公开(公告)号：US07836055B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-16

申请号：US11343455

申请日：2006-01-31

申请人： Mel MacMahon ,  Boyd C. Multerer ,  Frank F. Savage ,  Josefa M. Nalewabau ,  Nicolas Gauvin ,  Shawn Hargreaves

发明人： Mel MacMahon ,  Boyd C. Multerer ,  Frank F. Savage ,  Josefa M. Nalewabau ,  Nicolas Gauvin ,  Shawn Hargreaves

IPC分类号： G06F17/28 ,  G06F9/54

CPC分类号： A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/10 ,  A63F13/77 ,  A63F2300/6009 ,  G06F8/36 ,  G06F8/71 ,  G06F9/542

摘要： A data provider application programming interface (API) is configured for use with a game content editing application. An asset relationship management file, which is generated with the data provider API, includes information such as relationship references and annotations and is updated by the data provider API when a digital asset is edited. The asset relationship management file is then stored in a data store. An asset relationship graph is generated, based on the asset relationship management file in the data store. The asset relationship graph includes asset graph nodes that map dependency relationships between asset files. A graph API is also described. The graph API is configured for accessing the relationship graph through a server process to expose dependency relationships and annotations to a client process, such as an application. Thus, the effect of changes to one asset on other assets can readily be evaluated.

摘要翻译： 数据提供者应用编程接口（API）被配置为与游戏内容编辑应用一起使用。 使用数据提供者API生成的资产关系管理文件包括诸如关系引用和注释之类的信息，并且当数字资产被编辑时由数据提供者API更新。 然后将资产关系管理文件存储在数据存储中。 基于数据存储中的资产关系管理文件生成资产关系图。 资产关系图包括映射资产文件之间的依赖关系的资产图形节点。 还描述了图形API。 图形API被配置为通过服务器进程访问关系图，以向客户端进程（如应用程序）公开依赖关系和注释。 因此，一项资产变动对其他资产的影响可以很容易地进行评估。