Database Generation System, Method For Generating A Database, Product Line Management System And Non-Transitory Data Carrier

摘要

The task of generating a product line database may be automated by automatically analysing product line models which comprise a representation of the respective product line. The final product can be a physical product, e.g., a mobile telephone, a software product, etc. A representation of the produce line is generated from the product line models, which represents all products, features, platform, variants and their requirements of the respective product line. The database generator then uses and parses said representation to generate a database module, which can be incorporated into a specified database management system. When the database module is incorporated into a database management system it populates the database to contain all the relevant data of the product line model. This procedure automates the procedure of transforming product line related information from a model representation into a database module that can be directly imported into a specific database management system.

主权项

1. A database generation system for use in a product line management system for managing at least one product line, comprising:
a model input interface configured to receive at least one product line model, the product line model comprising a model of the at least one product line; a model processor configured to automatically analyse the at least one received product line model and extract a representation of the at least one product line from the at least one received product line model; and a database generator configured to generate from the extracted representation a database module which comprises a database structure of the at least one product line.