JPH1166141A - Information processor, information processing method and medium recorded with information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor and an information processing method which can control the transfer of constitution information and entity information according to the contents of a process that the information processor performs. SOLUTION: This information processor is constituted by coupling function parts shown in the Fig, and makes the respective function parts to operate when processing information indicated from an input device 8. Namely, an information judgement part 5 judges whether or not an information processing part 3 processes the indicated information according to judgement information stored in a judgement information storage part 1 and outputs the judgement result to an information transfer control part 2. The information transfer control part 2 controls the transfer of the information stored in the information storage part 1 to the information processing part 3 according to the judgement result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a medium on which an information processing program is recorded. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method capable of performing the same and a medium recording an information processing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional information processing apparatuses handle information configured by associating a plurality of elements with each other, as entity information and configuration information.

For example, taking an automobile as an example, the automobile is composed of parts such as an engine and a body, and the engine is composed of parts such as a piston and a cylinder.

In an assembly drawing of an automobile constituted by a plurality of parts as described above, the assembly drawing refers to a plurality of part drawings as child drawings, and each of the part drawings refers to a lower-order part drawing. It has a structure to do.

When a conventional information processing apparatus handles an assembly drawing as described above, an image of the drawing itself is used as entity information such as a bit map, and the configuration relationship of the assembly drawing is described in a predetermined format. We are dealing.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional client / server type information processing apparatus. As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional client-server information processing apparatus includes a configuration information management server 20 that executes processing such as storage, search, and reference of configuration information, and storage, search, and entity information.
An entity information management server 21 for executing processing such as reference; and a network printer 2 for executing printing processing of entity information and the like.
2 and a client machine 23 capable of accessing each server is connected to a network 28.

[0007] The client machine 23 has the same configuration as the configuration information operation client 24 that is started when a user application is used to execute an operation related to the configuration information, such as displaying the configuration information as a tree diagram or moving a component. The entity information operation client 25 that is started when an operation related to entity information is executed, the entity information editing client 26 that is started when an editing operation such as new creation or change of entity information is executed, and a print format. A print client 27 or the like that is activated when the user makes a determination or instructs execution of printing is provided.

Hereinafter, an operation example of the conventional information processing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. Here, an example will be described in which a desired assembly drawing is selected from the entity information managed by the entity information management server 21, the entity information of the assembly diagram is edited, and the result is printed.

First, the user operates the entity information operation client 25 to obtain a list of entity information managed by the entity information management server 21, and the client machine 23
To be displayed. In this case, the entity information operation client 25 accesses the entity information management server 21 via the network 28, reads and displays the list of entity information stored in the server.

Next, the user selects an assembly drawing to be edited from the displayed list of the entity information and drops the assembly drawing to the entity information editing client 26. At the same time as the drop, the entity information editing client 26 receives the ID of the selected assembly drawing, and assigns the ID to the entity information management server 2.
1 to obtain the corresponding entity information and display the image of the assembly drawing.

The user edits the assembly drawing based on the displayed image. When the editing is completed, the image is selected and dropped on the print client 27 to instruct the printing of the edited assembly drawing.

The entity information editing client 26 transfers the image data to the print client 27 simultaneously with the drop of the image. The print client 27 receiving this transfers the image data to the network printer 22 and causes it to execute printing.

[0013]

As described above, in the conventional information processing apparatus, the information transferred between each client is the ID and image of data operated by each client.

Therefore, when the configuration information displayed by the configuration information operation client 24 is dropped on the entity information editing client 26, the ID of the configuration information managed by the configuration information management server 20 is transferred to the entity information editing client 26. However, since the entity information editing client 26 cannot analyze this, the entity information cannot be directly edited from the configuration information.

As a means for solving this problem, a method of giving the configuration information two types of IDs, an ID managed by the configuration information management server 20 and an ID managed by the entity information management server 21, can be considered. Is transferred to the entity information operation client, the entity information editing client 26 can handle entity information but cannot handle configuration information, so an error occurs when the configuration information is transferred.

Such a problem is not limited to a server-client type information processing apparatus, but in an information processing apparatus that handles two types of information, ie, configuration information and entity information, the processing is executed within one apparatus. The same applies to the case.

A similar problem occurs in a client that can handle only entity information or a client that can handle only configuration information in other processes in addition to the entity information editing process described above.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a method capable of controlling the transfer of configuration information and entity information according to the contents of processing executed by the information processing apparatus.

