuration data set value positioned in the order of “start column position” in the corresponding cell data in “column break position data”, and the right end position of the cell is “column break position data”. This is a configuration data set value located in a rank obtained by adding “1” to the number of “terminal column positions” in the cell data.

The upper end position and lower end position of the cell can be similarly obtained based on the “line break position data” and the “start line position” and “end line position” in the corresponding cell data. The character string entry position in the cell is obtained based on the boundary position of the corresponding cell and the predetermined “character string entry margin in cell”, and the obtained character string entry position in the cell is determined by the corresponding character string data. What is necessary is just to set to character string position information.

In the table definition data creation procedure, finally, a boundary line that separates the icon arrangement column 41 and a boundary line that separates the headword arrangement column, and a boundary that separates each cell provided in the icon arrangement column 41 and the headword arrangement column Ruled line data representing a line is created (step A7). The format of the ruled line data is shown in FIG.

The icon placement column 41, headword placement column, and both end positions of each ruled line that delimits the boundary of each cell are the corresponding icon placement column 41, headword placement column, or left and right end positions of the cell, respectively. In addition, it can be obtained based on the upper end position and the lower end position. The left end position and the right end position of the icon arrangement column 41 are respectively the column position set in the “left end position portion” and the “right end position portion” in the “overall position portion” of the icon arrangement column definition data, and the “column delimiter position data”. "Based on the above. The upper end position and the lower end position of the icon arrangement field 41 are respectively the line position set in the “upper position part” and the “lower end position part” in the “overall position part” of the icon arrangement field definition data, and the “line break position data” "Based on the above.

The left end position and the right end position of the horizontal headword arrangement column 42 are respectively the column position set in the “start position portion” and the “end position portion” in the “total position portion” of the headword column definition data, It can be determined based on “separation position data”. The upper end position and the lower end position of the horizontal headword arrangement column 42 are respectively the column position set in the “row / column position portion” in the “overall position portion” of the headword column definition data and the “row break position data”. And can be obtained based on.

Similarly, the left end position and the right end position, and the upper end position and the lower end position of the vertical direction headword arrangement field 43 are respectively set to “row / column position part” in the “total position part” of the headword field definition data. It can be obtained based on “start position portion” and “end position portion”, and “row break position data” and “column break position data”. The left end position and the right end position, and the upper end position and the lower end position of each cell can be obtained based on the position information of cell data, “row break position data”, and “column break position data” as described above.

The positions of both ends of the ruled line obtained as described above are set in the position information of the ruled line data of each border ruled line that divides each cell between the icon layout field 41, each headword layout field, and each cell. Further, as the modification information of the ruled line data, a specific value that is specifically determined in advance for each of the icon arrangement column 41, the headword arrangement column, and the cell is set. The created ruled line data is sequentially connected to each other by a “connection pointer” to form a ruled line data chain, and the head data thereof is set in the “ruled line data pointer” of the table management data.

Note that character string data may be created for the entry name item name and arranged in association with the entry word on the table (step A8). The position of the item name character string may be determined as follows, for example. The item name in the vertical headword arrangement column is arranged at a position adjacent to the upper end of the corresponding column on the same column as the corresponding headword arrangement column, and the item name in the horizontal headword arrangement column 42 is the corresponding headword arrangement. Place it at a position adjacent to the left end of the corresponding column on the same line as the column. However, according to this method, the item name arrangement position of the headword arrangement column 42 arranged in the bottom row overlaps with the item name arrangement position of the vertical headword arrangement column 43 arranged in the rightmost column. Are arranged at appropriate positions outside each headword placement column, and are connected to the corresponding headword placement column by a lead line.

The arrangement position of each item name can be obtained based on the upper end or left end position of the corresponding headword arrangement column and the arrangement margin between the predetermined item name and the corresponding headword arrangement column. For each item name, the position obtained as described above is set as position information, and character string data is created by setting the character string set in the "item name part" of the headword field definition data as code information. The address of each character string data is set in the “item name character string data pointer” provided in the corresponding entry word column definition data.

