发明名称 Data caveats for database tables
摘要 A method for storing data caveats for databases is described. The method includes storing at least one record in at least one content table in a database. The method includes storing at least one data caveat having a relationship to the content table in at least one record in a caveat table. A data caveat has a relationship to the content table when the data caveat applies to: a record in the content table or the content table in entirety. The method also includes storing, in a memory device, an indication of the relationship. Articles of manufacture are also described.
申请公布号 US8990205(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.03.24
申请号 US201313751316 申请日期 2013.01.28
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Buco Melissa J.;Diao Yixin;Loewenstern David M.;Pinel Florian;Shwartz Larisa
分类号 G06F17/30 主分类号 G06F17/30
代理机构 Harrington & Smith 代理人 Harrington & Smith ;Percello Louis J.
主权项 1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method comprising: storing at least one record in at least one content table in a database, the at least one record comprising content data; storing at least one data caveat in at least one record in a caveat table, the at least one data caveat having a relationship to the at least one record in the at least one content table, wherein the at least one data caveat has a relationship to the at least one content table, wherein the at least one data caveat applies to at least one of: a record in the at least one content table or the content table in its entirety or at least one record stored in a plurality of content tables; and storing, in a memory device, an indication of the relationship; wherein the at least one data caveat is pointed to by an indicator stored in a field of the at least one record in the at least one content table, wherein the at least one data caveat comprises information, that is expressive to a user of the content data, at least of how the content data stored in the at least one record of the at least one content table was obtained, and wherein each record in the caveat table comprises a field indicating at least one content table associated with the data caveat in the record.
地址 Armonk NY US