JP3217896B2 - Object information definition support system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to object class definition support such as software, database, and information model design based on object orientation, and more particularly, to a network management system for integrated management of a communication network in a multi-vendor environment. Defines a management information model based on object-oriented design to standardize and standardize management information to unify management of management targets (definition targets) such as PBXs, packet switches, gateways, bridges, large computers, workstations, etc. The present invention relates to a system for supporting registration and operation of an object class in a distributed environment when performing the operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to operate and manage a communication network with high reliability and efficiency, information on the configuration and operation of the communication network is collected, analyzed and evaluated.
A network management system for controlling a communication network is provided. In particular,
Since the communication network is large-scale and composed of various types of multi-vendor equipment, the technology to standardize and unify the information to be managed based on object-oriented design, and to set it efficiently in the network management system, References Proceedings of the 1990 IEICE Autumn National Convention (1990)
It is described on page 3-208.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned prior art efficiently supports the work of additionally defining class information to be independently managed based on object class information defined by the OSI standard or another standard. There is a means to present the feature information of the registered standard object class information in the definition of the original object class information.However, basically, humans do not define by trial and error due to the commonality of the feature information to be defined. There is a problem in that standard class information cannot be generated because it must be defined, and a definition time and a definition load are required. When defining standard object class information that can be used in common by a group of network management systems of a multi-vendor, the user communicates with the corresponding standard organization through a separate paperwork or e-mail to obtain new class information. It is necessary to make a registration request. Then, the standard organization evaluates each of the new class candidate groups from the plurality of definition requesters, determines whether or not the adoption is possible, and if adopted, causes the appropriate part of the predefined object class information to inherit and additionally define the object. There is a problem that it is necessary to provide an identifier and notify the requester, which requires manual procedure processing and registration time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an object class information definition of a network management system for integrated management of a communication network in a multi-vendor environment, in which the registration and operation of standard object class information in a distributed environment are managed in a unified manner. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method capable of automatically generating standard object class information and inheritance relation, and additionally updating from characteristic information of each target.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an object information definition support system that can generate accurate and detailed object class information, realize efficient definition work time, and reduce the definition load.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in an object information definition support system according to the present invention, means for setting and inputting a group of feature information to be defined in a plurality of definition input devices or a network management system; Means are provided for notifying the management device of the characteristic information, and for inquiring registered class information from the registered management device.

On the other hand, in the registration management device which is hierarchized in accordance with the standardization and commonization range, the commonality of the characteristic information,
A means for automatically generating object class information and class inheritance relations by independence, a means for searching and referencing registered object class information, a means for adding and updating new class information to registered object class information, and a standardization range for definition targets There is provided means for determining, and means for communicating class registration inquiry information between the network management system or the definition input device and the registration management device, and between the upper registration management device and the lower registration management device.

[0008]

[Function] Centrally manages initial object class information definitions in a distributed environment, automates class information definitions that have been performed by humans by trial and error, and efficiently provides accurate and detailed initial class information on a large number of definition targets. And can reduce the human definition work load.

Further, it is possible to use registered object class information which is collectively managed in a distributed environment and to automatically add new class information to the registered object class information, thereby centrally managing the operation of the object class information. To make things possible.

[0010] Further, the registration management device is configured in a hierarchical structure, and the definition and operation of the object class information in consideration of the stepwise commonality and the standardization range are managed in a distributed manner.

[0011]

