OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM FOR PROGRAM VERSION AND HISTORY DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VARIOUS PROGRAM COMPONENTS

A distributed program history database system is designed for use on a client-server network. The system consists of a plurality of program history servers which maintain version information for various program components. A program developer, upon logging into a client terminal on the network, establishes a workspace or project and connects with one of the history servers. After connection to the history server has been made, a draft of the program configuration is retrieved from the server. The configuration draft may include information for constructing some of the program components and "bridge" information identifying other program history servers where additional program components are located. The workspace uses the component information to assemble components and the bridge information to connect to other servers and retrieve the remaining components in order to assemble the complete source code for a program in the workspace.