Configurable Checker Enforcement for Multi-Author Document Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions fail to effectively manage consistency across multi-author documents, leading to conflicts and errors as different authors and consumers have varying requirements, especially when non-human entities are involved, and existing tools do not adequately address these challenges.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize checkers with configurable parameters to enforce restrictions on document modifications, ensuring consistency by validating modifications against predefined rules, and managing checkers to prevent errors from propagating, with the ability to adapt to specific document types and formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple authors are allowed to modify a common document simultaneously, then productivity and collaboration are improved, but consistency and reliability of the document deteriorate due to conflicting requirements and errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements checkers that continuously monitor document modifications and provide feedback to authors when consistency violations occur. The system validates modifications against predefined rules and restrictions, alerting authors to potential conflicts before they propagate through the document. This feedback mechanism maintains reliability while allowing multiple authors to collaborate efficiently.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces checkers as intermediary components between multiple authors and the common document. These checkers act as mediators that validate modifications before they are applied, ensuring that changes from different authors do not conflict with each other or with document constraints. This intermediary layer preserves document consistency while enabling collaborative productivity.
2Reliability
If checkers with configurable parameters are implemented to enforce restrictions, then document consistency and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs checkers with configurable parameters that can be adjusted to match different document types, formats, and consistency requirements. Rather than implementing a completely different checker for each scenario, the system modifies parameters of existing checkers to adapt to specific needs. This approach maintains reliability across diverse documents while avoiding the complexity of building numerous specialized checkers from scratch.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs checkers to be universal components that can handle multiple document types and validation scenarios through configuration rather than structural modification. A single checker framework can enforce various restrictions on different document formats by adjusting its parameters, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining broad reliability coverage.
3Reliability
If real-time validation of modifications is performed, then document integrity and error prevention are improved, but processing time and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements validation that focuses on the specific modifications being made rather than re-validating the entire document. The checkers apply restrictions and rules only to the changed portions, performing partial validation that maintains document integrity while significantly reducing processing time compared to full-document validation on each modification.
Data Source
AI summary
A parameter of a first checker in a profile of the first checker is configured. The parameter comprises a restriction on contents of a modification to a dataset. The modification comprises a write to a portion of the dataset. The dataset is modifiable by a plurality of authors. The first checker has a first checker owner. A first modification to the dataset is validated against a restriction enforced by the first checker according to the parameter. The first modification has a modification owner. Responsive to the validating detecting that the first modification is acceptable, the first modification is allowed.