JPS63276124A - Research information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the unitary management and the unitary processing of various data by retrieving data by means of a medium management file retrieving means and a directory file retrieving means while using the hierarchical properties of each file. CONSTITUTION:When the initial information is supplied by a user, a medium management file retrieving means 3 retrieves a medium management file 12 based on said initial information and outputs a desired directory management file name. Then a directory management file retrieving means 4 retrieves the management information on a directory file 13a in the case of input of an experiment name. Thus the means 4 outputs a pointer showing an area in a directory management file storing the attribute information on the experiment data as well as an information storing file name 14 storing the experiment data. Receiving the output of the means 4, a research information reading means 8 reads the attribute information out of a region shown by the pointer and the experiment data out of the file 14 respectively.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a research information processing device, and in particular, the present invention relates to a research information processing device for reading data, particularly for research information including not only numerical information but also character information, graphic/image information, etc. .

This invention relates to a research information processing device that performs deletion, new registration, etc.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in this type of research information processing device, various types of information such as numerical information, character information, graphic and image information, etc., are stored separately in individual files with different file formats. , these data were processed individually.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Since the conventional research information processing device described above processes various kinds of research information individually, the user must always be aware of the type of research information and the storage medium on which the research information exists, etc. First, it has the disadvantage that it is difficult to smoothly perform the trial-and-error process that is unique to research and development work that uses a plurality of related pieces of information in succession.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The research information processing device of the present invention includes an information storage file storing each research information itself, and the name of each research information and the name of the information storage file storing it. at least one storage medium that holds management information and has a directory management file that stores attribute information of research information, and a media management file that holds management information for searching the directory management file; a medium management file search means that searches for a medium management file in a recording medium based on input information from the terminal and outputs a corresponding directory management file name; The management information and attribute information in the created directory management file are searched, and the name of the information storage file that stores data to be processed or that should store newly created data and the target of information processing are searched. a directory management file search means for outputting a pointer indicating an area in the directory management file in which attribute information corresponding to data is stored or where attribute information should be newly stored, and the directory management file search means Read or delete the data and attribute information stored in the areas in the information storage file and directory management file specified by the output, or newly store new research information and attribute information in the files and areas. and information processing execution means.

(Function) In this way, research information is stored as a unit in the directory management file and the information storage file connected to it, and when the user inputs the necessary information from the terminal, the media management file search means, directory The management file search means operates sequentially to perform a search using the hierarchy of each file, specifying a location where desired data is stored or a location where new data should be stored, and then: Since the information processing execution means executes processing such as reading and writing desired data, it is possible to centrally manage and manage various data without being aware of the type of research information or the recording medium on which the research information exists. This enables unified processing of these data.

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the research information processing device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hierarchical relationship of each file 12.13a, 13b, 14cL to 14- of the present embodiment. Figure 3 shows information storage files 14a to 1.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure when reading research information and creating a graph based on it.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure when newly registering graph information, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure when deleting research information.

In this embodiment, the media management file +2. Directory management file 13a, 131. (File 13
(b is not shown in FIG. 1), information storage files 14a~
14h exists in a recording medium (not shown), and each file has a hierarchical relationship as shown in FIG. That is, information storage files 141 to 14. Research information and information storage files 14e~ stored in
14. The research information stored in directory management files 13a and 13 (not shown in FIG. 1) is stored in directory management files 13a and 13, respectively.
is under the control of management information stored in b, and furthermore,
The directory management files 13a and 13b are managed by management information stored in the medium management file 12. The management information of the medium management file 12 is management information for searching a directory management file. Numerical information 159, diagram information 16, character information 17. The specific contents of the catalog information 18 are shown in FIG. 3, and each is experimental data.

These are analysis results, research reports, and analysis procedures.

As shown in FIG. 1, the directory management file 13Q includes, in addition to management information including the name of the information storage file under management and the name of research information, attribute information A corresponding to the contents of the information storage files 141 to 14d, respectively. ~A4 are stored. Note that attribute information A5 shown in FIG. 1 is attribute information registered by a new registration process for a newly created graph, which will be described later. In addition, attribute information includes, for example,
Variable name 9 Information regarding display type, unit, variable label, etc.

The user inputs information from the terminal 1, and the input information is sent to the media management file search means 3 via the interface circuit 2.
．． Directory management file search means 4. Research information deletion means 6 and research information registration means 7 of the information processing execution unit 5. The research information reading means 8 is sent to the data processing means 9. The medium management file search means 3 searches for management information regarding the directory management file 13a etc. in the medium management file 12 based on the input information from the interface circuit 2,
Outputs the name of the directory management file that manages or should manage the data to be processed. The directory management file search means 4 searches the specified directory management file 13 based on the output of the medium management file search means 3 and the manual signal from the interface circuit 2.
The management information in a etc. is searched and necessary data is stored, or the name of the information storage file in which new data should be stored and the attribute information accompanying these data are stored, or A pointer indicating an area in the directory management file 13a etc. where new attribute information is to be stored is output.

Research information deletion means 6, research information registration means 7 in the research information execution section 5. When a signal instructing execution of a predetermined process is input from the interface circuit 2, the research information reading means 8 reads the data and attributes stored in the information storage file and area indicated by the output of the directory management file search means 4. It performs predetermined processing on information, and stores newly created data and attribute information in those locations.

