US Patent 7865465 Controlling model editing and merging

A model edit control system controls editing of a data model. A model repository manager allows multiple users to copy a stored model stored in a repository for executing changes on multiple model copies in parallel. An action log manager crates a model action log for the stored model and tracks actions executed on the stored model. The action log manager also creates a current action log for each model copy to record actions executed on the model copy. A model merger manager merges the model copies into the stored model in the repository, by playing the actions in the current action log against the stored model in the repository.