Automated relationship management for darwin information typing architecture
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to relationship management in information architectures and provide a novel and non-obvious method, computer system and computer program product for managing links in a Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing DITA links can include reading an information unit file comprising a plurality of topics and reading a relationship management file corresponding to the information unit file, wherein the relationship management file comprises at least one link corresponding to at least one of the plurality of topics, wherein a link comprises a reference to or from a second topic. The method can further include displaying in a graphical user interface the plurality of topics and displaying in the graphical user interface a description of each link corresponding to the plurality of topics.
1. A method for managing links in a Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), comprising:
selecting in a graphical user interface an information unit file comprising a plurality of topics;
displaying in the graphical user interface the plurality of topics included in the selected information unit file;
selecting a topic from the plurality of topics;
selecting in the graphical user interface a relationship management file comprising a DITA map comprising a relationship table comprising a multiplicity of links each of the links relating one of the topics in the selected information unit file to another of the topics in the selected information unit file;
displaying in the graphical user interface all links included in the selected relationship management file for the selected topic, wherein each link comprises a reference to and/or from a second topic; and
adding a link to the relationship management file by iterating through each topic of the selected information unit file in the relationship table of the selected relationship management file and adding a corresponding reference to an appropriate cell of the relationship table.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying for the information unit file at least one of: a full path, a title and a description.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying for the relationship management file at least one of: a full path, a title and a description.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the plurality of topics comprises:
displaying a title for each of the plurality of topics.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the links comprises:
displaying for each of the links corresponding to the selected topic a title of a second topic referenced by the link and a graphic indicating whether the link extends to and/or from the second topic.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
upon selecting a link, displaying at least one of a full path and a description of a second topic referenced by the link.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving user input indicating the removal of a link; and
modifying the relationship management file to remove the link.
8. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having stored thereon computer usable program code for managing links in a Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), the computer usable program code, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform:
selecting in a graphical user interface an information unit file comprising a plurality of topics;
displaying in the graphical user interface the plurality of topics included in the selected information unit file;
selecting a topic from the plurality of topics;
selecting in the graphical user interface a relationship management file comprising a DITA map comprising a relationship table comprising a multiplicity of links each of the links relating one of the topics in the selected information unit file to another of the topics in the selected information unit file;
displaying in the graphical user interface all links included in the selected relationship management file for the selected topic, wherein each link comprises a reference to and/or from a second topic; and
adding a link to the relationship management file by iterating through each topic of the selected information unit file in the relationship table of the selected relationship management file and adding a corresponding reference to an appropriate cell of the relationship table.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying for the information unit file at least one of: a full path, a title and a description.
10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying for the relationship management file at least one of: a full path, a title and a description.
11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein displaying the plurality of topics comprises:
displaying in the graphical user interface a title for each of the plurality of topics.
12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein displaying the links comprises:
displaying for each of the links corresponding to the selected topic a title of a second topic referenced by the link and a graphic indicating whether the link extends to and/or from the second topic.
13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
upon selecting a link, displaying at least one of a full path and a description of a second topic referenced by the link.
14. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving user input indicating the removal of a link; and
modifying the relationship management file to remove the link.
15. A computer system for managing links in a Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), comprising:
a processor configured for
selecting in a graphical user interface an information unit file comprising a plurality of topics;
displaying in the graphical user interface the plurality of topics included in the selected information unit file;
selecting a topic from the plurality of topics;
selecting in the graphical user interface a relationship management file comprising a DITA map comprising a relationship table comprising a multiplicity of links each of the links relating one of the topics in the selected information unit file to another of the topics in the selected information unit file;
displaying in the graphical user interface all links included in the selected relationship management file for the selected topic, wherein each link comprises a reference to and/or from a second topic; and
adding a link to the relationship management file by iterating through each topic of the selected information unit file in the relationship table of the selected relationship management file and adding a corresponding reference to an appropriate cell of the relationship table.
16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the graphical user interface displays at least one of a full path, a title and a description for the information unit file.
17. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the graphical user interface displays at least one of a full path, a title and a description for the relationship management file.
18. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the graphical user interface displays a title for each of the plurality of topics.
19. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the graphical user interface displays, for each of the links corresponding to the selected topic, a title of a second topic referenced by the link and a graphic indicating whether the link extends to and/or from the second topic.
20. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the graphical user interface displays, upon selecting a link at least one of a full path and a description of a second topic referenced by the link.