With the above processing, in the case of the explanation example, the table data representing the table shown in FIG. 31 is created as the table data representing the head table, which is managed in the table management data linked to the frontmost position of the table management data chain. The The created table data is managed in the table data storage unit 57 in such a manner that the address of the corresponding table management data is set in the “table data pointer part” of the overall management data. The corresponding table management data is managed as a table management data chain in such a manner that it is sequentially linked by the “link pointer”.

Step K3 then creates common condition data determined in the corresponding table based on all the related data specified for the cell to which the open instruction is added, and creates the common condition data as “common condition data of table management data”. Point from the pointer section "(step R2). All related data and common condition data will be described later. Since the table at the top of the hierarchy being described has no common condition data, “NULL” value is set in the “common condition data pointer portion” for managing the common condition data in the table management data.

In step K3, in step R3, for each cell in the icon arrangement column 41 of the corresponding table, the table management data of the open table determined in the cell is specified, and the address of the specified table management data is set to the cell of the corresponding cell. Register in the “open table data pointer” of the cell data.

The open table determined for one cell in the icon arrangement column 41 is determined by the open table determination process (FIG. 32). The open table determination process first selects an open candidate table that can be an open table ( In step X1), an open table is determined from the selected open candidate tables (step X2).

Step X1 is performed by repeating the open candidate table determination procedure (FIG. 33) for each table management data sequentially extracted from the table management data chain. The open candidate table determination procedure starts with the table at the top of the hierarchy, and displays the open table up to the current table for which the open table is currently identified in the constituent cell (in the current explanation example, the hierarchy top table). It is determined that the item name provided on each table that has been provided is not provided redundantly on the currently extracted table (step Y1).

In this specification, when the open display instruction operation is repeated until the display of one table on the hierarchy table, the sequence column of the table that has been displayed open is referred to as the open table column of the corresponding table. The address column of the table management data of each table constituting the table is managed at a specific position in the system in the format shown in FIG. In the present explanation example, the open table sequence is composed of only the first table in the hierarchy. The item name provided on one table is identified by the item name character string data pointed from the “item name character string data pointer” of each headword field definition data pointed to by the corresponding table data. be able to.

In step X1, if the determination in step Y1 is obtained, then the process proceeds to step Y2,
In the case of the description example, the table created from the input of the table block shown in FIG. 9 is excluded from the open candidate table in step Y1.

In step Y2, it is determined that the table being retrieved does not have condition data, or the condition data created for the table being retrieved includes all relevant data determined for the corresponding cell; If the determination in step Y2 is obtained, the table being extracted is set as an open candidate table, and the address of the table management data is registered at a specific position in the system in the format shown in FIG. 34 (step Y3).

In this specification, all the related data is defined as follows as data specifying the cells in the icon arrangement column 41 on one table constituting the hierarchy table in the corresponding hierarchy table. As data characterizing the information stored in the cells in the icon arrangement column 41, the headwords arranged on the same row and the same column as the corresponding cell and the headwords are arranged in one headword arrangement column. A pair with ID data or ID name specified in the headword arrangement column is referred to as headword-related data determined for the information or a cell storing the information.

The headwords arranged on the same row and the same column as the corresponding cell can be found by repeatedly collating the position information of the corresponding cell data with the position information determined for each headword on the table. For each headword arranged on the table, the cells constituting each headword layout column arranged on the table are sequentially entered in the headword cell information management data chain attached to the corresponding headword column definition data. It can be taken out by tracing.

The headword-related data is expressed in the format shown in FIG. 18, and the “ID data pointer section” points to the ID data pointed to by the corresponding headword column definition data, and the “tag name data pointer section”. Indicates the tag name data in which the corresponding headword character string is set in the data part. If an item name is defined in the corresponding tag name string data, the corresponding item name is set in the “ID data name part”.

Next, in the present specification, all the information specified in the corresponding cell on the corresponding table as the data specifying the information stored in the cell in the icon arrangement column 41 on one table in the corresponding table. A set of headword related data is called information related to the information or in-table related data determined for the cell, and can be obtained by concatenating each related data constituting by the concatenation pointer.