[0019]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 provides information composed of a plurality of elements associated with each other, by using entity information indicating the entity of the element and the inter-element information. Information storage means for storing as configuration information indicating the association of information, information processing means for executing processing of information stored in the information storage means, and for each processing executed by the information processing means, the processing is executed by the entity information A determination unit that determines whether the configuration information can be processed and whether the configuration information can be processed, and information that transfers the information to the information processing unit according to a determination result by the determination unit. Transfer means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus includes an information selection unit for selecting information stored in the information storage unit and an information processing unit executing the information processing unit. Processing selection means for selecting processing to be performed, wherein the determination means determines only the information selected by the information selection means and the processing selected by the processing selection means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus includes access information generating means for generating access information indicating a method of accessing the information storage means. The access information generation unit generates access information of the information selected by the information selection unit, and the transfer unit transfers information corresponding to the access information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the access information generating means determines whether or not the entity information and the configuration information determined to be executable as a result of the determination by the determining means. And generating only the access information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects, the information processing means comprises:
A first entity information processing unit capable of processing only the entity information; a configuration information processing unit capable of processing only the configuration information; and processing the entity information in association with each other based on the configuration information. Second entity information processing means capable of transferring the entity information to the first entity information processing means; and transferring the configuration information to the configuration information processing means. And a second entity information transfer unit for transferring the configuration information and the entity information to the second entity information processing unit.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus which stores information constituted by associating a plurality of elements with each other as entity information indicating an entity of the element and configuration information indicating an association between the elements. In an information processing method for executing processing of stored information, for each processing executed by the information processing means, whether the processing can process the entity information and processing of the configuration information can be performed. Or not, and transferring the information to the information processing means according to the result of the determination.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus which stores information configured by associating a plurality of elements with each other as entity information indicating an entity of the element and configuration information indicating an association between the elements. In a medium in which an information processing program for executing the processing of the stored information is recorded, for each processing executed by the information processing means, whether the processing can process the entity information and processing the configuration information It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the information can be processed, and the information is transferred to the information processing means according to the determination result.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information processing apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the outline of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the present invention, when the information processing apparatus is configured by combining functional units as shown in FIG. 1 and executes processing of information specified by the input device 8, each functional unit is operated as follows. That is, the information determination unit 5 determines whether or not the information processing unit 3 can execute the processing of the instructed information based on the determination information stored in the determination information storage unit 1, and determines the determination result. Is output to the information transfer control unit 2. The information transfer control unit 2 controls the transfer of the information stored in the information storage unit 1 to the information processing unit 3 based on the determination result.

The above configuration will be described in detail. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured by associating a plurality of elements as seen in a relationship between an assembly drawing and a component diagram constituting the assembly drawing. An information storage unit 1 that stores information as entity information indicating the entity of the element and configuration information indicating an association between the elements, an information processing unit 3 that executes processing of the information stored in the information storage unit 1, A determination information storage unit 1 that stores, for each process executed by the information processing unit 3, whether the process can process the entity information and whether the configuration information can be processed; An information determining unit 5 for performing a determination based on the content stored in the determination information storage unit 1 and an information transfer control unit 2 for controlling information to be transferred to the information processing unit 3 according to the determination result by the information determining unit When,
An input device 8 such as a keyboard or a mouse serving as an interface with a user, a display device 7 such as a display,
Input / output controller 6 for controlling input device 8 and display device 7
Consists of

An example of information handled by the information processing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the structure of information processed by the information processing device according to the present invention. Here, FIG. 6A is a conceptual diagram showing information 40a relating to the assembly drawing A, and FIG.
Is a conceptual diagram showing information 40b relating to the assembly drawing B.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the information 40a relating to the assembly drawing A is such that a description A51a which is document information and a component drawing A52a which is drawing information are associated below the assembly drawing A50a which is drawing information. It is configured. As the information corresponding to the information 40a related to the assembly drawing A, for example, the product illustrated in the assembly drawing A50a is:
Information such as that the component shown in the component drawing A52a is processed by the method shown in the description A51a.

As described above, the information 40a relating to the assembly drawing A
Is an assembly drawing A50a, a description A51a, and a part drawing A5.
This is indicated by three entity information 2a and configuration information indicating the association between these entity information.

