JP2012247916A - Instruction manual generation support device, instruction manual generation support method, and instruction manual generation support program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instruction manual generation support device capable of supporting a work for effectively generating an instruction manual.SOLUTION: An instruction manual generation support device includes: content information reception means for receiving content information constituting a body of an instruction manual; identification information assignment means for assigning identification information to individual content information in each of predetermined units; structure information reception means for receiving structure information for specifying a layout of the individual content information in the instruction manual; display format information reception means for receiving display format information being a display format of individual content information in the instruction manual; instruction manual generation means for arranging the individual content information in accordance with the structure information, and applying the display format information to the arranged individual content information, the display format information corresponding to the individual content information, thereby generating instruction manual data; and document disclosure means for enabling the instruction manual data to be browsed on a communication network.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system technology that supports the creation of an instruction manual.

  The work of creating manuals for electronic devices etc. is a labor intensive and very inefficient work. Also, manual production work is not a work that directly contributes to an increase in sales of products / services, so the higher the cost of paying for this work, the more competitive the products / services will be.

  Various techniques have been proposed for the purpose of improving the efficiency of manual production work. For example, in Patent Document 1, as a manual creation support method capable of efficiently and appropriately performing the work on the request side and the development side from the composition development for manual creation such as hardware to bookbinding, the input information on the request side is used. Based on the simulation process from manual creation request to delivery based on the process simulation step to support the drafting of the manual version development plan, the creation request step to send the manual creation request created on the request side to the development side, The development side accepts the creation request and obtains the numbering, the process management step to visualize and provide the progress status of the process from sending the manuscript through the composition development to bookbinding, receiving the manuscript from the requesting side, The composition development step that creates the composition through the exchange of editing, proofreading, and technical check between the development side and the requesting side, and the created version The method comprises the binding distributing step, the to handle recording of the binding and or electronic media documentation based on have been proposed.

International Publication No. 2003-0667485

  However, although the above prior art has attempted to increase the efficiency of cooperation between multiple people involved in the manual production process by digitizing the handling data, the manual production work itself has been made more efficient. There was no problem.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention has an object to provide a manual creation support device, a manual creation support method, and a manual creation support program that support manual production work efficiently. .

  One form of the instruction creation support apparatus to be disclosed is an instruction creation support apparatus that supports the creation of an instruction manual to be disclosed on a communication network. From a user terminal, text information serving as a text of the instruction manual and Associating content information receiving means for receiving content information including image information, identification information assigning means for assigning identification information to each of the content information for each predetermined unit, and each piece of content information corresponding to the identification information. Content storage means for storing information, structure information receiving means for receiving structure information defining the structure of the instruction manual including the arrangement of the content information in the instruction manual from the user terminal, and storing the structure information From the structure storage means and the user terminal, the content information of the instruction manual Display format information receiving means for receiving display format information which is a display format, display format storage means for storing the identification information of each content information in association with the display format information applied to each content information, Instruction information generating means for generating instruction manual data by arranging content information in accordance with the structure information and applying the display format information corresponding to the contents information to the arranged contents information, And document publishing means for making the instruction manual data viewable on the communication network.

  The disclosed manual creation support apparatus can support the manual production work efficiently.

It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of the manual creation assistance apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the description preparation assistance apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating (a) XML document information and (b) content information which concern on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure information reception means and structure memory | storage means which concern on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the XML (Extensible Markup Language) document information reception means based on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the syntax analysis database which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the hardware structural example of the manual preparation assistance apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is an example of the flowchart of the manual preparation process (the 1) by the manual preparation support apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is an example of the login screen to the manual preparation assistance apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is an example of the flowchart of the manual preparation process (the 2) by the manual preparation support apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is an example of the flowchart of the manual cooperation process by the manual creation assistance apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Outline of manual creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment)

  The outline of the manual creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a manual creation support apparatus 100. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the manual creation support apparatus 100 is connected to user terminals 400 and 500 via a communication network 600. Here, the user terminal 400 is an apparatus operated by a user 410 who produces an instruction manual by the instruction creation support apparatus 100. On the other hand, the user terminal 500 is an apparatus operated by a user 510 on the side viewing the instruction manual produced by the instruction creation support apparatus 100.

