JP2001175652A - Generation system for compound term and management system for compound term generated by the generation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a generation system for a compound term which generates no synonym even when a compound term is newly generated by arraying word names having gained general currency in object operation of software development. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with an input means 10 which inputs a word name representing a thing, a word dictionary storage means 31 which stores the word name, the regular name corresponding to the word name, and relation information showing the meaning relation between the word name and regular word name, a relative regular word name extracting means 20 which extracts the regular word name having the meaning relation with the word name if the word name is not registered as the regular word name in the word dictionary storage means, and a compound term generating means 20 which generates a compound term by arraying plural regular word names extracted by the relative regular word name extracting means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for creating synthetic terms and a method for managing the synthetic terms created by the method. The present invention relates to a method for creating a synthetic term in which an abnormal synonym is not generated even when a term is created, and to a method for managing a synthetic term created by the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 shows an example of registration information of a "term dictionary" that centrally manages information on data items to be used in software development using a CASE tool using its name ("term name") as a key. is there. For example, "delivery agency code" as "term name (synthetic term)"
The "data type" is "two digits of character", and the "meaning" is "identify a branch responsible for delivery business", and "0"
“1” is responsible for “Tokyo branch” and “02” is responsible for “Osaka branch”. That is, the "data type", "meaning", "meaning of the code value, etc." can be centrally managed using the "delivering store code" which is the "term name" as a key.

By the way, in the software development, when defining data items (for example, data definition in a program, file layout, data definition in a form or a screen), a "term name" registered in a "term dictionary" is used.
Has the following effects (see FIG. 8).

[0004] Prevention of erroneous definition of data type and code value. When the information of the data item is changed, by correcting the content of the term dictionary, the information of the location where the term is quoted can be corrected collectively. For example, in FIG. 8, when it is desired to change the number of digits of “two digits of characters” to “three digits of characters”, the term dictionary 101
If the program source is generated by modifying only the contents of the above, the data definition of the program specification can be changed without modifying the program specification 102. The location where the data item is used can be accurately identified (repository function, the concept is shown in FIG. 9).

However, since the term name is a key of the term dictionary as described above, the allophone synonym [the information (data type, meaning, etc. to which it belongs) is the same and the term name is different.
For example, the "delivery handling branch code" and the "delivery handling store code" correspond to each other on the same term dictionary, and the above effect (1) cannot be obtained.

Therefore, even if an abnormal synonym exists in an actual business (for example, a transportation business) in which the system is developed, one word is not included in the program of the developed system.
It is indispensable that the terms are unified and registered in the term dictionary. As a method of naming the term names registered at this time, there is a concept of word composition (see FIG. 10).

[0007]

However, when a programmer names a term by the above-described word composition method (FIG. 10), the term can be assigned almost uniquely (only one meaning). In many cases, it is far from the language that is actually used in the work.
If words that are far from business terms are used in the program, it may make it difficult for those who have viewed the program to understand the contents of the program. Therefore, it is desirable to adopt words that are used in the business as much as possible.

[0008] Therefore, when a word that is accepted in business is named as a term name, it is possible to skillfully search whether a term having the same meaning already exists when a new data item is defined. Instead, the user thinks that the word does not exist and registers the term name (by relying on intuition), and as a result, an abnormal synonym is generated.

[0009] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for synthesizing a term that prevents generation of allomorphic synonyms even when a new term is created by arranging word names that are commonly used in software development tasks. An object of the present invention is to provide a creation method and a management method of a composite term created by the creation method.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for creating a synthetic term by arranging word names representing a plurality of things and inputting the word name representing the thing. Input means, and a word dictionary storage means storing a word name representing the thing, a formal word name defined corresponding to the word name, and related information indicating a semantic relationship between the word name and the formal word name And if the word name representing the thing input from the input means is not stored as a formal word name in the word dictionary storage means, there is a semantic association with the word name representing the input thing. Related formal word name extracting means for extracting a formal word name, and synthetic term creating means for creating a synthetic term by arranging a plurality of formal word names extracted by the related formal word name extracting means. I do.

[0011] In a synthetic term management method for creating and managing compound terms by arranging word names representing a plurality of things, an input means for inputting a word name representing a thing, a word name representing the thing and Word dictionary storage means for storing a formal word name defined corresponding to a word name and related information indicating a semantic association between the word name and the formal word name, and a word name representing an object input from the input means However, if the word dictionary storage means is not stored as a formal word name, related formal word name extraction means for extracting a formal word name having a meaningful relation to the word name representing the input thing, A plurality of formal word names extracted by the related formal word name extracting means for arranging a plurality of formal word names to create a synthetic term; and a term dictionary storing means for storing the synthetic term created by the synthetic formal word name creating means. Was it And it features.