In this specification, the information stored in the cells in the icon arrangement column 41 on one table constituting the hierarchy table is further specified as data for specifying in the corresponding hierarchy table, starting with the table at the top of the hierarchy table, All sets of headword-related data determined for each cell that has been given an open instruction operation on the table of each hierarchy until the display of the table in which the corresponding information storage cell is arranged, and the storage cell of the corresponding information This is referred to as relevant information or all relevant data determined for the storage cell, and can be represented by concatenating each related constituent data by its concatenation pointer. Further, “the condition data includes all the related data” described as the determination condition in Step Y2 indicates that the related data constituting the corresponding condition data is included in the corresponding all related data.

If it is determined in step Y1 and step Y2 that the table being extracted cannot be an open table, the open candidate table determination procedure is terminated, the table management data at the next position is extracted and opened in the table management data chain. Repeat the candidate table determination procedure. When all table management data is extracted from the table management data chain and the open candidate table determination procedure is completed, step X1 is terminated.

In step X2, if there is a table in which the corresponding hierarchical rank is specified in the open candidate table, that table is determined as an open table. Here, the corresponding hierarchical rank can be obtained as the number obtained by adding “1” to the hierarchical rank of the corresponding table to be specified in the open table to the constituent cell.

If there are multiple tables with corresponding hierarchical ranks in the open candidate table, the candidate table whose table management data is linked to the forefront position in the table management data chain is selected. Even when a table with the corresponding hierarchical rank is not found in the open candidate table, the candidate table whose table management data is linked to the forefront position in the table management data chain is selected.

In the table shown in FIG. 31 of the explanation example, for example, the open table is determined as follows for the cells in the icon arrangement column 41 corresponding to the headword “A” and the headword “A”. First, in step Y1, the table based on the table block input field 353 shown in FIG. 9 on the table configuration tag name string input screen 350 is a table that has already been selected as the top table and given an open instruction. , Excluded from the open candidate table.

In step Y2, the table based on the table input block input field 353 shown in FIG. 10 on the table structure tag name string input screen 350 is displayed. The condition data “item name“ field ”tag name“ A ”” It is selected as an open candidate table by including all related data determined in the corresponding cell.

On the other hand, the table based on the table input block input field 353 other than the table input block input field 353 shown in FIG. 10 on the table structure tag name string input screen 350 does not include all the related data determined in the corresponding cell, so that it is an open candidate. In step X2, which is not selected as a table, the table based on the table input block input field 353 shown in FIG. 10 is determined as an open table.

Similarly, a table based on the table block input field 353 shown in FIG. 11 is determined as an open table for each cell in the column having “B” as the headword, and each cell in the column having “C” as the headword. As an open table, a table based on the table block input field 353 shown in FIG. 12 is determined.

In the table creation / display procedure, finally, as a process by the table display unit 58, the table represented by the table data created as described above is displayed on the table management application screen 33 (step R4). In step R4, character strings and ruled lines that are constituent elements of the table are displayed based on the created table data, and the child table exists in the table cell based on the reference to the other created table data. A table icon 153 is displayed.

The character strings constituting the table are displayed based on the following character string data.
(1) Character string data pointed to by each cell data pointed from the cell data pointer of the table management data (2) Character string data pointed from the item name character string data pointer of each headword field definition data (3) Table The display of the common condition character string related to (3) among the character strings more than the character string data pointed from the common condition character string data pointer of the management data will be described in the display of the open table described later.

Also, the ruled lines constituting the table are displayed based on the ruled line data extracted from the “ruled line data pointer” of the table management data. The character string data and ruled line data created for the corresponding table are sequentially extracted, and the position information is converted into a physical position on the display screen 20a, whereby the corresponding character string or ruled line is displayed on the display screen 20a. Is displayed at the corresponding physical position.

