Method and apparatus for a database management system content me

Details Method and apparatus for a database management system content me Method and apparatus for a database management system content me

1998-03-03

2000-10-10

Black, Thomas G.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707100, 707103, 707104, G06F 1730

Patent

active

061310980

ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses the means to build a content menu for a database management system. A content menu is an end-user access method that consists of a list of lists that describe content in an information system. End-users navigate the content menu to locate information objects at the end of a menu path. Unlike prior content menus, this invention disclosures the means to generate metadata that provide the basis for producing a content menu, at runtime, using "working" content managed by the database. A database structure stores the metadata. The metadata includes database commands and values that produce a list menu and link it to another list menu or information object.

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