  Here, the instruction manual is a document that explains how to use and handle a product / service provided by the operator. In addition, the user terminals 400 and 500 may be information processing apparatuses such as personal computers, or may be portable information terminals such as smartphones, and may have any form as long as they have the functions described below.

  The manual creation support device 100 receives from the user terminal 400 the text data of the manual, style data that defines the display format (display style) of the text data, and the text data and style data in the manual. Accepts structural data that defines the placement. The instruction creation support apparatus 100 generates electronic data of the instruction manual by combining the received data.

  The manual creation support apparatus 100 that has generated the electronic data of the instruction manual can upload the electronic data to, for example, an HTML format, upload it to a Web server, and browse the instruction manual on the communication network 600. Put it in a state.

Then, the user 510 can browse on the communication network 600 and operates the user terminal 500 to access the instruction manual that the user 510 desires to browse to browse the instruction manual.
(Operational principle of the manual creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment)

  The operation principle of the manual creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the manual creation support apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the manual creation support apparatus 100 includes a content information receiving unit 110, an identification information allocating unit 120, a content storage unit 130, a structure information receiving unit 140, a structure storage unit 150, a display format information receiving unit 160, A display format storage unit 170, an XML document information reception unit 180, an XML document decomposition unit 190, a syntax analysis DB storage unit 200, a description generation unit 210, a document publication unit 220, a linkage information storage unit 230, and a description linkage unit 240 are provided. .

  In addition, the instruction creation support device 100 is configured to be connected to a user terminal 400 operated by a user 410 who is an instruction manual creator and a user terminal operated by a user 510 who is an instruction manual viewer via a communication network 600 such as the Internet. 500.

  The content information accepting unit 110 accepts input of content information 1100 from the user terminal 400. Here, the content information 1100 is text information, image (including moving image) information, audio information, and the like which are the body of the instruction manual as shown in FIG. 3B. The text information includes chapters, sections. Also includes headwords for each unit such as, term, sub-item.

  The identification information assigning unit 120 assigns unique identification information 1200 to the text information, image (including moving image) information, audio information, and the like, which are the content information 1100. By doing so, the description creation support apparatus 100 can appropriately manage the attributes applied to each content information 1100. For example, some text information should be used as the text of Chapter 1, Section 1, Item 1, and some image information should be used as the text of Chapter 2, Section 1, Item 1. Can be properly identified and managed.

  The content storage unit 130 stores each piece of content information 1100 and the identification information 1200 assigned to each piece of content information 1100 by the identification information assigning unit 120 in association with each other. For example, the content storage unit 130 stores the content information 1100 assigned with the identification information “ID = 10001” by the identification information assignment unit 120 in association with the identification information “ID = 1001”.

The structure information accepting unit 140 accepts input of structure information 1400 from the user terminal 400. Here, the structure information 1400 is information related to the design of the instruction manual such as the arrangement of the contents information 1100 in the instruction manual and how to set up chapters, sections, items, and subsections (structure) in the instruction manual. . As shown in FIG. 3B, for example, the structure information accepting unit 140 sets the first chapter heading as “Introduction” content information 1100 and the first chapter first section heading as “start setting method” content. Structure information 1400, which is information 1100, is received. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B and FIG. 4, the structure information receiving means 140 is provided with the first section and the second section in the first chapter of the instruction manual. Also accepts structural information 1400 and the like that the first term and the second term are provided.
The structure storage unit 150 stores structure information 1400.

