JP2001325295A - Method for constructing database and method for using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a database constructing method which is three-dimensionally arranged and condensed without an example in the past and also is drastically convenient and useful for retrieval and to provide a database using method by which a display method being optimum for an access person is automatically decided and displayed in accordance with the characteristic of the access person, etc., by using the constructed database. SOLUTION: The database constructing method and the database using method are provided. The constructing method is characterized by arranging each piece of input information itself related to a retrieval item as information possessing the three- dimensional parameters of a spatial axis, a field axis and a time axis and constructing a three-dimensional database related to a retrieval item as a database for a computer through the use of the input of information consisting of a substantial element, an area element and a social structural element, etc., by information in a spatial axis direction in relation to the retrieval item, the input of field classification information in the humanities and natural science by information in a field axis direction and the input of information which are inputted in the spatial axis and field axis directions as information which are time-sequentially arranged in a time axis direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method of constructing a database in a computer and a method of using the database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various databases have been constructed as computer databases. However, in most databases, only large groups and small groups are simply classified, or at most, data between each data is classified. There is only some association with. Therefore, an accessor to a database usually extracts information from the database by specifying one-dimensional or two-dimensional search items.

[0003] Usually, the database only supplies the requested data. Even if a narrowed search method is specified, the requested data is supplied in accordance with the specification. Just do it. Therefore, it is usually impossible to automatically determine the characteristics of the accessor and supply data in a display mode or display method preferable for the accessor simply by accessing the search item by a single item. .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method of constructing a database which is three-dimensionally organized and integrated, and which is extremely convenient and useful for retrieval.

Another object of the present invention is to use a database constructed in this way to automatically determine and automatically display an optimum display method for an accessor according to the characteristics of the accessor. The object of the present invention is to provide a method of using a database which can be performed up to the present.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, a database construction method according to the present invention provides a computer database as a material element, a regional element, a social organization element in association with a search item. The information consisting of etc. is input by information in the spatial axis direction, the information by field in the humanities and natural sciences is input by the information in the field axis direction,
In addition, by inputting the information input in the space axis direction and the information input in the field axis direction as information arranged in time series in the time axis direction, each input information related to the search item can be converted into a space. The method is characterized by organizing three-dimensional parameters of axis, field axis and time axis as information having three-dimensional parameters and constructing a three-dimensional database related to a search item.

In this database construction method, the three-dimensional database can be updated every moment based on newly input information. Further, each input information in the three-dimensional database may have a display format classification for information such as images, sounds, character information, etc., and further, information on odors, tactile sensations, and the like.

Further, the method of using a database according to the present invention accesses a database constructed as described above, specifies a specific point on a space axis, a field axis, and a time axis in association with a search item, The method is characterized in that specific information is obtained from information input to a dimension.

In the method of using a database according to the present invention, it is particularly preferable to create a log file capable of analyzing, accumulating, and updating access process information unique to a database accessor in association with the database.

[0010] By creating such a log file, from the access process information in the log file, a display format of images, sounds, character information, etc., a display time in each display format, and a display order of each display format are determined. An accessor-specific linear model having a weighting variable is automatically created, and data in a database can be automatically extracted and automatically displayed as accessor-specific data based on the linear model.

[0011] With respect to this linear model, it is possible to update the linear model every time access process information is added, and / or every preset period, and / or every preset number of accesses. .

When displaying the accessor-specific data automatically extracted based on the linear model, the optimum display method is automatically determined for each access user based on the linear model, and based on the optimum display method, It is possible to automatically display the data in the database in a browser format (that is, in a format that includes not only a search at the computer-owned institution where the database is constructed, but also a search over the Internet or the like).

[0013] Further, access process information of a plurality of accessors is aggregated as accessor group information set to an arbitrary size (for example, a certain region or institution,
It is also possible to aggregate the information as group information for each school and class) and to determine the tendency for each aggregated accessor group information.

That is, in the database construction method according to the present invention, various search target items are arranged as information having three-dimensional parameters of a space axis, a field axis, and a time axis, which have not existed conventionally, and are related to the search items. Since it is constructed as a three-dimensional database, as long as the points on the spatial axis, the field axis and the time axis are specified for the desired data, the requested data can be automatically generated without narrowing down special keywords. The system is well extracted.