In this way, the word dictionary storage means stores the word name, the formal word name, and related information indicating the semantic relation between them. If the word name representing the input thing is not stored as a formal word name in the word dictionary storage means, a formal word name having a meaningful relation is extracted by the related formal word name extracting means, and the related word name is extracted. A plurality of formal word names extracted by the formal word name extracting means are arranged to create a synthetic term. In addition, the created composite terms are stored in the term dictionary storage means, thereby preventing occurrence of allophone synonyms.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiment.

(I-1) First Embodiment Referring to FIG. 1, in this embodiment, an input device 10 such as a keyboard which is an "input means", a "related formal word name extracting means", and a "synthetic term creation" A data processing device 20 that operates under program control, a storage device 30 that stores information, and an output device 40 such as a display or a printing device.
And

The storage device 30 includes a word dictionary storage unit 31 that is a “word dictionary storage unit” and a term dictionary storage unit 32 that is a “term dictionary storage unit”.

As shown in FIG. 3, the word dictionary storage unit 31 previously stores a general Japanese word name which is a "word name representing an object", a corresponding official word name, and the type of association between words. are doing. For example, the word name is "delivery",
The formal word name corresponding to “delivery” is “delivery”, and the type (division) related to “delivery” and “delivery” is “synonym (synonym)”. The term dictionary storage unit 32 stores term names and formal word names having a semantic relationship with the term names, for example, in the order of JIS standard character codes. For example, while the term name is “delivery destination business name”, the character code order of a formal word name having a semantical relationship is “business office, destination, delivery, name”.

The data processing device 20 includes a word dictionary search unit 21 and a term dictionary search unit 22. The word dictionary search unit 21 searches the word dictionary storage unit 31 using the word name given from the input device 10 as a key. If the relevant section of the searched word is not the official name, it is replaced with the official name. After replacing all the entered words with their official names, sort them in character code order. Term dictionary search means 2
2 retrieves the constituent word information in the term dictionary storage unit 31 from the sorted word names, and outputs the term name of the matched word name to the output device 40.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of this embodiment.

The character string of the word name given from the input device 10 is supplied to the word dictionary search means 21 in the order of input. The word dictionary search means 21 checks whether the same word as this character string is stored in the word dictionary storage unit 31 (FIG. 2).
Steps A1 and A2). If the same word as the input character string is not stored in the word dictionary storage unit 31, it is determined that the search is impossible, and a message indicating that the search is impossible is output to the output device 4.
0 is displayed (step A9).

The same word as the input character string is stored in the word dictionary storage unit 3.
If it is stored in 1, the relevant section for that word is read. If the related section is not "official", the official word name for the word is read, and the input character string is converted into the official word name (steps A3 and A4).

The word dictionary search means 21 repeats steps A1 to A4 for the input word, and when the processing of the final word is completed, sorts the words in the order of the character codes (steps A5 and A6). Term dictionary search means 22
It is checked whether or not a term having the same constituent word as the combination of the words sorted in step A6 is stored in the term dictionary storage unit 32 (step A7). If the same constituent word as the input is stored, read out the term name,
Output to the output device 40 (step A10). The same word as the input character string is stored in the word dictionary storage unit 31 in the word dictionary storage unit 31.
If it is stored in No. 1, it is determined that the search is impossible, and a message indicating that the search is impossible is displayed on the output device 40 (step A9).

In this way, there is no synonymous word on the computer system. For example, of the synonyms "delivery handling branch code" and "delivery handling shop code", only "delivery handling branch code" exists on the computer system, and "delivery handling shop code"
Will no longer exist.

(I-2) Specific Example of First Embodiment Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described using a specific example. Note that, for example, step A1 in FIG. 2 corresponds to step A1 in FIG. 3, and the processing is the same.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, it is assumed that a combination of the word names “delivery store code” is input from the input device 10 by the programmer. First, the word dictionary search unit 21 checks whether the first word “delivery” is stored in the word dictionary storage unit 31 (step A1).
“Delivery” is registered in the word dictionary storage unit 31 as a synonym of “delivery”. The word dictionary search means 21 reads out the related section “synonymous” and is not “official”, so reads out the official word name “delivery” and replaces “delivery” in the input word name with “delivery” (steps A3 and A4). . When the processing of steps A1 to A4 is performed for all the input words, the input information is replaced with “delivery handling branch code”. The word dictionary search means 21 sorts this combination of words in the order of the character code, and sets it as “code / branch / handling / delivery”.