  The display format information receiving unit 160 receives input of display format information 1600 from the user terminal 400. Here, the display format information 1600 is information for designating display specifications in the instruction manual of each content information 1100. The information for designating display specifications is, for example, information for designating character wraparound specifications, image size, and the like for image information, such as the number of character points, font, and presence / absence of underline for text information.

  The display format storage unit 170 stores each piece of content information 1100 (or identification information 1200 corresponding to each piece of content information 1100) and the display format information 1600 specified for each piece of content information 1100 in association with each other. The display format storage unit 170 stores, for example, the content information 1100 of the identification information “ID = 10001” designated as “10.5 character points, Gothic” in association with the identification information “ID = 10001”. .

  As described above, in the instruction creation support apparatus 100, the instruction manual is divided into each element of the content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600, and each is associated and held. It is possible to easily change the document structure such as a term and a sub-item.

The XML document information receiving unit 180 receives electronic data of an instruction manual described in XML (Extensible Markup Language). Here, XML (Extensible
The electronic data of the instruction manual described in Markup Language) is electronic data of the instruction manual produced by, for example, application software WORD (registered trademark) of Microsoft (registered trademark). For example, the XML document information receiving unit 180 uses a GUI (Graphical) as shown in FIG.
User interface) is used to accept electronic data of an instruction manual based on an operation by the user terminal 400.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, all elements of the instruction manual described in XML are described in one file, and automatically by the function of the XML document application (for example, WORD (registered trademark)). It is paginated. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3B, the instruction manual handled by the instruction creation support apparatus 100 is divided into units such as a cover, chapter / section / section / subsection, and holds element information.

  The syntax analysis DB storage unit 200 stores a correspondence relationship between the structure information 1400 and display format information 1600 in the XML document and the structure information 1400 and display format information 1600 in the electronic data handled by the manual creation support apparatus 100. (Database) 2000 is stored.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the syntax analysis DB 2000. As shown in FIG. 6, in the parsing DB 2000, for example, the structure information 1400 or the display format information 1600 “Chapter” in the XML document, and the structure information 1400 or the display format information 1600 “<div class =” in the manual creation support apparatus 100 are used. “Ch1”> <h1> $ num ◯◯ </ h1> </ div> ”is stored in association with each other.

  The XML document disassembling means 190 refers to the information stored in the syntax analysis DB 2000, and contents information 1100, structure information for handling the electronic data of the instruction manual received by the XML document information receiving means 180 by the instruction creation support apparatus 100. 1400 and display format information 1600 are converted. The content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600 converted by the XML document decomposition unit 190 are stored in the content storage unit 130, the structure storage unit 150, and the display format storage unit 170, respectively.

  The instruction generating unit 210 refers to the structure information 1400 stored in the structure storage unit 150 and the display format information 1600 stored in the display format storage unit 170, and combines the content information 1100 stored in the content storage unit 130. , Generate electronic data of instruction manual.

  The document publishing means 220 converts the electronic data of the instruction manual generated by the instruction generating means 210 into HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and uploads it to a Web server, so that the instruction manual can be viewed on the communication network 600. To make sure

  As described above, in the manual creation support apparatus 100, since the manual can be viewed as electronic data, it is easy to distribute the manual to the consumer 510. In addition, since the instruction manual is electronic data and can be easily rewritten and modified, it contributes to shortening the development process of products and services.

  The cooperation information storage unit 230 stores content information 1100, structure information 1400, and display format information 1600 associated with each other in association with a plurality of instruction manuals associated with each other. For example, the employee instruction manual and the part-time job instruction manual are the same in 90% of the contents, but the remaining 10% are different. It is said to be an instruction manual. In this case, the cooperation information storage unit 230 stores content information 1100, structure information 1400, and display format information 1600 corresponding to 90% of the two instruction manuals that are the same.

  The manual cooperation unit 240 corrects the content information 1100 stored in the content storage unit 130, the structure information 1400 stored in the structure storage unit 150, and the display format information 1600 stored in the display format storage unit 170. Is detected and the correction part and the correction content are specified. In addition, if there is an instruction manual that is linked to the instruction manual that has been corrected, the instruction linkage unit 240 includes an instruction manual that is linked to the corrected instruction manual and the linked instruction manual. Identify the corresponding location.

