DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A data processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a storage device (18) configured to store an ontology including hierarchical classes, a property defined by each of the classes, in which each of the class and the property includes attributes of unique identification information and version information, and an instance creation unit (5) configured to create a data sheet used to input an instance of a predetermined class using a property defined by the predetermined class and including the identification information and the version information and a property inherited from a class of an upper layer of the predetermined class and including the identification information and the version information.