The position information constituting the character string data and the ruled line data is first converted into a physical position for the table management application screen 33 based on a “logical position / physical position correspondence ratio” predetermined in the system, and then By adding the arrangement position of the entire table management application screen 33 stored in the system as “table management application screen relative position” on the display screen 20a, it is converted into a physical position on the display screen 20a.

In step R4, a table icon 153 indicating that an open table is displayed in response to an open instruction for the cell is displayed in a cell in the table icon arrangement column 41. The table icon is displayed for a cell whose real address is set in the “open table data pointer portion” of the corresponding cell data. With the display of the table icon, the user can dispense with a useless instruction to open a cell in which the table icon is not displayed. The display of information icons on the table will be described later in the description of the open table display process.

When an open instruction is given to one cell in the icon arrangement column 41 of the hierarchy leading table in the present explanation example, it is based on the table management data registered in the “open table data pointer” of the cell data of that cell. A table creation and display procedure is performed, and the corresponding table is opened.

For example, when an open instruction is given to the cell in the icon arrangement column 41 corresponding to the headword “A” and the headword “A” in the first table of the present explanation example, the table input block input field shown in FIG. As a table based on 353, the table shown in FIG. 35A is opened.

Now, in the cell corresponding to the headword “A3” and the headword “Large” in the icon arrangement column 41 of the table shown in FIG. 35 displayed on the table management application screen 33, all path names are “***”. When the icon of the information stored in the folder “**** report folder” and having the name “report 3” is dragged, the procedure shown in FIG. 36 is performed.

In this procedure, the system first creates information management data (FIG. 41) in which all path names of information are registered, and then all path names given to the corresponding information “*** ¥ ****”. “Report folder \ Report 2” is set in the “all path name part” (step W1). Information management data created for each stored information is linked as an information management data chain by the “link pointer”, and the address of the head data is set in the “information management data pointer” of the overall management data.

The procedure then specifies all the related data for the drag destination cell, and points all the specified related data from the “attribute management data point part” of the created information management data (step W2). The subsequent step W3 is based on all related data registered in the corresponding information management data, selects a drag destination cell in which the same all related data is specified, and corresponds to the in-cell information management data chain of the cell data of the selected cell. Add information management data for information.

In the subsequent step W4, the table on which the drag operation has been performed is displayed again on the table management application screen 33 in a form reflecting the information storage operation. In the case of the explanation example, since no other information is stored in the cell corresponding to the headword “A3” and the headword “Large” as the dragging destination cells, as shown in FIG. The table is redisplayed with the display of the corresponding information icon 177 (FIG. 35 (b)).

If an open operation is performed on the icon of the corresponding information displayed in the cell, the cell data that has been opened is specified based on the open operation position and then the specified cell data. The corresponding information management data is specified as the first data of the in-cell information management data chain, the corresponding information is indicated by all the path names registered in the specified information management data, and the file information screen is the table management application screen 33. Opened on top.

When a plurality of pieces of information management data are linked to the in-cell information management data chain, as a known method, an icon of the information management data constituting the corresponding in-cell information management data chain can be obtained by a specific operation on the corresponding cell. An in-cell display screen, which is a specific screen to be displayed, is displayed, and an open operation is performed on the displayed icon. An example of the in-cell display screen is shown in FIG.

As for the hierarchy table created as described above, a new folder tree can be created to store the information saved by dragging the icon onto it. If the user wants to create the folder tree for the hierarchical table in the above explanation example, the user first puts the first folder of the folder tree in the “accommodating folder name” column 390 provided on the first table of the first table (FIG. 47). All path names of “*** ¥ **** ¥ P” are entered.

Now, an icon for the information whose name is “Report 2” is saved in a folder whose name is “Report folder”, all path names are “*** ¥ ******* Report folder”. The head word “A4” and the head word “A” on the table (FIG. 37) opened by instructing to open the cells corresponding to the head word “A” and the head word “A” on the head table of the hierarchy table. When the user drags on the cell corresponding to “Large”, the system performs the information storage procedure shown in FIG.

