Patent Document ID: 9684680
Application ID: 14129117
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for providing version control for a model, comprising: providing a database; dividing the database into plural logical areas including at least a working model logical area and a permanent model logical area; importing data into the working model logical area by temporarily storing imported data in the working model logical area, wherein the imported data corresponds to incremental change data associated with a network of an electric utility; validating the incremental change data to provide validated incremental change data, wherein the validation is at least partially based on connectivity between assets of the electric utility in the network, wherein the validation of the incremental change data includes validating an integrity of the incremental change data between the assets connected to each other; associating version information that is based at least in part on a timestamp with the validated incremental change data, wherein the timestamp is associated with a time of the importing of the imported data; and permanently storing the validated incremental change data and associated version information in the permanent model logical area.