【Example】

Embodiment 1 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of a definition information registration management device in the object information definition support system of the present invention. The definition information registration management device 101 communicates with the definition input device 102 and the characteristic information and class information to be defined, a database 104 that stores the characteristic information and class information, and searches the database 104 for necessary information. And a work memory 105 for temporarily storing the result, an operation area for class information generation, update, and inheritance tree layout processing, and a result. A registration information control unit 106 that manages registration / update of class information and feature information in a database and controls execution of each program of class generation / registration update processing;
A definition communication protocol processing unit 107 for performing protocol processing for communication of definition information with the definition input device; an initial class automatic generation unit 108 for generating initial class information based on feature information collected from the definition input device; Class check / automatic update processing unit 109 for performing update processing,
A class identifier setting processing unit 110 for assigning an identifier to each generated class information, a class information search / query processing unit 111 for querying registered class information, and an inheritance for executing an operation for displaying a generated inheritance tree of class information on a screen. The tree layout unit 112 includes a program memory 114 that stores a class correction processing unit 113 that executes a process of correcting class information and a succession relationship by a man-machine using a keyboard and a mouse. A CRT 11 for displaying a class inheritance tree on a screen.
5. A keyboard 116 and a mouse 117 for editing the class inheritance tree and correcting the class information / inheritance relation, and an I / O control unit 118 for controlling these inputs and outputs, and further access to the inputs and outputs, memories, and databases. A CPU 119 is provided for controlling the execution of each program. further,
It has a definition information inquiry device 150 for inquiring definition information.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of a definition input device in the object information definition support system of the present invention. The definition input device 102 includes a communication control unit 201 that communicates feature information and class information with the registration management device 101, a database 202 that stores feature information and class information, and searches and temporarily stores necessary information from the database 202. And a work memory 203 for storing a work area for defining communication protocol processing and a result. A definition information control unit 204 that controls input of characteristic information definition, registration processing, and inquiry processing of class information; a definition communication protocol processing unit 205 that performs protocol processing for communication of definition information with the registration management apparatus; Alternatively, a class information search query processing unit 206 that searches and queries class information from a database in the definition input device, and a feature information definition unit 20 that performs feature information definition input processing using a keyboard and a mouse
7, a CRT 209 for displaying a feature information input format, a keyboard 210 for inputting and setting feature information, a mouse 211, and an I / O control unit 212 for controlling these inputs and outputs; And a CPU 213 that controls access to the database and execution of each program.

The definition information inquiry device 150 has almost the same configuration as the definition input device 102, and its characteristic information definition unit 20
Only 7 is missing.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of one embodiment of the object information definition support system of the present invention. The object information definition support system includes a plurality of definition input devices 10.
2. It comprises a definition information inquiry device 150, a single definition information registration management device 101, and a communication line group 301 connecting them.

Next, an example of the operation at the time of the initial class information registration processing of the object information definition support system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 15 are operation flowcharts of the initial class information registration processing.

In FIG. 4, an operator first enters a keyboard 210 and a mouse 2 in each definition input device 102.
11, a request for setting characteristic information is made (401), and the definition information control unit 204 having received the request requests the characteristic information definition unit 207.
Is started (402). The feature information definition unit 207 loads the feature information definition format from the database 202 into the work memory 203, and loads the I / O control unit 21
2 requests a screen display and displays it on the CRT 209 (40
3). Next, the operator uses the keyboard 210 to input the attribute information group characterizing the definition target for each of the definition targets for which the class information is to be defined, in the format 801 as shown in FIG.
Input above and set (404).

After the definition input relating to the definition object is completed,
The operator inputs an end command from the keyboard 210 and the mouse 211. Upon receiving the command, the feature information definition unit 207 uses the attribute information set in the definition format for each definition target as feature information as the work memory 203.
The data is registered in the database 202 in a table format. At the same time, the definition screen on the CRT 209 is closed (4
05). Next, the operator inputs a transfer command of the characteristic information group to the registration management device 101 from the keyboard 210 and the mouse 211 (406). Upon receiving the command, the definition information control unit 204 sends the command to the definition communication protocol processing unit 205. A transfer request for characteristic information is made (407). The definition communication protocol processing unit 205 loads the registered feature information group from the database 202, assembles a protocol data unit PDU as shown in FIG. 7 based on this data, and registers and manages this PDU by the communication control unit 201. The data is transferred to the device 101 (408).

As shown in FIG. 8, the registration information control unit 106 of the registration management device 101, which has received the respective characteristic information from the plurality of definition input devices 101 via the communication control unit 103,
The received PDU (FIG. 7) is stored in the temporary work memory 105 (501), and then the definition communication protocol processing unit 107
The PDU is decomposed according to
4 (502).

Next, upon input of an operator command using the keyboard 116 and the mouse 117 (503), the registration information control unit 106 activates the automatic initial class generation unit 108 (504). The initial class automatic generation unit 108 stores all feature information groups from the database 104 in the work memory 10.
5 and generate the initial class information and the inheritance relationship in the following procedure.

