LINKING ELEMENTS OF A DOCUMENT TO CORRESPONDING FIELDS, QUERIES AND/OR PROCEDURES IN A DATABASE

摘要

METHODS AND SYSTEMS ARE PROVIDED FOR MAPPING AND LINKING ELEMENTS (214, 215, 360, 510) IN A DOCUMENT TO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OR QUERIES IN A DATABASE (205). A DOCUMENT (210, 325) IS ANNOTATED WITH STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS (214, 215, 360, 510) OF A MARKUP LANGUAGE, SUCH AS EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (XML), IN ORDER TO MAP PORTIONS OF THE DOCUMENTS TO THE CORRESPONDING DATABASE. ONCE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ARE MAPPED AND LINKED TO CORRESPONDING DATA FIELDS (515) OR QUERIES WITHIN A SELECTED DATABASE, CHANGES MADE TO INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WITHIN THE DOCUMENT AUTOMATICALLY CAUSE UPDATES TO CORRESPONDING DATA IN THE DATABASE TO WHICH THOSE ELEMENTS ARE MAPPED AND LINKED. CONVERSELY, CHANGE MADE TO INDIVIDUAL DATA FIELDS WITHIN THE SELECTED DATABASE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE CORRESPONDING ELEMENTS WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.