Patent ID: 7447702

Claim:
A system for a structurally decoupled exchange of objects, deposited in variable object-oriented data structures, the system including a processor and a memory, and further comprising: a first tool having at least one first object-oriented data structure deposited therein and for each object to be transferred, of the first object-oriented data structure, at least one unambiguous identification mark being allocated to the object; a second tool having at least one second object-oriented data structure deposited therein and for each object transferred, of the second object-oriented data structure, the at least one unambiguous identification mark and at least one path information item with a hierarchical position of the object of the second object-oriented data structure from the first object-oriented data structure is allocated; a module for comparing said first and second object-oriented data structures, taking into consideration the unambiguous identification mark and the path information item, said module determining differences between said first and second object-oriented data structures; objects newly created in said second object-oriented data structure of said second tool, objects not existing and/or changed in said second object-oriented data structure can be transferred from said first object-oriented data structure of said first tool with the unambiguous identification mark and the path information item into said second object-oriented data structure of said second tool; and said first and second object-oriented data structures mapping plant structures of a technical plant and said objects, deposited in said first and second object-oriented data structures, containing information on a hierarchical structure of plant components of the technical plant, on relations of plant components to one another, on requirements and specifications of plant elements and/or role-specific identification marks of the plant elements.