<Step 1> The feature information is classified according to the independence between feature information (one having no matching attribute information), and a mutually independent feature information set is obtained. For example, in the case of a feature information group as shown in FIG. 6, two feature information sets of Gr1 = {PBX-001, PKT-001, WS-001, Host-001}, Gr2 = {Line-001} are obtained. . <Step 2> The common attribute information in each independent feature information set is extracted, and each is defined as a higher class (in the first case, the top of the inheritance tree, and the others are defined with the common attribute information deleted in the previous step 3). The common attribute information is defined as information defining each class, and the class information / inheritance relationship is generated by defining the upper class name (pseudonym) as an inheritance relationship. When only one piece of feature information exists in the independent feature information set, all the definition attributes of the feature information are defined as common attribute information in the class information.

In the case of the above example, as shown in FIG. 9, Gr1 has a class 1101 having A, B, and C attributes as common attributes.
110 which uses the α, β, and γ attributes of Gr2 and Gr2 as common information
2 are generated as class information inherited from the top.

<Step 3> The common attribute information specified by the processing of the above step 2 is deleted from each feature information. If the attribute information becomes zero, the feature information itself is also deleted.
In the case of the previous example, PBX-001 = {D, E, H}, PKT-001 =
{D, E, I}, WS-001 = {F, G, J}, HOST-001
= {F, G, K}.

<Step 4> Returning to Step 1, Steps 1 to 3 are repeatedly executed, and when there is no remaining characteristic information in Step 3, the processing is ended.

With the above processing, in the case of the above example,
A class information / inheritance relationship as shown in FIG. 10 is generated.

Referring back to FIG. 8, after generating the initial class, the initial class automatic generation unit 108 notifies the registration information control unit 106 of a generation completion notification (505), and the registration information control unit 106 activates the inheritance tree layout unit 112. (506). The inheritance tree layout unit 112 generates a class inheritance tree from the existing tree generation algorithm based on the generated class information and the inheritance relationship, and displays the tree on the CRT 115 screen in a tree diagram. The registration information control unit 106 notifies the registration information control unit 106 of a tree layout completion notification (507), and the registration information control unit 106 activates the class correction processing unit 114 (508).

Next, the operator edits the class inheritance tree on the display screen using the keyboard 116 and the mouse 117, so that the class correction processing unit 113
Correction processing such as deletion and adjustment of the class information group is performed in conjunction with the screen editing and the class information / inheritance relationship on the work memory 105. That is, a class name is input for each class information, and a class information group of an unnecessary lower detail level is deleted by specifying a specific hierarchical level by specifying higher class information. In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, the class information group of the unnecessary intermediate detail level by specifying the specific class information on the tree is deleted (1301), and the attribute information is directly added and changed as the attribute of the lower class information (1302). To adjust the class structure.

After the class information correction processing is completed, when the operator inputs a class identifier setting command using the keyboard 116 or the mouse 117 (509), the registration information control unit 106 which has received the command inputs a class identifier setting command as shown in the processing flow of FIG. Then, the class identifier setting processing unit 110 is started (601), a sequence number is assigned as an identifier to all the class information groups existing on the work memory, and after the assignment is completed, an initial number as shown in FIG. Register class information / inheritance relation in table format (6
02).

Upon receiving the registration completion notification from the class identifier setting processing unit 110, the registration information control unit 106 displays a message indicating the completion of the initial class generation on the CRT 115 on the registration management device and activates the definition communication protocol processing unit 107 ( 603). Definition communication protocol processing unit 107
Assembles the PDU as shown in FIG. 14 of the completion notification of the initial class generation registration, and notifies each definition input device 102 via the communication control unit 103 (604).

The communication control unit 201 of each definition input device 102 that has received the PDU of the completion notification of the initial class generation registration registers the DU into the work memory 203 as shown in the flow of FIG.
And notifies the definition information control unit 204 of the PDU reception (701). The definition information control unit 204 activates the definition communication protocol processing unit 205 to decompose the PDU (702), retrieves the message data, and issues a request for displaying an initial class information generation registration completion message to the I / O control unit 212 ( 703), a message is displayed on the screen of the CRT 209 (704).