The procedure first creates information management data in which all path names “*** ¥ ****” \ report folder \ report 2 ”of the information to be saved are set in the“ all path name part ”. The created information management data is linked to the information management data chain created for the corresponding hierarchy table (step Z1).

The procedure continues, specifying all the related data determined in the corresponding hierarchical table for the drag destination cell, and setting the head address in the “all related data pointer part” of the created information management data (step Z2). Here, all the related data determined for the drag destination cell is obtained by concatenating the in-table related data of the drag destination cell to the end related data of the common condition data of the drag destination table.

The related data in the table drag destination cell can be obtained as follows. First, related data obtained from the vertical direction headword column 43 in the leftmost column is connected to related data obtained from the top horizontal direction word column 42. When the table has a multi-stage structure, the related data obtained from the top horizontal row word column 42 and the leftmost column are connected to the connection of the related data obtained from the top row and the leftmost column. Related data obtained from the next column vertical direction headword column 43 are connected in this order, and the same connection is repeated thereafter.

In this example,
Tag name “A” for ID data “*** ¥ ******* P”,
For the ID data “*** ¥¥ ***” ¥ P ¥ A, **** ¥¥ *** ¥ P ¥ B, **** ¥¥ *** ¥ P ¥ C,
Tag name “A4” for ID data “*** ¥ ****” \ P ¥ A ¥ Kou, **** ¥¥ *** ¥ P ¥ A ¥ B,
Tag name “Large” for ID data “**** ¥¥ *** ¥ P ¥ A ¥ K ¥ A1,..., ***** ¥¥ *** ¥ P ¥ C ¥ 丙 ¥ C3”,
All the related data obtained by concatenating the related data in the above order is obtained.

The procedure then creates a new all path name corresponding to all specified related data for the information to be saved based on all specified related data, Part 2 "(step Z3).

Step Z3 is performed as a procedure for creating all path names shown in FIG. 39. First, a “current path name” parameter indicating a path name to be processed and all path names in a subsequent processing loop, and a “current all path” As the initial value of the “name” parameter, all path names “*** ¥ *** ¥ P” of the corresponding accommodation folder are set (step V1). In step V1, the related data located at the head of all the related data obtained for the drag destination cell is set as “current related data” extracted from all the related data for each subsequent processing loop.

In the all path name creation procedure, next, it is determined that a folder having all path names as the current path name is created in the folder tree to be created (step V2), and the corresponding folder is created. If not, the corresponding folder is newly created by a known method (step V3).

The procedure for creating all path names is followed by updating the current all path names by concatenating the path name currently set in the tag name part of the related data to the end of the current all path names via a separator "\". (Step V4).

In the all path name creation procedure, if there is related data linked to the next position of the current related data in all the related data in the following step V5, the related data is set as new current related data, and then in step V2. If there is no current related data linked to the next position of the current related data, the name of the corresponding information is linked to all the current path names via the separator “¥” (step V6), End the path name creation procedure.

In the explanation example, a folder with all path names “*** ¥ *** ¥ P” is created as a containing folder, and in that,
A folder with all pathnames “*** ¥ ****” ¥ P ¥ A,
A folder with all pathnames “*** ¥¥ ＊＊ ¥ P ¥ A ¥ E”,
A folder with all path names “*** ¥¥ ****” ¥ P ¥ A ¥ E ¥ A4,
Folders with all path names “*** ¥¥ ****” ¥ P ¥ A ¥ K ¥ A4 ¥ Large> are created in order,
In the folder of all path names at the lowest level “*** ¥ ****” ¥ P ¥ A ¥ K ¥ A4 ¥ Large
Corresponding information obtained as all path names “*** ¥ *** ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ A4 ¥ large ¥ report 2” is stored.

In the information storage procedure, all path names of the corresponding information are generated as described above from the original all path names “*** ¥ ****** report folder \ report 2” by a known method. Changed to all path names set in “all path name part 2” of the information management data “*** ¥ ******* P ¥ A ¥ K ¥ A4 ¥ large ¥ report 2” All path names are set in the “all path name part” of the information management data (step Z3). Thereafter, the environment program accesses the corresponding information by using all path names updated as described above.