FIG. 2B shows an example of a more complicated information structure. In the information 40b relating to the assembly drawing B, a description B51b and a component drawing A are provided below the assembly drawing B50b.
52a and the assembly drawing C50c are associated with each other, and further below the assembly drawing C50c, a description C51c,
The component diagram B52b is associated with the circuit diagram A53a.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention stores the information as described above into the information storage unit 1 by dividing it into entity information and configuration information. Various methods are possible for storing such information. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which a database is constructed in the information storage unit 1 and the information is stored.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a configuration information storage table constructed as a database in the information storage unit shown in FIG. Configuration information storage table 10 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a table for storing configuration information indicating a configuration relationship of each element such as an assembly drawing and a part drawing.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the configuration information storage table 100, an element ID field 101 for storing an identification ID for identifying each element, an element name field 102 for storing the name of the element, An element type field 103 for storing the type of the element, and a parent element ID field 101 for storing the ID of the parent element of the element
And a child element I storing the ID of an element that is a child of the element
A D field 101 and an entity ID field 106 indicating the ID of the entity information of the element are provided.

FIG. 3 shows a state where the information 40a relating to the assembly drawing A shown in FIG. As described above, the configuration information storage table 100 is configured such that one record is generated for each element, and each element can be identified by the element ID.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of an entity information storage table constructed as a database in the information storage unit shown in FIG. Entity information storage table 11 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a table for storing entity information indicating the contents of each element such as an assembly drawing and a part drawing.

As shown in FIG. 4, the entity information storage table 110 has an entity I for identifying entity information of each element.
An entity ID field 106 for storing D and a data field 112 for storing entity information as data are provided.

FIG. 4 shows a state where the information 40b relating to the assembly drawing B shown in FIG. Entity information storage table 11
The data stored in the 0 data field 112 stores each data in a file of a predetermined format. For example, FIG.
Data field 11 of the record whose entity ID is 1 shown in FIG.
2 is “ASSY_A.BM”.
P ", the" ASSY_A "is a file name indicating that the file is the assembly drawing A, and" .BM "
"P" is an extension indicating that the file of the assembly drawing A is a bitmap file.

Similarly, in the case of a manual, "EXPLAIN" is used as a file name, and ".TXT" is used as an extension to indicate that the file is a text file. PARTS ”, extension“ .BMP ”, and file name“ CI ”
RCUIT ”and the extension“ .CIR ”.

However, these file names and extensions can be changed as appropriate according to the file format that can be handled by the information processing section 3, and are not limited to the above example.

Next, the judgment information stored in the judgment information storage unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. In the present embodiment, as in the case where the entity information and the configuration information are stored, an example in which a database is used will be described in the form of storing the determination information.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a judgment information storage table constructed as a database in the judgment information storage unit shown in FIG. The judgment information storage table 120 shown in FIG. 3 includes a processing field 121 for storing a name of a process executed by the information processing unit 3 and an information type field 122 for storing a type of information necessary for the process. .

FIG. 5 shows the structure of a record in which the processing relating to the assembly drawing which can be executed by the information processing section 3 is stored in the processing field 121. As shown in the drawing, the information processing section 3 performs “editing of assembly drawing configuration information” such as changing or moving the hierarchical relationship of the assembly drawing as shown in FIG.
"Editing an assembly drawing" to change the drawing of the assembly drawing or creating a new one, and "printing the drawing of the assembly drawing by an image forming apparatus such as a printer connected externally". In accordance with the user's instruction, "printing" and "printing the assembly drawing together with the constituent elements" for printing the drawing of the assembly drawing and the component drawings associated with the lower level of the assembly drawing in the hierarchical order are executed.

Here, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in order to execute the “editing of the assembly drawing configuration information”, the configuration information of the assembly drawing stored in the information storage unit 1 is required. Is unnecessary, the processing field 121
Is stored in the information type field 122 of the record in which “Assembly drawing configuration information edit” is stored. Similarly, "entity information" is written in the same record as "edit assembly drawing", "entity information" is written in the same record as "print assembly drawing", and "entity information" is written in the same record as "print assembly drawing with components". Configuration information and entity information.

In the present embodiment, the judgment information is stored in the judgment information storage unit by constructing the database as described above. However, instead of the database, the processing processes the entity information and the configuration information for each process. You can also use a definition file that describes whether you can.
A description example of this definition file is shown below.