Next, an example of the operation at the time of adding or updating a class in the object class information definition support system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, at the time of additional update of the definition target, the operator uses each definition input device 102 to define and input the characteristic information of the additional definition target group. This operation is the same as that at the time of the initial class information registration processing, except that the operator input command for transferring the feature information to the registration management apparatus 101 is an additional registration request, and the assembled PDU is as shown in FIG. different. The registration information control unit 106 of the registration management device 101, which has received the additional registration request via the communication control unit 103,
The received PDU is stored in the work memory 105, the PDU is decomposed by the definition communication protocol processing unit 107, and data of the additional required characteristic information group is taken out.
5 is stored. Next, the registration information control unit 106 activates the class check / automatic update processing unit 109. The class check / automatic update processing unit 109 checks whether an additional class definition is necessary and generates additional class information / inheritance relation in the following procedure.

<Step 1> One piece of additional requested feature information on the work memory 105 is specified, and the defined attribute information and the attribute information of the registered class information registered in the database 104 (the lower class is the upper class And the attribute information of the lower class is obtained by inheriting all of the attribute information of the lower class), and the registered class that includes all the attribute information of the class information to be compared and has the maximum matching attribute information is specified.

For example, when there is a request to add or update characteristic information as shown in FIG. 17 with respect to the registered class information in the example of FIG. 13 above, the class information specified by the characteristic information 1701 of PKT-002 is The class information specified by the PKT class and the characteristic information 1702 of the PC-001 is the information processing device class.

<Step 2> If the registered class specified in step 1 matches the attribute information of the feature information requested to be added, the class name and identifier of the matching class information are specified because no new class needs to be added. Then, the process proceeds to step S4. Otherwise, go to step 3.

<Step 3> Newly added class information is defined as a lower class of the registered class specified in step 1, a pseudonym of the class is set, and only individual attributes not defined in the upper class are set as the attribute information. Set the upper class name as the inheritance relationship.

In the case of the above example, PC-001 was specified as the information processing device class.
, A new class 1801 is defined, an information processing device class is set as an inheritance relationship, and L is set as its attribute information.

<Step 4> The processing of steps 1 to 3 is repeated for another additional required feature information on the work memory 105, and the process is completed when all the additional required feature information has been processed.

After the process of updating the newly added class with respect to the registered class information is completed, the class check / automatic update processing unit 1
09 notifies the registration information control unit 106 of a processing completion notification. Subsequent processing is the same as the processing at the time of initial class registration, except that the identifier assigned to the new class is assigned from the number next to the maximum value number of the identifier of the registered class, and the update result to the definition input device 102 The notification is transferred by a PDU as shown in FIG. 19 in the form of a list for each required feature information regardless of a newly added class or a registered class (one not required to be added), and the CRT 115 displays the update result in the definition input device 102. The new class / old class identification information, the class name, the class identifier, and the attribute information are displayed on the screen in a table format in association with each of the update-requested feature information. For example, in the case of the above example, the image is displayed on a screen as shown in FIG.

Finally, an example of the operation of the object information definition support system according to the present invention at the time of querying registered class information will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS. FIG.
1, 22, and 23 are operation flowcharts of the class information inquiry process.

First, the operator operates the keyboard 21 on the definition input device 102 or the definition information inquiry device 150.
0, a class information inquiry request command is input from the mouse 211 (2101), and the definition information control unit 20 receives the command.
4 activates the class information search query processing unit 206 (21)
02). The class information search inquiry processing unit 206 displays an inquiry type selection screen as shown in FIG. 22 on the CRT 209 screen via the I / O control unit 212 (2103). After the operator completes the selection and setting with the keyboard 210 and the mouse 211 (2104), the class information search query processing unit 206
The definition communication protocol processing unit 205 requests the assembly of an inquiry PDU as shown in FIG. 23 (2105), and the definition communication protocol processing unit 205 transfers the PDU to the registration management device 101 via the communication control unit 201 (2106). ).