In using this database, not only is it very convenient to automatically sort and aggregate data as described above, but also to analyze the access process information unique to the database accessor in relation to the database. By creating log files that can be stored and updated, accessers can automatically select the data they want,
It is possible to extract and extract it automatically according to the characteristics of the accessor in an optimal display method for the accessor. In this automatic display, the access process information in the log file is used to determine the display format of images, sounds, character information, etc., the display time in each display format, and the display order of each display format. Is automatically created. That is, the weighting variables in the linear model are automatically calculated to be optimal variables for each accessor. Since the linear model having the optimal weighting variable is basically created from the access process information of the accessor, it can express the characteristics and individuality of the accessor, and furthermore, is linearized. Therefore, automatic processing for determining the optimal display method becomes possible, and according to the determined optimal display method, data that the accessor most wants is displayed in the most desirable display form (the most desirable display form) for the accessor. Format, display time, display order). Furthermore, it is possible to automatically create a homepage that is optimal for the access user (user) on the Internet.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a method of constructing a database usable for education and a method of using the database according to an embodiment of the present invention, and show an example in which the present invention is applied to an agricultural product database. . Note that this embodiment is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to virtually any field.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a database relating to “potatoes” in the agricultural product database constructed in the present embodiment. The database 1 includes material elements, Information consisting of regional elements, social organizational elements, etc. is input for each information in two directions on the spatial axis, and information for each field in the humanities and natural sciences is input for each information in the three directions for the field axis. By inputting the information input in the directions and the information input in the three directions of the field axis as the information arranged in time series in the four directions of the time axis, a three-dimensional database is constructed. Each piece of input information related to these search items is arranged as information having three-dimensional parameters of a space axis 2, a field axis 3, and a time axis 4, and is constructed as a three-dimensional database related to the search items. Field axis 3
In, within each field in the humanities and natural sciences, it is organized as information on each subdivided field.

Each input information in the three-dimensional database has a division of a display format such as image, sound, character information, etc., and can also have a division of a display format relating to odor and tactile sensation as required. The three-dimensional database related to the search item is initially set, but is input as needed when new information is available, and is updated as needed. Therefore, it is possible to make the database always based on the latest information.

First, the usefulness of such a three-dimensional database itself will be described together with its use. As shown in FIG. 1, in relation to the search item "potato", a spatial axis 2 as an information axis composed of a material element, a regional element, a social organization element, etc., information in the fields of humanities and natural sciences Field axis 3 as axis, eg B
If a specific point is specified in the three-dimensional axial direction of the time axis 4 from the past of about C500 years to the future beyond the year 2000, if a specific point is designated, the information input in three dimensions at the specific point will be obtained. Output instantaneously. That is, information that a searcher desires is instantaneously specified from a group of information input in three dimensions, and is automatically identified as information having three-dimensional parameters of a spatial axis 2, a field axis 3 and a time axis 4. Extracted and output. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the potatoes are derived from where they came from (time: past, space: world, field: humanities) and how much potatoes are made in the world (time: present , Space: world, field: humanities), what kind of pests are in potatoes (time: present, space: insects (1
0 ^-3 ), field: natural science). As described above, first, it is possible to automatically search for desired data with a very simple designation that has not been achieved in the past.

In this search, a log file capable of analyzing, storing, and updating access process information unique to a database access user can be created according to access to the database. In other words, the information processing characteristics unique to the database accessor, such as what kind of display form and in what time ratio the database accessor tends to obtain information when obtaining information, The information processing characteristics grasped by analyzing and accumulating the log files, and the grasped information processing characteristics can be updated in accordance with the passage of time (for example, the number of accesses or the growth or change of the database access person).

When the access process information unique to the database access person in such a log file is obtained, particularly, when the access process information in a plurality of database accesses is obtained, it is possible to linearly model the information. , The linear model can be automatically created. For example, from the access process information in the log file, an accessor-specific linear model having a weighting variable with respect to the display format of images, sounds, character information, and the like, the display time in each display format, and the display order of each display format. Can be created automatically.

The information processing characteristic unique to the database accessor after the creation of the linear model is represented, for example, as shown in FIG. In the information processing characteristic 10 unique to the database accessor shown in FIG. 2, the database accessor prefers display forms such as images, characters, and sounds, which display form is suitable, and what each display form is. Characteristics related to information display forms, such as whether they are preferred to be displayed in order or are suitable (in some cases, display forms related to smell tactile sensation), and the display time (processing time) of each display form Is automatically created as an accessor-specific linear model having a weighting variable. The linear model may include an error term as an allowance, and may have some degree of freedom.