The data processing means 9 processes the output data of the research information reading means 8 as instructed by the signal from the interface circuit 2 (
For example, graphing processing) is performed and output. The output of the data processing means 9 is sent to the CRT via an interface circuit 10.
II.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described for the case where experimental data is read out, a graph is drawn, it is saved, and finally other information is deleted.

(1) Graph Creation Process (FIG. 4) First, when the system is started, the user inputs initial information such as a user name, password, and the number of the storage medium to be used from the terminal 1. The medium management file search means 3 searches the medium management file 12 based on this initial information, and outputs the name of the directory management file to be used (directory management file 13a in this embodiment) (step 41).
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Next, the user inputs the name of the experimental data to be used from the terminal l. Then, the directory file search means 4
Detects that the type of research information to be searched is numerical information, searches for management information of the specified directory file 13α based on this detection result and the input data name,
A pointer indicating the area in the directory management file where the attribute information of the experimental data is stored and the name of the information storage file 14a where the experimental data is stored are output (step 42).

Upon receiving the output from the directory management file search means 4, the research information reading means 8 reads the attribute information from the area indicated by the above-mentioned pointer and the experimental data from the information storage file 14α (step 43).

Next, the user manually inputs a signal instructing the graphing of the data read from the terminal 1, and upon receiving this instruction, the data processing means 9 performs the data graphing process (step 4).
4) Output the processed signal. This output signal is input to the CRTII via the interface circuit 10 and displayed (step 45).

(2) New registration process for the created graph (Figure 5) The user instructs new registration from the terminal l and also inputs the name of the graph to be newly registered. This instruction signal is input to the directory management file search means 4 and the research information registration means 8 via the interface circuit 2. Then, the directory management file search means 4 creates areas within the directory management file to store the information storage file 14bo for storing graph information and the attribute information A5, respectively (step 51). Next, the research information registration means 7 registers the CRT via the interface circuit IO.
Read the graph information displayed in II (Step 5)
2) Store the created information storage file 14b and the read graph information and attribute information A5 in the area (step 53), update the management information in the directory management file 13a (step 54).

(3) Information deletion process (FIG. 6) The user manually enters the name of the data (in this embodiment, the catalog information 18 stored in the information storage file 14d) that the user wishes to delete from the terminal 1. Then, according to the above-described procedure, the medium management file search means 3 and the directory management file search means 4 perform a search, and retrieve the information storage file name 14- and the directory management file in which the data and attribute information corresponding to the data are stored, respectively. A pointer pointing to the area within 13a is output from the directory management file search means 4 (steps 61 and 62) and inputted to the research information deletion means 6. Next, when an instruction to delete information is given from the terminal l, the research information deletion means 6 deletes the catalog information 18 stored in the information storage file 14d and the attribute information stored in the area indicated by the above-mentioned pointer. 63), the management information in the directory management file +3a is updated (step 64).

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention utilizes the hierarchy of each file to perform a search using the medium management file search means and the directory file search means to find the location where desired data is stored or By specifying the location where new data should be stored and performing processing such as reading the desired data using the information processing execution means, various types of data can be stored without being aware of the type of research information or the recording medium on which the research information exists. It becomes possible to centrally manage and process this data.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the research information processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows each file 12.13a. 13b, Diagram showing the hierarchical relationship of 14 to 14-, 3rd
4 is a diagram showing specific contents of data stored in the information storage files 14u to 14d, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure when reading research information and creating a graph based on it FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure when newly registering graph information, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure when deleting research information. 1...Terminal, 2.10...Interface circuit, 3...Media management file search means, 4...Directory management file search means, 5...
Information processing execution unit, 6... Research information deletion means, 7... Research information registration means, 8... Research information reading means, 9... Data processing means, 11... CRT. 12...Media management file, 13 (+3a, 1:11.)...Directory management file, 14 (14ci N14b, 14b o)
” ” 'Information storage file, 15... Experimental data stored in the information storage file 14a, 16... Analysis result stored in the information storage file +4b, 17... Stored in the information storage file 14c. Research report, 18... Information storage file 14. Analysis procedure stored in A, ~A5...Attribute information, 41~45.51~54.61~64...Step. Helmet figure 4 figure 5 figure 6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A research information processing device that processes research information that includes not only numerical information but also character information, graphics, and image information, includes an information storage file that stores each piece of research information itself; It has management information including the name of each research information and the name of the information storage file that stores it, as well as a directory management file that stores attribute information of research information and management information for searching the directory management file. at least one storage medium having a retained media management file; a media management file search means for searching for a media management file in the recording medium based on input information from a terminal and outputting a corresponding directory management file name; Based on the input information from the terminal, the management information and attribute information in the directory management file specified by the output of the medium management file search means are searched, and the data to be processed is stored or newly created. A pointer indicating the name of the information storage file in which the created data should be stored and the area in the directory management file where attribute information corresponding to the data to be processed is stored, or where new attribute information should be stored. a directory management file search means for outputting a directory management file search means, and reading and deleting data and attribute information respectively stored in the information storage file and the area in the directory management file specified by the output of the directory management file search means; 1. A research information processing device comprising: information processing execution means for newly storing new research information and attribute information in the file and area.