Adapter Wrapper for Global Standards Compliance Checking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Global standards compliance checkers (GSCCs) require frequent updates to accommodate new or custom standards, leading to time-consuming and inefficient processes, especially when checking files with specialized standards, which can compromise system integrity and performance.
Innovation Solution
A custom wrapper or adapter is interfaced with the GSCC to check compliance with both global and custom standards, eliminating the need to recode or rewrite the checking tool, allowing for efficient incorporation of new standards and ensuring file integrity by acting as an interface between the GSCC and custom standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a GSCC is updated to check custom standards, then compliance checking capability is improved, but time consumption and system downtime increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wrapper as an intermediary layer between the GSCC and custom standards. The wrapper translates custom standards into GSCC-compatible formats, allowing the GSCC to check custom standards without being directly modified. This mediator approach enables adaptability while avoiding the time-consuming process of updating the core GSCC system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the compliance checking system into two independent parts: the core GSCC and the wrapper layer. By separating the custom standards checking functionality into a distinct wrapper module, the system can add new standard checking capabilities without modifying or restarting the core GSCC, thus reducing downtime.
2Measurement precision
If a GSCC is recoded to accommodate program-specific standards, then compliance checking accuracy is improved, but device complexity and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wrapper acts as an intermediary that handles the complexity of translating and adapting custom standards without modifying the core GSCC. This keeps the GSCC simple and maintainable while still achieving accurate compliance checking for custom standards through the wrapper's translation layer.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a GSCC is updated frequently to check new standards, then adaptability to new standards is improved, but system stability and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the system into a stable core GSCC and a flexible wrapper layer, the patent allows new standards to be added through the wrapper without touching the core GSCC code. This maintains system stability and reliability while achieving adaptability to new standards through the wrapper's configurable nature.
4Ease of operation
If a custom wrapper is introduced to check custom standards, then ease of operation and maintenance are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wrapper is designed as a universal interface that can handle multiple custom standards through a single standardized mechanism. This multi-functionality approach simplifies maintenance by providing a unified way to add and manage custom standards without creating separate complex integration paths for each standard.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatus for checking the compliance of a file with global and custom standards are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for checking a file that is associated with a first set of standards and a second set of standards into a repository includes providing the file to a checking arrangement that includes a checking tool and an adapter that is interfaced with the checking tool. The method also includes executing the checking tool to determine compliance of the file with the first set of standards, and executing the adapter to determine compliance of the file with the second set of standards.