The communication control unit 103 of the registration management apparatus 101 having received the PDU, as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
It notifies the registration information control unit 106 and stores the PDU in the work memory 105 (2201). Next, the registration information control unit 106 activates the definition communication protocol processing unit 107 to decompose the PDU (2202), and activates the class information search query processing unit 111 (2203). The class information search query processing unit 111 searches the database 104 from request data (all class queries or specific class attribute queries) on the work memory, and in the case of all class queries, the class names, class identifiers, inheritance relationships of all classes If the attribute information is a specific class specification, the attribute information of the specified class is searched using the class name and the class identifier as search keys and stored in the work memory 105 (2204).

Next, the registration information control unit 106 starts the definition communication protocol processing unit 107 and
A response PDU as shown in FIG. 25 is assembled based on the above search result data. After assembly is completed, the definition communication protocol processing unit 1
07 transfers the PDU to the definition input device 102 via the communication control unit 103 (2205).

Definition input device 102 that has received the response PDU
As shown in the processing flow of FIG. 26, the communication control unit 201 notifies the definition information control unit 204 and stores the PDU in the work memory 203 (2301). The definition information control unit 204 activates the definition communication protocol processing unit 205 to decompose the PDU on the work memory 203 (230
2) Retrieve the response data.

Next, the definition information control unit 204 notifies the class information search / inquiry processing unit 206 that the response data has been received (230).
3) The class information search query processing unit 206 forms an inquiry result list as shown in FIG. 27 based on the response data in the work memory 203 (2304), and the I / O control unit 212
Display the query result on the CRT 209 via the
5).

With the above configuration and operation, it is possible to provide a system that supports the unified management of registration, update, and inquiry of object class information that is commonly and unifiedly used in a distributed environment. Efficiency of standardization and common object class registration / update work by procedures. In addition, accurate and detailed class information relating to a large number of definition objects is automatically generated and customized by user correction, thereby reducing the human definition work load and improving definition accuracy.

[Embodiment 2] Hereinafter, as a second embodiment of the present invention, a definition information registration / management apparatus is configured in multiple stages,
The case of registering / managing class information having different commonization ranges will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 7, and 28 to 30.

FIG. 28 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the object information definition support system according to the present invention when the registration management devices are arranged in a hierarchical structure. This object information definition support system requests registration of class information to be defined, and a plurality of definition input devices 2801 placed at the location of the system user to be used and a relay definition information registration management device placed at the domestic standardization organization 2802, a top-level definition information registration / management device 2803 located in the international standardization organization, and a communication line group 2804 connecting these devices. In other words,
The definition information registration management device 2800 includes upper and lower definition information registration management devices 2802 and 2803.

The configuration and operation in each device are the same as those in the first embodiment, but the operation differs from the first embodiment in the following points. First, in the process of registering the initial class information, the operator uses the definition input device 2801 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, the standardization range 290 is set in the feature information setting.
1 is additionally set. The definition input device 2801 uses the class information definition request service PD of FIG.
U standardization range identification 901 is set, and the PDU is transferred to relay registration management device 2802.

In the relay registration management device 2802, when the standardization range identification in the PDU is International (1), the PDU of the characteristic information is relay-transferred to the highest-order registration management device 2803, and
In the case of Domestic (2), it is stored in its own database 104. The generation of the initial class based on the group of feature information collected and distributed in this way is performed first by the highest-level registration management device 2803 in the same manner as the operation of the first embodiment, and the result is transferred to each lower-level relay registration management device 2802. I do. Next, each relay registration management device 2802 compares the characteristic information stored in its own database 104 with the class check / auto update processing unit 10.
9 and is generated by inheriting the class information transferred from the highest-order registration management device 2803. Also, the assignment of the identifier to the additional class in the relay registration management device 2802 by the class identifier setting processing unit 108 is performed according to the assignment method as shown in FIG. 30, and when the class inheritance generation for all the feature information is completed, the same as in the first embodiment Definition input device 2801
Notify the result.

The operation at the time of class addition and update is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the update process is performed in the order from the highest-order registration management device 2803 to the lower order as in the case of the initial registration.

