JPS6168638A - Dictionary maintenance system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow plural persons in charge of maintenance to maintain the same dictionary smoothly by storing maintenance information on the end time of final maintenance operation, a final maintenance person identification symbol, etc., in each index word of the dictionary. CONSTITUTION:A dictionary access control table 2 contains index words, physical storage locations, final maintenance person identification symbols, final maintenance end times, and access states, and an modification mode, display mode, and nonaccess mode are displayed in an access state. Then, when a maintenance person A corrects data of some index word on a terminal device 1, the index word is inputted to the device 1 firstly to check whether access is possible or not, and when the access is possible, dictionary data on the index word is read in a correction mode and corrected to change the final maintenance identification symbol into the symbol of the maintenance person A. Consequently, the correction except by the maintenance person A is rejected.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] This book relates to a dictionary maintenance method for creating and modifying a dictionary, and in particular, dictionary maintenance when multiple maintainers maintain the same dictionary at the same time. Regarding the method.

[Background of the invention]

In the conventional dictionary maintenance method, when multiple maintainers maintain the same dictionary at the same time, the first maintainer creates or modifies dictionary data for a certain headword, and then the second maintainer creates or modifies dictionary data for that headword. There was a risk that the first maintainer would change the dictionary data related to this to data that was not intended by the first maintainer, thereby invalidating the maintenance work of the first maintainer. In other words, although the consistency of dictionary data cannot be maintained for the same entry word unless it is created and modified by the same maintainer, in the conventional dictionary maintenance method, the same entry word is created and corrected by different maintainers. Corrections regarding.

The problem was that it was permitted unconditionally, with special exceptions.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a dictionary maintenance method that overcomes the above problems, facilitates the maintenance of the same dictionary by multiple maintainers, and improves the efficiency of dictionary maintenance. In order to achieve this, in the present invention, dictionary maintenance information such as the final maintenance work end time and final maintenance personnel identification symbol is stored for each headword, and when accessing dictionary data, the dictionary maintenance information is stored for each headword. After checking the maintenance information, modification is permitted only if the final maintainer of the headword is the dictionary maintainer or if the final maintenance work end time is within a predetermined range. It is characterized by being

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to one embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a processing device, 2 is a dictionary data
3 is a dictionary data storage unit, 4 is a memory, and 5 is a clock.

6 represents a terminal device 1, 7 represents a terminal device 2, and 8 represents a terminal device n. Although the present invention can be applied to dictionaries of any language, in this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, 1 maintenance processing of a Japanese dictionary will be described. , lemma, physical storage location.

The identification code for the last maintenance person, the last maintenance end time, and the access status box are stored. Here, the physical storage location is the storage address of dictionary data for each headword, and the final maintainer identification symbol is the identification symbol of the maintainer who last changed the dictionary data. What is the end time?
The time when the last maintainer of each headword above finished changing the dictionary data was January 1, 1991 (last two digits of the Western calendar).

The 0 access state, which consists of a total of 10 digits of letters and numbers, each with 2 digits per minute, represents the usage status of dictionary data for each headword, and indicates whether dictionary data is being created or accessed in modification mode. W if
1 display mode is accessed, and the case where it is not accessed is indicated by N.

The operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained below according to the flowchart of FIG. First, before starting maintenance work,
An administrator who manages the apparatus of this embodiment registers in the memory 4 a time range in which modification of dictionary data is permitted. This registration method consists of the following maintenance work: (1) correction of dictionary data for all registered headwords, (2) correction of dictionary data for additional headwords, and (3) new headwords. Although it depends on which of the following (4) word addition (4) new dictionary creation belongs, in this embodiment, a case will be considered in which a certain dictionary is to be modified starting from February 1, 1984. This maintenance work corresponds to (1), °~84:01:31':2
Register the data 3:59'. The meaning of this data is that modification of dictionary data created and modified by February 20, 1984 is permitted.

When maintenance person A uses the terminal device 1 to modify dictionary data regarding a certain headword, he first inputs the headword from the terminal device 1 (301).

When the input is completed, the processing device reads maintenance information such as the last maintenance personnel identification symbol, the last maintenance end time, and the access status from the dictionary data/access management table 2 (302
), the current time indicated by maintenance person A's identification symbol, black, and ri, and a predetermined time range in which modification is permitted, to check whether access in modification mode is possible (303 ).

