Documenting system for entities, attributes and schema of a relational

Abstract

A method is disclosed for interactive documentation of a database framework and data continued in a relational database, such as for example, an engineering database having data related to the manufacturing and testing of semiconductor devices. A plurality of documentation levels is provided wherein each documentation level includes a view of the database framework and wherein at least one documentation level includes a high level view of the database framework. The documentation levels include descriptions and definitions of the views of the database framework, and the views of the database framework include descriptions and definitions of entities, attributes and schema of the data in the database. One documentation level, from the plurality of documentation levels, is displayed including the view of the database framework. One or more user selectable items is displayed on the display device with each documentation level. The user selectable items represent other documentation levels or other views of the database framework and the other documentation levels are accessed by actuating one of the user selectable items. The documentation levels and the views of the database framework are based on one or more driving tables included in the database. The driving tables can be modified or updated thereby modifying or updating the documentation levels and the views of the database framework.