In the procedure, the address of the head related data of all the related data created in step Z2 is set in the “attribute management data pointer” of the corresponding information management data (step Z4). Note that the attribute management data may be created by the method described above based on all path names created in step Z3.

Finally, the table management application screen is created by reflecting the information storage operation this time on the table to which the drag operation has been performed by performing steps R3 and R4 of the above table creation / display procedure. 33 is displayed again (step Z5).

In step R3 performed in step Z5, a drag destination in which all related data consisting of a combination of the same related data as the related data constituting the attribute management data is specified as an arrangement destination cell of the corresponding information subjected to the drag operation. When a cell is selected and no other information is registered in the cell, an icon 171 of the corresponding information is displayed in the cell (FIG. 40).

Now, when an open operation is performed on the icon of the corresponding information displayed in the same cell, the cell data on which the open operation has been performed is specified based on the open operation position, and the cell data within the specified cell data Corresponding information management data is specified as the first data of the information management data chain, and a file information screen of the corresponding information is opened on the table management application screen 33 as a publicly known method by all path names registered in the specified information management data. Will be.

The present invention uses a program or software for realizing the above-described functions of the present invention. Such software can be installed in the system of the present invention via an arbitrary medium, for example, by a storage medium or online. Therefore, an act of transferring a storage medium storing software for implementing the present invention as a business, an act of installing the software in a system online, and the like are one embodiment of the present invention.

12 Keyboard 14 Mouse 16 Internal memory 18 External memory 20 Display device 20a Display screen 24 CPU
26 Communication Device 27 Communication Line 30 Desktop Screen 31 Main Menu 32 Program Menu 33 Table Management Application Screen 35 Program Button 36 Data Object Icon 41 Icon Placement Field 42 Horizontal Headword Placement Field 43 Vertical Headword Placement Field 45 Common Condition Character Column 51 input section
52 Tag name string data creation part
53 Tag name string data storage unit
54 Condition data giving unit 55 Table data selecting unit 56 Table data creating unit
57 Table data storage
58 Table display section 60 Information attribute data adding section 61 Output information associating section 62 Open instruction section 70 Function menu 71 Table creation button 72 Conversion 73 Child table setting button 75 Setting button 77 Hierarchy button 79 Save button 90 Name field 95 “Execute” Button 150 Cell area 153 Table icon 155 Information icon 157 Third icon 159 Common condition character string 160 In-cell display screen 170 Information “Report 1” icon 171 Information “Report 2” icon 175 Item name character string 177 Information “Report 3” icon 350 Table configuration tag name string input screen 351 Table name input field 352 Execution button 353 Table block input field 361 Tag name string input field 363 Condition input field 365 Hierarchy rank input field 371 Arrangement direction instruction field 373 Item name input field 375 Tag name input field 3 83 Item name input field 385 Tag name input field 390 Accommodation folder input field

Claims (8)