The current access status of the headword is not W, and
If the current time is within the time range in which modification is permitted (in this embodiment, if it is before February 1, 1984), the mode shifts to modification mode.

When entering the correction mode, first, change the dictionary data access management table 0, that is, regarding the headword,
Access status f in dictionary data access management table
tW (304).

Next, the dictionary data regarding the headword is read from the dictionary data storage section (305). Regarding the obtained dictionary data, the maintenance person A performs a modification work on the dictionary data from the terminal device 1 (306). After completing the modification work, maintainer A issues a command from the terminal to notify the completion of modification. Then, the corrected dictionary data is stored in the dictionary data storage section (3
07), Immediately after that, the access status in the dictionary data access management table is changed to N, the final maintenance person identification symbol is changed to the maintenance elderly person's identification symbol, and the final maintenance end time is changed to the current time obtained from the graph. (308).

During the above correction work, when maintainer B tries to modify the headword or access it in display mode, the access status of the headword is W, so 303,30
If access is denied in check 9, send a message to maintainer B to that effect.

A message is displayed (314).

In addition, if maintainer B attempts to correct the headword after maintainer A has finished making corrections, in the check at 303,
The final maintenance person identification symbol and the identification symbol of maintenance person B are different,
In addition, since the current time indicated by the clock is not within the modification permission time, the access is rejected.Furthermore, since the access is in modification mode, the process proceeds to 314 and maintainer B
A message will be displayed informing you that the access was unsuccessful.

In this way, after the first maintainer corrects the dictionary data related to a headword, the risk that the second maintainer changes the data to data that the first maintainer did not intend is avoided. do.

In addition, if the maintenance person B attempts to display the dictionary data regarding the headword after the modification of the maintenance man is completed, in the check of 309, the access status regarding the headword in the access management table for the headword is displayed. change to B (31
0). Next, after reading the dictionary data from the dictionary data storage section (311), the dictionary data is displayed on the terminal device (312) o After confirming the displayed dictionary data,
When maintenance person B inputs a command to end the display from the terminal device, the access status in the dictionary data access management table is changed to N (313), and the display mode ends.

If the dictionary maintenance work is limited to two types: modifying dictionary data related to all registered headwords and creating new dictionaries, the administrator of this device will be given the means to change the dictionary data access management table. Especially, even if the storage information in the dictionary data access management table is reduced,
By using the method of the present invention, there is no need to memorize the final maintenance end time.

The above problems in maintaining the same dictionary by multiple maintainers can be solved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained when a plurality of maintainers maintain the same dictionary at the same time.

(1) After the first maintainer corrects dictionary data regarding a certain headword, it is possible to avoid the risk that the second maintainer will change the data to data not intended by the first maintainer.

(2) When modifying dictionary data related to additional headwords, modification of dictionary data created before a certain point is prohibited, and after that point.

Dictionary maintenance that avoids the above risks is possible only for dictionary data that has been created or modified.

In this way, a rich variety of modification protection functions can be provided depending on the content of maintenance work.

(3) By storing dictionary maintenance information in a data storage unit that manages access to dictionary data.

When maintenance information is stored in the dictionary data storage section, dictionary data access conditions can be checked more quickly.

As described above, according to the present invention, dictionary maintenance by a plurality of maintenance personnel is facilitated, and the efficiency of dictionary maintenance can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a device showing an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 shows the dictionary data in one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3, which is a diagram showing details of the access management table, is a flowchart showing an outline of processing in an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Processing device, 2... Dictionary data access management table, 3... Dictionary data storage unit, 4... Memory, 5... Clock, 6... Terminal devices 1, 7...・Terminal device 2, total...Terminal device n0

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a dictionary maintenance device necessary for creating and modifying a dictionary,
A dictionary maintenance method characterized by storing maintenance information such as a final maintenance work end time and a symbol for identifying the final maintenance person for each headword in the dictionary. 2. When accessing dictionary data using the method described in paragraph 1, there is a step of checking maintenance information such as the final maintenance work end time and final maintenance person identification symbol for each headword in the dictionary, and A dictionary maintenance method characterized by prohibiting correction work by maintainers other than the final maintainer for a specified period of time. 3. In the method described in Paragraph 1 and the method described in Paragraph 2, maintenance information such as the final maintenance work end time for each headword of the dictionary and the symbol for identifying the final maintainer can be accessed from the dictionary data. A dictionary maintenance method characterized by storing data in a storage unit for management.