[0047] Hereinafter, an operation example of the information processing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

The user operates the input device 8 to assemble the assembly drawing A.
When the display of the configuration information is instructed, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention reads the configuration information of the assembly drawing A from the information storage unit 1 and displays a screen as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an assembly view A displayed by the display device shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing configuration information of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, the display device 7 has an assembly drawing A and a description A on a display screen 60 displayed by the display device.
And the part drawing A are displayed as the element image 61, and the assembly drawing A
And the description A and the assembly drawing A and the parts drawing A
The respective element images 61 are displayed so as to be connected by an association line 62.

While viewing the display screen shown in FIG. 6, the user operates the input device 8 to select a desired process for a desired element, and causes the information processing device to perform the process. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation state when an instruction to execute a desired process is given to an element displayed on the display screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows that the user operates a pointing device which is a part of
3 is moved to the desired element image 61, and the element image is selected by left-clicking (the selected element is indicated by a bold line in the figure), and then, by right-clicking, the menu 64 is displayed. Is displayed, and a desired process displayed on the menu is selected.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an execution procedure when the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 executes a process on information selected by the user. As shown in the figure, when a desired element is selected by the user (step 200) and a desired process for the element is selected (step 201), the input / output control unit 6 outputs the selected element. The information judgment unit 5 determines the ID and the name of the process.
Output to

The information judging unit 5 having received the type of information and the name of the process searches the judgment information storage table 120 constructed in the judgment information storage unit 1 using the name of the process as a search key (step 202). The result of this search is
And to the information transfer control unit 2 (step 20).
3).

If “configuration information” is stored in the information type field 122 of the record obtained as a search result, the information transfer control unit 2 reads the corresponding element ID from the configuration information storage table 100 constructed in the information storage unit 1. Is read, and if "entity information" is stored, the entity ID of the record corresponding to the element ID is read from the configuration information storage table 100, and the entity information storage table 110 is searched using this as a search key. , To obtain entity information. If “configuration information and entity information” is stored, the record corresponding to the element ID stored in the configuration information storage table 100 and the entity information stored in the entity information storage table 110 are read (step 204).

Thereafter, the information read in step 204 is transferred to information processing section 3 (step 205), and the information processing section executes processing (step 206).

In the above example, the information transfer control unit 2
An example in which the information to be read from the information storage unit 1 is determined has been described. However, the element ID of the element selected by the user in the information determination unit 5 and the entity I corresponding to the element ID
D, and outputs only the necessary ID to the information transfer control unit 2 based on the judgment information stored in the judgment information storage unit 1, or outputs the necessary ID based on the judgment information stored in the judgment information storage unit 1. Only the information may be generated and output to the information transfer control unit 2.

According to the present invention, as described above, for each process executed by the information processing apparatus, it is determined whether the information necessary for the process is the configuration information, the entity information, or both. By providing means for controlling the transfer to the information processing unit, it is possible to directly operate the configuration information displayed on the display device to execute the processing of the entity information.

Next, an embodiment in which the information processing means according to the present invention is applied to a client-server type information processing apparatus will be described.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus when the information processing means according to the present invention is applied to a client-server type information processing apparatus. As shown in the figure, a transfer control device 29 is connected to a network 28 in the client-server type information processing device according to the present invention. Since the configuration and operation of the client-server type information processing apparatus have been described in detail in “Prior Art”, overlapping parts will be omitted, and only the main part will be described here.

The transfer control device 29 shown in FIG. 9 comprises an information transfer control unit 2, an information judgment unit 5, and a judgment information storage unit 1 shown in FIG. The unit 3 is provided in the configuration information management server 20 shown in FIG. 9 for configuration information, and is provided in the entity information management server 21 for entity information. The printing, which is other processing, is provided as an application on the network printer 22 and the display, etc., is provided on the client machine 23 as an application.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the structure of the judgment information storage table 120 constructed in the judgment information storage section provided in the transfer control device shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the determination information storage table 120 stores a transfer destination field 131 storing a server or device name indicating a transfer destination of information, and whether each server or device can receive an element ID. A reception possibility field 132 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 10, the configuration information management server 20 can receive only an element ID because it handles only configuration information, and the entity information management server 21 can receive an element ID because it handles only entity information. No, because the network printer 22 can handle both the configuration information and the entity information.

