METHOD FOR SOLVING DATA CONFLICTION IN COMMON DATA ENVIRONMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable many users to access and edit a common data object at the same time by giving the users confliction solution information relating to a specific data confliction and solving the specific data confliction according to user's inputs. SOLUTION: A 'master' copy 52 of a data object like a work folder is stored in a network common storage area 50. When a user edits a work folder, a local copy 54 is transferred from the common storage area 50 to a local storage area 56 that the user can immediately access and correct. In this case, confliction solution information relating to a specific data confliction is given to the user, a user's input indicating how the specific confliction should be solved is received, and the specific data confliction is solved according to the user input. Consequently, many users can access and edit the same common data object at the same time.