Brian F Albers

US Patent:

7237192, Jun 26, 2007

Filed:

Apr 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/136698

Inventors:

Jeffrey Stephenson - Walnut Creek CA, US
Adam Winer - San Mateo CA, US
Blake Sullivan - Redwood City CA, US
Brian Albers - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06N 3/00

US Classification:

715513

Abstract:

A hierarchically structured electronic document includes a parent node, a first and a second child of the parent node. The first child is configured as a named role child, the named role child having a first child component, the named role child specifying a relationship between the first child component and the parent node. The second child is configured as an index role child and has a plurality of second child components. The index role child specifies that all second child components are index children. The second child components collectively define and are configured to be rendered in the order in which the second child components appear under the second child. Collisions between named role and index children are avoided as the document includes a role (either a name role or an index role) between the parent and each child of the parent that is at the same hierarchical level.