System and method for searching an object catalog subject to a plurality of standards regimes

摘要

A system and method for searching a catalog of objects that are subject to regulation by a plurality of different standards-setting regimes. The system and method employ a normalization table comprising a master list of manually developed terms selected to map common subject matter of said objects and of said plurality of standards-setting regimes. Tables comprising maps of said catalog of objects and said plurality of standards-setting regimes manually developed using said master list of terms permit linking any standard in any of said standards-setting regimes to any of said objects that concerns the subject matter of said standard.