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Details
Inventors: Adams, Janice M.; Hubbard, Donald L.; Panner, Jeannie H.; Raymond, Bruce D.;
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Primary Examiner: Beausoliel; Robert
Assistant Examiner: McCarthy; Christopher
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGinn & Gibb, PLLC, Kotulak, Esq.; Richard M.

A method for design auditing by automating ways of auditing data produced by process steps is disclosed. The invention automates the process of auditing to account for complex methodology conditions. It also automates auditing of values of data produced by methodology steps. The invention provides a means of grouping task and information within a program and of preserving parent-child relationships.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 1.
A method of auditing a design process, said method comprising: producing a library usage file for a step in a design process using design data; and performing an audit by reading said library usage file and an audit role into a quality monitor program, wherein said library usage file includes a first INFO statement that has a value which may be checked by said quality monitor program during said audit, and wherein said audit rule includes a second INFO statement which may include a value checking expression used by said quality monitor during said audit.
2.
The method in claim 1, wherein said library usage file and/or said audit rule may include an OBJECT statement for a PROGRAM organized according to a parent-child relationship where said PROGRAM is said parent and said OBJECT statement is said child.
3.
The method in claim 1, wherein said library usage file and/or said audit rule file may include third INFO statement for said OBJECT organized according to a parent-child relationship where said OBJECT is said parent and said third INFO statement is said child.
4.
The method in claim 3, wherein said third INFO statement increases a reporting ability of said quality monitor program.
5.
The method in claim 1, wherein said library usage file and/or said audit rule may include a TASK statement for an OBJECT organized according to a parent-child relationship where said OBJECT is said parent and said TASK statement is said child.
6.
The method in claim 1, further comprising query for a processing mode for said design step using said design data and technology data; wherein, said audit is performed by reading said library usage file, said processing mode, and an audit rule into a quality monitor program; and wherein, said report of errors in said library usage file is based on said audit rule and said processing mode.
7.
The method in claim 1, wherein said audit rule may include a condition used by said quality monitor program to check said library usage file.
8.
The method in claim 7, wherein said quality monitor program evaluates said condition using said processing mode to check said library usage file



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