Also, the operation at the time of querying the registered class information is performed by the class information search query processing unit 111 of the relay registration management device 2802 or the top-level registration management device 2803 by using the class name and the class identifier. 104 to determine whether or not it is stored,
The operation is the same as the operation of the first embodiment except that the result is notified when it exists.

With the above configuration and operation, registration and operation of object management information in a distributed environment for object class information that needs to be defined in a stepwise standardization and standardization range is standardized and a standardization range is established. , Management support can be achieved by forming a distributed hierarchy.

Embodiment 3 Hereinafter, as a third embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 31 show a case where a component group in a definition input device is provided in a user system using registered class information. It will be described using FIG.

FIG. 31 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the object information definition support system according to the present invention in which the definition input of the characteristic information is performed from the network management system (network management system) body which is a user system. It is composed of a plurality of network management systems 3101 incorporating the components in the definition input device, a definition information registration management device 3102 installed in the ISO which is the International Organization for Standardization, and a communication line 3103 connecting them.

The system configuration is different from that of the first embodiment in that each component in the definition input device of FIG. 2 is mounted on the network management system 3101, but other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment. The same is true.

With the above configuration and operation, the system for registering and managing object class information can be directly connected to the user system that uses the registered object class information. When information definition is required, registration and updating of class information can be realized from the user system in cooperation with the definition support system.

[Embodiment 4] Hereinafter, as a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a case in which definition support of object information is realized on one device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 32.

FIG. 32 is a block diagram of an embodiment in which the object information definition support system of the present invention is realized on one device.

The system operation is the same as in the first embodiment,
As shown in FIG. 32, each component of the registration management device 101 of FIG. 1 and each component of the definition input device 102 of FIG. 2 are provided in one device 3201. Another difference is that the communication control units 103 and 201 and the definition communication protocol processing units 107 and 205 are deleted because the communication between the devices becomes unnecessary.

With the above configuration and operation, registration, update, and inquiry of the object class information can be realized on one device, and the object information which is not required to be input in the distributed environment is not required. Can support the definition and management of

[0061]

According to the present invention, in the registration and operation of standard object class information typified by object class information definition of a network management system for integrated management of a communication network in a multi-vendor environment, a plurality of definition input devices are used. And an object information definition support system composed of a single registration management device, centrally manages the registration and operation of standard object class information in a distributed environment, and manages the standard object class information / inheritance relationship conventionally performed manually. By performing the generation / additional update automatically or semi-automatically, accurate and detailed object class information can be generated, the definition work time can be made more efficient, and the human definition load can be reduced. Furthermore, by configuring the registration management device in a plurality of layers,
There is an effect that registration and operation of object class information that can cope with a case where the sharing range of each definition target is different can be supported.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a definition information registration management device of an object information definition support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a definition input device of the object information definition support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of an object information definition support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a feature information setting operation of an initial class information registration process.

FIG. 5 is an example of a feature information definition screen.

FIG. 6 is an example of a feature information group.

FIG. 7 is an example of a configuration of a class information definition request service PDU.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a class generation operation of an initial class information registration process.

FIG. 9 is an example of first level class information generation.

FIG. 10 is an example of generating initial class information.

FIG. 11 is an example of class information adjustment processing.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of assigning an identifier in an initial class information registration process.

FIG. 13 is an example of initial registration class information.

FIG. 14 is an example of a configuration of a class information definition result notification service PDU.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a registration completion notification operation of initial class information registration processing.

FIG. 16 is an example of a configuration of a class information addition / update request service PDU.

FIG. 17 is an example of an additional update feature information group.

FIG. 18 is an example of initial registration class information.

FIG. 19 is a class information addition / update result notification service PDU.
It is one Example of a structure.

FIG. 20 is an example of a class addition / update result screen.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of an inquiry request operation of class information inquiry processing.

FIG. 22 is an example of a class information inquiry type selection screen.

FIG. 23 is an embodiment of a class information inquiry request service PDU configuration.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a search query operation in class information query processing.

FIG. 25 is an example of a configuration of a class information inquiry result notification service PDU.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a result notification operation of class information inquiry processing.

FIG. 27 is an example of a class information inquiry result screen.

FIG. 28 is a configuration diagram of a hierarchical object information definition support system.