The term dictionary search means 32 reads "code branch
The term whose constituent word is "handling and delivery" is stored in the term dictionary storage unit 3.
It is checked whether or not the data is stored in Step 2 (Step A7). The term dictionary storage unit 32 stores “delivery receiving branch code” as a term having “code branch handling delivery” as a constituent word. The term dictionary search means 32 is a term dictionary storage unit 3
The "delivery receiving branch code" is read out from step 2 and displayed on the output device 40 as a search result (step A10).

(II-1) Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 4, the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment (FIG. 1) is that the word dictionary storage unit 31A is divided into a word related information storage unit 31a and a word information storage unit 31b.

The word related information storage section 31a stores homonyms, that is, words having two or more formal words for one word name (for example, while one word name is “delivery”, The words "delivery" and "delivery" are also registered, and the relationship between similar words having different but similar meanings is registered (for example, "delivery" for "delivery"). In the word information storage unit 31b, a sentence indicating the meaning of a formal word is registered.

When the word dictionary search means 21 searches the word-related information storage section 31a for a relationship with a plurality of formal word names, the word information storage section 31
b, an explanatory sentence corresponding to the formal word name is read, and information for inquiring which word corresponds to the output device 40 is output. The word dictionary search means 21 inputs the input word name into the input device 1
Replace with the formal word name of the query result input from 0.

Also, the number of matching search words specifying how many words in the input words are to be output as a search result during the term dictionary search is input from the input device 10 together with the word names. The term dictionary search unit 22 searches the term dictionary storage unit 32 for a term in which words equal to or greater than the number of input matching search words match the input word, and outputs the term to the output device 40.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The operations in steps A1 and A2 in FIG. 5 are the same as steps A1 and A2 in the first embodiment in FIG. If the word input in step A2 of FIG. 5 is not searched from the word dictionary storage unit 31, a symbol indicating that the word could not be searched is added to the word name, and step A2 is performed.
Go to Step 5 (Step B1).

In step A2, a word is searched. If there is not a plurality of words, the operations in steps A3 and A4 are performed. The operations in steps A3 and A4 are the same as the operations in steps A3 and A4 of the first embodiment in FIG. FIG.
In step A2, if a word is found, and there are a plurality of words, the word dictionary search means 21 stores the description of the formal word name associated with each word in the word information storage unit 31b.
And displays it on the output device 40 together with a message inquiring which word it corresponds to (steps B2, B3 and B4). As a result, when the formal word name is input from the input device, the word dictionary search means 21 replaces the first input word name with the formal word name of the inquiry result (step B5).

The operation of step A5 in FIG.
This is the same as the operation of step A5 in the embodiment. As a result of searching the word dictionary storage unit 31, if the number of searched words is less than the number of matching search words input from the input device 10, the word dictionary search unit 21 outputs a message indicating that the term dictionary search is impossible. It is displayed on the device 40 (steps B6 and A9).

The operation in step A6 is the same as the operation in step A6 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The term dictionary search unit 22 stores the terms whose combination of the sorted words matches the number of words equal to or more than the number of matching search words in the term dictionary storage unit 32.
(Step A7), and when the search is performed, the search result is displayed on the output device 40 (step A10). If the search is not successful, a message indicating that the search is impossible is displayed on the output device 40 (step A9).

(II-2) Specific Example of Second Embodiment Next, a specific example will be described. In FIG. 6, a combination of word names “delivery store code” and the number of matching search words are input from the input device 10. In the target business, words such as "delivery", "delivery", "sending", and "mailing" are mixed, but in the word dictionary, "delivery" and "sending" are defined as formal word names and their meanings are defined and used separately. Suppose you have In this case, the word dictionary search means 21 outputs the word name "delivery".
Is searched for as a synonym for both the official word names “delivery” and “send” (step A).
1). In the target business, "delivery""delivery""sending""mailing"
Are mixed, but on the word dictionary, "delivery"
"Send" and "Send" are defined as formal word names and their meanings are used separately. A message as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the output device 40 as a message inquiring which word should be searched (step B4). When the inquiry result indicates that the input device 10 corresponds to "delivery", the word dictionary search means 21 replaces "delivery" input first with "delivery" (step B5).