In the information processing apparatus configured as described above, when the client selects the configuration information and instructs the execution of the processing, the client accesses the configuration information management server 20 and
The information acquired by the server is used to execute the designated process (for example, when the process is printing,
Network server), and when the entity information is selected, accesses the entity information management server 21 and transfers the information acquired by the server.

That is, in the client-server type information processing apparatus, since the configuration information and the entity information are independently managed, when the desired processing is executed, the information is transmitted to the apparatus executing the processing. A transfer needs to be made.

The present invention is characterized in that before executing this information transfer, the transfer control device 29 once determines whether or not the transfer can be performed, and controls the information transfer. Several methods are conceivable as the transfer control method. In this embodiment, two methods will be described as the transfer control processing.

First, FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a first example of an execution procedure of the transfer control processing executed by the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. In the transfer control process shown in the figure, first, the user operates the configuration information operation client 24 from the client machine 23 to display a display screen as shown in FIG. 6, and executes the operation as shown in FIG. When an element is selected (step 300) and processing is instructed, the configuration information operation client 24 designates a transfer destination server or device to execute the processing (step 301).

Next, the configuration information operation client 24
The configuration information management server is accessed to acquire the element ID of the selected element (step 302), and acquire the entity ID corresponding to the element ID (step 30).
3).

Thereafter, the obtained element ID, entity ID, and transfer destination server or device name are transmitted to the transfer control device 29, and the transfer control device 29, which has received this, searches the transfer destination server or device name for a search key. Then, the judgment information storage table 120 is searched (step 304).

Then, as a result of the search, only the IDs that can be received by the destination server or device are transferred to the destination server or device (step 305). For example, if the process specified by the user is a printing process, the transfer destination is the network printer 22. Since the network printer 22 can receive both the element ID and the entity ID, both are transferred.

Subsequently, the server or apparatus to which the ID has been transferred accesses the configuration information management server 20 if the ID is the element ID, acquires the configuration information corresponding to the element ID, and obtains the configuration information corresponding to the element ID. If it is an entity ID, it accesses the entity information management server 21 to acquire entity information corresponding to the entity ID. That is, the transfer destination server or device analyzes the received ID (step 306) and operates to acquire the result.

Then, processing is executed based on the obtained information (step 307).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a second example of the execution procedure of the transfer control processing executed by the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. In the transfer control process shown in the figure, first, the user operates the configuration information operation client 24 from the client machine 23 to display a display screen as shown in FIG. 6, and executes the operation as shown in FIG. ,
When an element is selected (step 400) and processing is instructed,
The configuration information operation client 24 designates a transfer destination server or device for executing the process (step 40).
1).

Next, the configuration information operation client 24
The transfer control device 29 is accessed, and the server or device at the transfer destination is used as a search key, and the judgment information storage table 120 is used.
(Step 402).

Then, as a result of the above search, the configuration information operation client 24 accesses the configuration information management server 20 and receives the I or I which can be received by the transfer destination server or device.
Only D is acquired (Step 403), and the ID is transferred to the transfer destination server or device (Step 404).

Subsequently, the server or apparatus to which the ID has been transferred accesses the configuration information management server 20 if the ID is an element ID, acquires configuration information corresponding to the element ID, and obtains the configuration information corresponding to the element ID. If it is an entity ID, it accesses the entity information management server 21 to acquire entity information corresponding to the entity ID. That is, the transfer destination server or device analyzes the received ID (step 405) and operates to acquire the result.

Then, processing is executed based on the obtained information (step 406).

As described above, even in the client-server type information processing apparatus, by judging the information selected by the client and controlling the transfer to each server, it is determined whether the selected information is the configuration information. Regardless of whether the information is entity information, it is possible to transfer information corresponding to the transfer destination server.

The operation method, the information storage mode, and the execution procedure of the transfer control process in each of the embodiments described above are embodiments of the present invention, and can be appropriately replaced by a known method. is there. For example, the judgment information may be stored in the client machine, and the judgment and transfer control may be executed on the client side. Control may be performed.

[0079]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Means for determining, for each process executed by the information processing apparatus, whether information necessary for the process is configuration information, entity information, or both, and controls transfer to the information processing unit Is provided, it is possible to directly operate the configuration information displayed on the display device to execute the processing of the entity information.

