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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Robbert Van Der Linden, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Brian S. Vickery, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robbert Van Der Linden, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Brian S. Vickery, Los Gatos, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for associating information related to a component of a structured document that is stored in its native format in a database system includes generating a hierarchical node tree comprising a plurality of nodes, where each node represents a component in the structured document, and generating a path associated with each node, where the path follows the hierarchical structure of the structured document from a root node to the node. In each node, an identifier associated with the path is stored. A table is provided that correlates the identifier with information related to the associated path. The information applies to the component represented by the node.