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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Makoto Imachi, Sagamihara, JP;
Toru Takahashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Yuki Aoyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Yukio Hoshi, Tachikawa, JP;
Hitachi, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A table of a manual for xx product (1st edition) includes component names, file names, version up mode and version numbers of a project. When the version up mode is a fixed mode, a version number in the table is fixed, while in an auto-changing mode components are edited and when a new version is prepared, a version number is updated. Versions V,and V,of a table of contents, versions V,and V,of a first chapter and the like show registered states in version information management tables. Table of contents of up to V,is prepared, while since it is set to a fixed mode in the table, V,thereof is fixed. In case of first chapter, when V,thereof is prepared, it is updated to V,in the table since it is set to auto-changing mode and the version number thereof is updated each time a new version is prepared until it is changed to a fixed mode. In this manner, versions of compositions, drawings and the like constituting a project such as a manual are managed and the relation between any versions is managed as an aggregate.