1. In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
   A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. A hierarchical table configuration method configured to be displayed open on the device screen as:
   For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Configuring a hierarchy table by repeating the specification of the parent table, and
   On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Determining as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
   Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a relationship defined with related data, and displaying the selected table as an open display table on the device screen;
   In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. Registering and displaying an information icon associated with the cell,
   In response to an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table, the information management data in which all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the corresponding cell is specified, and the specified information management Displaying the content of the relevant information of the data on the device screen;
   A method in an information processing apparatus comprising:
2. In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
   The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
   First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
   Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
   The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
   In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A method in an information processing apparatus for creating a folder whose path name is all path names.
3. An information processing apparatus having a user operation environment in which information is represented by an icon that is an image image that characterizes each type, and the content of the corresponding information is displayed on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator. And
   A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. As a device that constitutes a hierarchy table configured to be displayed open on the device screen as
   For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Means for constructing a hierarchical table by repeating the specification of the parent table;
   On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Means as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
   Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Means for selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a predetermined relationship with related data, and displaying the selected table on the device screen as an open display table;
   In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. A means of registering and displaying information icons in association with the cell,
   In response to an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table, the information management data in which all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the corresponding cell is specified, and the specified information management Means for displaying the contents of the relevant information of the data on the device screen;
   An information processing apparatus comprising:
4. An information processing apparatus having a user operation environment in which information is represented by an icon that is an image image that characterizes each type, and the content of the corresponding information is displayed on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator. And
   The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
   First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
   Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
   The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
   In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, An information processing apparatus for creating a folder having “path name” as its entire path name.
5. In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
   A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. A hierarchical table configuration method configured to be displayed open on the device screen as:
   For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Configuring a hierarchy table by repeating the specification of the parent table, and
   On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Determining as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
   Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a relationship defined with related data, and displaying the selected table as an open display table on the device screen;
   In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. Registering and displaying an information icon associated with the cell,
   In response to an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table, the information management data in which all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the corresponding cell is specified, and the specified information management Displaying the content of the relevant information of the data on the device screen;
   A control program for realizing a method in an information processing apparatus comprising:
6. In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
   The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
   First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
   Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
   The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
   In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A control program for causing a computer to implement a method in an information processing apparatus that creates a folder having “path name” as its entire path name.
7. In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
   A set of tables in which cells that are rectangles for placing information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information are arranged in association with the item names that are the viewpoint of the characterization When an open instruction is given to a cell on one table constituting the set on the device screen, the other table constituting the set is an open display table for the table to which the open instruction is given. A hierarchical table configuration method configured to be displayed open on the device screen as:
   For the table created by the table creation means, a child table setting condition that is combined according to the rules that define the pairs of item names and tag names provided on the other tables that make up the hierarchy table is set. Configuring a hierarchy table by repeating the specification of the parent table, and
   On each table displayed on the device screen upon receiving an open instruction for one cell on the first table, which is one table constituting the hierarchy table, from the top table of the hierarchy table to the first table For a cell that has been given an open instruction in, it repeatedly obtains related data that is a product set of pairs of tag names and item names that have a specific positional relationship with the cell, and a set of all related data obtained Determining as all relevant data specified for the cell that gave the open indication on the first table;
   Of the tables that make up the hierarchy table, each table that is open-displayed from the beginning of the hierarchy until the display of the corresponding table is a table that does not share the items defined on the table, and all of the obtained tables Selecting a table provided with a child table setting condition having a relationship defined with related data, and displaying the selected table as an open display table on the device screen;
   In response to an operation of dragging and saving an icon representing information onto the displayed table, information management data in which all related data specified in the dragged cell is associated with all path names of the corresponding information is associated with the corresponding table. Registering and displaying an information icon associated with the cell,
   In response to an open operation for the information icon on the displayed table, the information management data in which all related data that has a specific relationship with all related data determined in the corresponding cell is specified, and the specified information management Displaying the content of the relevant information of the data on the device screen;
   A storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to implement the method in the information processing apparatus.
8. In an information processing apparatus having a user operation environment that represents information by an icon, which is an image image that characterizes each type, and displays the contents of the corresponding information on the apparatus screen according to a specific instruction on the icon on the apparatus screen by the operator.
   The cells, which are rectangles for placing information icons, are arranged in a matrix, and the tag names that characterize the information on the outside of the cells are arranged in association with the item names that are the characterization points of view. In response to a save drag operation,
   First, after setting all path names of the folder specified as “accommodation destination folder” for the table as “current all path names”, which are all path names to be processed in the subsequent processing iterations,
   Retrieving the “current all path names” by extracting the related data from all the identified related data according to a predetermined order and concatenating the registered tag names to the end of the “current all path names” via a specific separator. Repeat
   The name of the corresponding information is concatenated to the last “currently all path names” via the above-described separator, and all the path names of the corresponding information are obtained.
   In each repetition of the above step, it is determined that a folder having “all current path names” as its entire path name has been created in the corresponding folder tree. If the corresponding folder has not been created, A storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to implement the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention described above in order to achieve the above-described object of creating a folder whose path name is all path names.

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