Patent ID: 6442516
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method to provide concurrent, national language support (NLS) builds in a second human language during development of a computer software in a first human language on a data processing system, said method comprising:providing baselevel fields in a library control database system, wherein each of said baselevel fields contains a baselevel value linked to a file within said library control database system and corresponding to a developmental level of said file, wherein each file is tagged with its own baselevel; tracking, via said baselevel value, changes to a file of said computer software in said first human language, wherein said baselevel value of said file is updated for each change to said file, which requires a translation for a counterpart file of said computer software in said second human language; determining if changes made to any file in said first human language requires a translation effort, wherein a translation effort is required when a baselevel of a first file in said first human language is different from a baselevel of its counterpart second file in said second human language; initiating a translation into said second human language of each first file in said first human language that has a different base level from its counterpart second file in a second human language, wherein said translating step provides an up-to-date version of said second file in said second human language; and automatically updating a baselevel value of each second file in said second human language for which an up-to-date version is provided to reflect a baselevel value of the first file in said first human language.