The term dictionary search means 22 replaces the formal word names and sorts them by code.
A term that matches three or more constituent words specified as the number of matching search words with "branch delivery" is searched from the term dictionary storage unit 32, and the "delivery receiving branch code" and the three The "delivery receiving branch name" and the "order handling branch code" searched for as terms having matching words are displayed on the output device 40 as output results (step 1).
0).

In the present embodiment, words having the same homonym and similar meanings are stored in the word dictionary, so that words can be used clearly and the search width can be expanded. Furthermore, by specifying the number of matching search words and searching for terms other than the terms in which all the constituent words match, it is possible to reduce the presence of similar terms in the term dictionary and to maintain uniformity in term naming as much as possible. Information to be provided can be provided.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. The first effect is that a search for an allophone synonym or a similar word can be performed without depending on the intuition of the programmer. The reason is that the word dictionary manages words and phrases that are synonymous, and the term dictionary manages the words that make up the terms in code order, so that words with synonyms can be used and the order of words can be changed. This is because, even if it is, the constituent words can be searched as the same.

The second effect is that when naming term names,
It is possible to eliminate synonyms in the term dictionary without performing word synthesizing using words excluding allophone synonyms (explained in the conventional example). As a result, there is no difference between the term names used in the business and the term names used in the program, and easy-to-understand programming can be performed. The reason is that words having a semantically related relationship, including words abbreviated or abbreviated in term names, are managed as constituent words in the term dictionary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram exemplifying recorded contents of a word dictionary storage unit and a term dictionary storage unit in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram exemplifying recorded contents of a word-related information storage unit and a word information storage unit in the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an example of registration information in a conventional term dictionary.

FIG. 8 is an example in which a program source is automatically changed only by changing a term dictionary in a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the concept of a repository.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an image of term naming by word synthesis.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 input device 20 processing device 21 word dictionary search means 22 term dictionary search means 30, 30A storage device 31, 31A word dictionary storage unit 31a word related information storage unit 31b word information storage unit 32 term dictionary storage unit 40 output device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method for creating a compound term by arranging word names representing a plurality of things, comprising: input means for inputting a word name representing a thing; a word name representing the thing; A word dictionary storage unit that stores a formal word name defined corresponding to the name and related information indicating a semantic relationship between the word name and the formal word name, and a word name representing an object input from the input unit. A related formal word name extracting means for extracting a formal word name having a meaningful relation to the word name representing the input thing, if the formal word name is not stored in the word dictionary storage means; A synthetic term creation means for arranging a plurality of formal word names extracted by the related formal word name extraction means to create a synthetic term. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the word dictionary storage means includes a meaning difference explanation means for explaining a difference in meaning between similar word names. 3. A compound term management system for arranging and managing compound words by arranging word names representing a plurality of things, comprising: input means for inputting a word name representing a thing; and a word name representing the thing. And word dictionary storage means for storing a formal word name defined corresponding to the word name and related information indicating a semantic relationship between the word name and the formal word name; and an object inputted from the input means. If the word name is not stored as a formal word name in the word dictionary storage means, a formal word name extracting means for extracting a formal word name having a meaningful relation to the word name representing the input thing A synthetic term creating means for arranging a plurality of official word names extracted by the related official word name extracting means to create a synthetic term; and a term dictionary storing means for storing the synthetic term created by the synthetic term creating means. With Management scheme of the synthesis terms characterized by and. 4. The system according to claim 4, wherein the word dictionary storage means includes a meaning difference explanation means for explaining a difference in meaning between similar word names. 5. A process for inputting a word name representing a thing, a word name representing the thing, a formal word name defined corresponding to the word name, and a semantic association between the word name and the formal word name. And storing the related information representing the input thing in the word dictionary storage means, and when the word name representing the input thing is not stored as the official word name in the word dictionary storage means, the input thing is stored in the word dictionary storage means. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of extracting a formal word name having a semantically related word name to be represented and a process of arranging a plurality of formal word names extracted by the extraction process to create a composite term The recording medium on which it was recorded. 6. A process of inputting a word name representing a thing, a word name representing the thing, a formal word name defined corresponding to the word name, and a semantic association between the word name and the formal word name. And storing the related information representing the input thing in the word dictionary storage means, and when the word name representing the input thing is not stored as the official word name in the word dictionary storage means, the input thing is stored in the word dictionary storage means. A process of extracting a formal word name that is semantically related to the word name to be represented, a process of arranging a plurality of formal word names extracted by the extraction process to create a synthetic term, and a process of creating the synthetic term. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process of storing a combined term in a term dictionary storage unit.