When the linear modeling as described above is performed,
According to the information processing characteristic unique to the database accessor that is linearly modeled, for each database accessor,
It is possible to automatically determine an optimal display method (display form, display order, display time, etc.), and to automatically extract and display data from a three-dimensional database based on the optimal display method.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, an optimum display method is selected according to each unique information processing characteristic of each database accessor 21, 22, 23 (junior high school student B, elementary school student A, high school student C). Automatically extracting and automatically displaying data from the three-dimensional database 1 according to (display form, display order, display time, etc.) becomes possible. Automatic display of data can be performed in a browser format.

Further, the information processing characteristics unique to the database accessor that has been linearly modeled include the age of the accessor, each time access process information is added, and / or
It can be arbitrarily updated every predetermined period or / and every predetermined number of accesses. Updating makes it possible to automatically and automatically display data from the database 1 in a display method most suitable for the accesser at that time.

Further, when the information processing characteristic unique to the database accessor that has been linearly modeled is created, it is possible to automatically create a home page with a display method optimal for the accessor.

Further, in the present invention, it is possible to determine the tendency of the accessor group set to an arbitrary size from the aggregation of the access process information to the three-dimensional database 1. For example, as shown in FIG.
Spacious area 3 with access to dimensional database 1
3 and the access to the three-dimensional database 1 from the B junior high school group 32 as another accessor group tends to be concentrated in another spread area 34, these tendencies are instantaneously divided. Will be issued. Since the information retrieved in each of these areas also has display form information such as images, characters, and sounds, it is also possible to simultaneously determine trends in these display forms and display time display order. Become. As a result, for each of the A elementary school group 31 and the B junior high school group 32, it is possible to grasp which display method is the optimum display method, and it is also possible to provide very appropriate feedback to the educational method.

The method of using such a three-dimensional database can be applied not only to the field of education but also to virtually any field such as marketing.

[0029]

As described above, according to the database construction method according to the present invention, it is possible to construct a three-dimensionally arranged and consolidated unusually convenient and useful database for retrieval. .

According to the method of using the database according to the present invention, by using the database constructed as described above and by automatically creating a linear model unique to the accessor, particularly regarding the information processing characteristics, It is possible to automatically determine an optimum display method for the accessor according to the characteristics of the user and to perform automatic display according to the optimum display method.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a three-dimensional database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of an information processing characteristic unique to an accessor.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a method of using a database according to information processing characteristics unique to an accessor.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of calculating a tendency for each accessor group information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Three-dimensional database 2 Space axis 3 Field axis 4 Time axis 10 Information processing characteristic peculiar to an accessor 21, 22, 23 Accessor 31, 32 Accessor group 33, 34 Search area

Claims (9)

[Claims] As a computer database, information including a material element, a regional element, a social organization element, and the like is input in a spatial axis direction according to information in association with a search item, and the fields in the humanities and natural sciences are input. By inputting different information by information in the field axis direction, and by inputting information input in the space axis direction and information input in the field axis direction as information arranged in time series in the time axis direction And arranging each input information related to the search item itself as information having three-dimensional parameters of a space axis, a field axis, and a time axis, and constructing a three-dimensional database related to the search item. , How to build a database. 2. The database construction method according to claim 1, wherein said three-dimensional database is updated every time based on newly input information. 3. The database construction method according to claim 1, wherein each of the input information in the three-dimensional database has a division of a display format such as an image, a sound, and character information. 4. Accessing the database constructed according to any one of claims 1 to 3, specifying a specific point on a space axis, a field axis, and a time axis in relation to a search item, and inputting it in three dimensions. A method of using a database, wherein specific information is obtained from information obtained. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a log file capable of analyzing, storing, and updating access process information unique to a database accessor is created in association with the database. 6. An accessor-specific information having a weighting variable for a display format of images, sounds, character information, and the like, a display time in each display format, and a display order of each display format based on access process information in a log file. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein a linear model is automatically created, and data in the database is automatically extracted and automatically displayed as accessor-specific data based on the linear model. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the linear model is updated every time the access process information is added, and / or every predetermined period, and / or every predetermined number of accesses. . 8. The database according to claim 6, wherein an optimum display method is automatically determined for each access user based on the linear model, and the data in the database is automatically displayed in a browser format based on the optimum display method. how to use. 9. The method according to claim 4, wherein the access process information of a plurality of accessors is aggregated as accessor group information set to an arbitrary size, and a tendency for each aggregated accessor group information is calculated. How to use the database described in.