FIG. 29 is an example of a feature information definition screen for specifying a standardized range.

FIG. 30 is a conceptual diagram showing an embodiment of an identifier numbering method.

FIG. 31 is a configuration diagram of an object information definition support system directly connected to a class information utilization system.

FIG. 32 is a configuration diagram of an object information definition support system composed of one device.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: Definition information registration management device, 102: Definition input device, 103: Communication control unit, 104: Registration class / feature information database, 114: Program memory, 115:
CRT, 116: keyboard, 117: mouse, 118
... I / O control unit, 119 ... CPU

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI G06F 17/30 180 G06F 17/30 180E (72) Inventor Michio Suzuki 1099 Ozenji, Aso-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. System Development Co., Ltd. Within the research institute (72) Inventor Kimitoku Sugauchi 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Hitachi, Ltd.System Development Laboratory Co., Ltd. Inside Software Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masato Saito 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Software Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Mitsuru Hashida 216 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi (56) References JP-A-63-115238 (J , A) JP flat 5-134874 (JP, A) of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Technical Report, Vo l. 90, no. 367 (IN90-68-75), published by the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (1990), pp. 37-42 (Patent Office CSDB literature number: CCNT199800910004) IPSJ 42nd (Early 1991) National Conference Lecture Papers (Part 1), Japan Information Processing Society of Japan, published (1991), p p. 163-172 IEICE Transactions, Vol. J 74-BI, No. 11 (November 25, 1991), The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, p. 971-982 Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol. 91, No. 93 (91-DBS-86), Information Processing Society of Japan (published by 1991), pp. 59-68 (Patent Office CSDB Document Number: CS NT199900017008) Yoshitaka et al., "Schema Changes in Object-Oriented Database Systems" Support ", Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol. 91, No. 22 (91-DBS-82), published by Information Processing Society of Japan (1991), p. 7.1 to 7.10 (Patent Office CSDB literature number: CCNT200000165007) IPSJ Transactions, Vol. 32, No. 3 (1991), Information Processing Society of Japan, published, pp. 304-313 (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 9/44 G06F 9/06 G06F 13/00 G06F 12/00 G06F 17/30 H04L 1/00-27/00 H04M 3 / 00 JICST file (JOIS) CSDB (Japan Patent Office)