Also, in the client-server type information processing apparatus, by judging the information selected by the client and controlling the transfer to each server, it is determined whether the selected information is the configuration information or the entity information. Irrespective of, the information corresponding to the transfer destination server can be transferred.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a structure of information processed by an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a configuration information storage table constructed as a database in an information storage unit shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of an entity information storage table constructed as a database in the information storage unit shown in FIG. 1;

5 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a judgment information storage table constructed as a database in the judgment information storage unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing configuration information of an assembly drawing A displayed by the display device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation state when an instruction to execute a desired process is given to an element displayed on the display screen shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an execution procedure when the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 executes a process on information selected by a user.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing device when the information processing means according to the present invention is applied to a client-server type information processing device.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the structure of a judgment information storage table 120 constructed in a judgment information storage unit provided in the transfer control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a first example of an execution procedure of a transfer control process executed by the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a second example of the execution procedure of the transfer control process executed by the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional client-server type information processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information storage part, 2 ... Information transfer control part, 3 ... Information processing part, 4 ... Judgment information storage part, 5 ... Information judgment part, 6 ... Input / output control part, 7 ... Display device, 8 ... Input device, 20 ... Configuration information management server, 21... Entity information management server, 22... Network printer, 23... Client machine, 24... Configuration information operation client, 25. ... Network 29 Transfer control device 40a Information on assembly drawing A 40b Information on assembly drawing B 50a Assembly drawing A and 50b Assembly drawing B and 50c Assembly drawing C and 51a Instruction manual A and 51b ... Description B, 51c ... Description C, 52a ... Parts drawing A, 52b
... Parts diagram B, 53a ... Circuit diagram A, 60 ... Display screen, 61
... element images, 62 ... association lines, 63 ... mouse pointers, 64 ... menus, 100 ... configuration information storage tables,
101: Element ID field, 102: Element name field, 103: Element type field, 104: Parent element I
D field, 105 ... child element ID field, 106
.. Entity ID field, 110 Entity information storage table, 111 Entity ID field, 112 Data field, 120 Judgment information storage table, 121 Processing field, 122 Information type field, 130 Judgment information storage table, 131 Destination field, 13
2 ... Receivability field.

Claims (7)

[Claims] An information storage unit configured to store information configured by associating a plurality of elements with each other as entity information indicating an entity of the element and configuration information indicating an association between the elements; An information processing unit that executes processing of the stored information; and for each processing executed by the information processing unit, whether the processing can process the entity information and the configuration information can be processed. An information processing apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the information is received; and an information transfer unit configured to transfer the information to the information processing unit in accordance with a determination result by the determination unit. 2. The information processing apparatus further comprises: an information selection unit that selects information stored in the information storage unit; and a process selection unit that selects a process to be executed by the information processing unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means determines only the information selected by the information selecting means and the processing selected by the processing selecting means. 3. The information processing apparatus further comprises: access information generating means for generating access information indicating a method of accessing the information storage means, wherein the access information generating means includes information selected by the information selecting means. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the access information is generated, and the transfer unit transfers information corresponding to the access information. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the access information generating unit generates only the access information on the entity information and the configuration information determined to be executable as a result of the determination by the determining unit. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 5. The information processing means includes: first entity information processing means capable of processing only the entity information; configuration information processing means capable of processing only the configuration information; A second entity information processing unit capable of performing processing in association with the configuration information, the first entity information transfer unit transferring the entity information to the first entity information processing unit; Means, configuration information transfer means for transferring the configuration information to the configuration information processing means, and second entity information transfer means for transferring the configuration information and the entity information to the second entity information processing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing is performed. 6. A method for storing information formed by associating a plurality of elements with each other as entity information indicating an entity of the element and configuration information indicating an association between the elements, and executing a process of the stored information. In the information processing method, for each process executed by the information processing unit, it is determined whether the process can process the entity information and whether the configuration information can be processed, An information processing method, wherein the information is transferred to the information processing means according to a determination result. 7. A method for storing information formed by associating a plurality of elements with each other as entity information indicating an entity of the element and configuration information indicating an association between the elements, and executing processing of the stored information. In a medium on which an information processing program to be executed is recorded, for each process executed by the information processing means, it is determined whether the process can process the entity information and whether the configuration information can be processed. A recording medium for recording an information processing program, wherein the information is transferred to the information processing means in accordance with a result of the determination.