Patent ID: 8196143
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for resource data management, the computer implemented method comprising: determining whether a resource entry in a resource location code array in a first data structure for a set of resources is unique in which the resource entry is a current resource; responsive to a determination that the current resource is unique, identifying a corresponding entry in hardware vital product data address information in a second data structure and obtaining a replaceable unit data for the current resource from the hardware vital product data address information; storing a replaceable unit data for the current resource to form a current data file; determining whether the corresponding entry contains a copy indicator; responsive to a determination that the corresponding entry contains a copy indicator, copying the current data file into a set of data files by locating a template indicator in the resource entry in the resource location code array in the first data structure referring to the current resource and using the replaceable unit data as a template, wherein each data file represents a resource identified by the copy indicator; determining whether the corresponding entry has a modify indicator; and responsive to a determination that the corresponding entry has a modify indicator, identifying a path to characterization data in a third data structure comprising path information for the location of the characterization data for the set of resources and updating each data file in the set of data files with a characterization data for a respective resource in the set of data files using the identified path to the to the characterization data.