Fujitsu Corporation

Yoshinori Arihara

Itaru Fukao

Hiroaki Abe

Yuji Kubota

Yasuhiko Arima

Naoshi Nakagawa

Yuriko Suzuki

Takeo Konno

Harumi Taneda

A division within an information processing apparatus equipped with a graphical user interface that enables interaction with the operator through multiple kinds of interactive screens of a processing-system program group that collects and communicates data that becomes the basis of displays to the screens, a display-system program group that processes the data in a discretionary display format and displays the data on said interactive screens, and a communication means that performs communication between the said processing-system program group and the display-system program group. Moreover, the enabling of performing communication between each program through communication between ports.

Information processing apparatus equipped with a graphical user interface

During a software designing operation, a designer accesses a level prescribing unit through an interaction managing control unit. The level prescribing unit provides the guidance to specification information and design parts, etc. at a desired design level. If the designer selects and inputs specification information or design parts, the design editor corresponding to the design specification information in a design editor unit is activated, so that the designer is guided and aided through a display to produce a desired software. At this time, the information about the state of the editing operation 'completed' or 'not completed' is stored with the directory. The designed document satisfying a specific condition, for example, a document determined to be 'design completed', is stored as a data base by a design data base storing unit. To update the information stored in the design data base, a design information inconsistency correction support unit presents the designer with the part of the information affected by the update, thereby supporting the correction.

Software design support apparatus

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Sapporo, Japan

Yoshinori Arihara