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(57) [Claims] 1. A distributed information definition support system comprising a plurality of definition input devices and a set of definition information registration management devices, each device being connected by a communication line, and integrally managing registration of object class information. Wherein each of the definition input devices includes: a unit for inputting a feature information group of a definition target group by setting an attribute for each feature information; and a unit for notifying feature information to a registration management device. Comprises class information generating means for classifying the characteristic information based on the commonality and independence of the attributes of the collected characteristic information groups, and automatically generating object class information on the definition target group and class information giving a class inheritance relationship. An object information definition support system characterized in that: 2. A distributed information definition support system comprising a plurality of definition input devices and a set of definition information registration / management devices, wherein each device is connected by a communication line, and integrally manages registration of object class information. Wherein each of the definition input devices includes a unit for inputting a feature information group of a definition target group by setting an attribute for each feature information, and a unit for notifying the feature information to a registration management device; The apparatus classifies the feature information based on the commonality and independence of the attributes of the collected feature information groups, and class information generation means for automatically generating object class information on the definition target group and class information giving a class inheritance relationship; the identifier generated each class information automatically generating comprises means for imparting, the shared under distributed environment, the registration of the object class information to be standardized Object information definition support system, characterized in that the source management. 3. The object information definition support system according to claim 1, wherein said registration management device refers to a registered object class information, and adds registered class information when an additional definition target occurs. Comparing the feature information of the definition target and adding a new class based on the consistency
Means for automatically determining whether or not to perform
An object information definition support system comprising means for automatically generating and adding a new class . 4. The object information definition support system according to claim 1, wherein the registration management device displays a class inheritance tree on a display screen based on the automatically generated class information and inheritance relationship, and a display. An object information definition support system, comprising: a correction unit that corrects the class information and the inheritance relationship by editing the class inheritance tree that has been set by user interaction. 5. The object information definition support system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of registration management device groups are hierarchically arranged from the highest level to the lowest level in association with each class for sharing and standardizing class information. The lower-level registration management device group excluding the highest-order class management device classifies the class information generated based on the characteristic information to be defined in the shared and standardized range corresponding to each registration management device as the highest-order registration management device group. A means for inheriting and generating the class information of the entire range generated by the registration management device is provided, and it is possible to realize the definition and operation management of class information that can cope with the case where the sharing range of each definition target is different. Object information definition support system featuring 6. The object information definition support system according to claim 1, further comprising means for connecting the definition input device to a class information utilizing system utilizing the class information, wherein the object input means includes a class information utilizing system. An object information definition support system characterized by receiving registration, inquiry, and management services. 7. A distributed information definition support system comprising a plurality of definition input devices and a set of definition information registration management devices, wherein each device is connected by a communication line, and which integrally manages registration of object class information. The definition information registration and management device is a communication control unit that communicates the definition input device and the characteristic information and class information to be defined, a database that stores the characteristic information and class information, class information, and registration and registration of the characteristic information in the database. A registration information control unit that controls the execution of each program of update management and class generation / registration update processing, a definition communication protocol processing unit that performs protocol processing for communication of definition information with the definition input device, collected from the definition input device Initial class automatic generation unit that generates initial class information based on feature information that has been registered, and class check / update processing that updates registered class information An automatic update processing unit, a class identifier setting processing unit for assigning an identifier to each generated class information, a class information search / query processing unit for querying registered class information, and an operation for displaying a generated inheritance tree of class information on a screen. The class information and inheritance relationship are managed by the inherited tree layout section, keyboard, and mouse.
A class correction processing unit that executes a process of correcting with a machine; the definition input device is a communication control unit that communicates feature information and class information with a registration management device; a database that stores feature information and class information; A definition information control unit that controls input, registration processing, and class information inquiry processing, a definition communication protocol processing unit that performs protocol processing for communication of definition information with the registration management device, and a database in the registration management device or definition input device An object information definition support system, comprising: a class information search / inquiry processing unit for searching and inquiring for class information; and a feature information definition unit for performing a feature information definition input process using a keyboard and a mouse. 8. An object information inquiry system comprising a plurality of definition input devices and a set of definition information registration and management devices, wherein the definition input devices are connected by a communication line. A means for inputting a feature information group of the group by setting an attribute for each feature information; and a means for notifying the feature information to a registration management device, wherein the registration management device has an attribute of the collected feature information group. Class information generating means for classifying feature information based on the commonality and independence of objects, automatically generating object class information on a definition target group, and class information giving a class inheritance relationship, and referencing registered object class information Means for inquiring about object information. 9. The object information definition support system according to claim 8, wherein the means for displaying the class inheritance tree on the display screen based on the class information and the inheritance relationship automatically generated by the registration management device and the displayed class inheritance tree An object information definition support system, characterized in that a means for correcting class information and inheritance relation by editing by user interaction is provided, and class information and inheritance relation adapted to usage can be defined. 10. A distributed information definition system comprising a plurality of information definition input devices and one definition information registration / management device and connected between them by a communication line, to centrally manage registration of object class information. In the object information definition supporting method, a feature information group of a definition target group is
Each feature information is input by setting an attribute, the feature information is notified to the registration management device, and the registration management device extracts the feature information based on the commonality and independence of the attributes of the collected feature information group. A method for supporting object information definition, characterized by automatically generating object class information on a group of objects to be defined and class information giving a class inheritance relationship. 11. The object information definition support method according to claim 10, wherein the registration management device queries registered object class information, and when an additional definition object occurs, the registered class information and characteristic information of the additional definition object. Compare
Automatically decides whether to define a new class based on the agreement.
Class, and if additional definition is required,
An object information definition support method, wherein the operation of object class information is centrally managed by automatically generating and adding a new class . 12. The object information definition support method according to claim 10, wherein a class inheritance tree is displayed on a display screen based on the class information and the inheritance relationship automatically generated by the registration management device, and the displayed class inheritance tree is displayed. Class information by editing the user interaction, class information adapted to the intended use by correcting the inheritance relationship,
An object information definition support method characterized by defining an inheritance relationship.