  Further, the instruction cooperation unit 240 reflects (synchronizes) the specified correction location / correction contents with respect to the content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600 regarding the specified instruction manual to be linked. Note that the processing by the instruction linkage unit 240 is also applicable when the linked instruction manual is an instruction manual translated into a foreign language.

Note that the manual linkage unit 240 may be configured to notify by some means that it has been detected that the manual has been corrected, the correction location, and the content of the correction have been specified.
(Example of hardware configuration of the manual creation support device according to the present embodiment)

  With reference to FIG. 7, an example of a hardware configuration of the manual creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the manual creation support device 100.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, the manual creation support apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 310, a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 320, and a RAM (Random
Access Memory) 330, HDD 340, communication I / F 350, input device 360, display device 370, and recording medium I / F 380.

  The CPU 310 is a device that executes a program stored in the ROM 320. The CPU 310 performs arithmetic processing on the data expanded (loaded) in the RAM 330 in accordance with the instructions of the program and controls the entire manual creation support device 100. The ROM 320 stores programs and data executed by the CPU 310. When the program stored in the ROM 320 is executed by the CPU 310, the RAM 330 is loaded (loaded) with the program and data to be executed, and temporarily holds the operation data during the operation.

  The HDD 340 is a device that stores an OS (Operating System) that is basic software, an application program according to the present embodiment, and the like together with related data. The HDD 340 includes, for example, content storage means 120, structure storage means 140, display format storage means 160, syntax analysis storage means 190, linkage information storage means 220, and the like.

The communication I / F 350 is an interface for connecting to a communication network 600 such as a wired / wireless LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet and exchanging data with the user terminals 400 and 500 that provide a communication function. The input device 360 is a device for inputting data to the manual creation support device 100 such as a keyboard and a touch panel. The display device 370 is an LCD (Liquid
The display device is a device that functions as a user interface when the user uses the functions of the manual creation support device 100 or performs various settings. The recording medium I / F 380 is an interface for exchanging data with a recording medium 390 such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or USB memory.

  Here, each unit included in the manual creation support apparatus 100 may be realized by the CPU 310 executing a program corresponding to each unit stored in the ROM 320 or the HDD 340. In addition, each unit included in the instruction manual creation support apparatus 100 may be configured to implement processing related to each unit as hardware. Further, as a mode in which a manual creation support program according to the present invention is read from a predetermined device or recording medium 390 via the communication I / F 350 or the recording medium I / F 380, and the manual creation support device 100 executes the program. Also good.

The instruction creation support apparatus 100 may be configured by a plurality of information processing apparatuses. In this case, the instruction creation support apparatus 100 includes an information processing system configured by a plurality of information processing apparatuses. It is better to think. When the manual creation support device 100 is configured by a plurality of devices, for example, one device may perform data reception processing, and another device may perform data storage processing. It is good also as a form which another apparatus performs.
(Processing flow by the manual creation support apparatus according to the present embodiment)
A processing example by the manual creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
(1) About manual creation processing (part 1) by the manual creation support apparatus 100

  Here, the description creation process (part 1) by the description creation support apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The instruction creation process (part 1) is a process in the case where an instruction manual written in XML is not prepared in advance and the user 410 creates an instruction manual from scratch. Using the screen as shown in FIG. 9, the user 410 logs in to the device 100 in order to receive a service from the manual creation support device 100.

  In S10, the structure information receiving means 140 receives from the user terminal 400 the structure information 1400, which is the design information of the instruction manual, such as the arrangement of each content information 1100 and how to set up chapters, sections, items, and subsections (structure). Accept. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the structure information accepting unit 140 includes a first section and a second section in the first chapter of the instruction manual, and a first section and a second section in the first section and the second section, respectively. The structure information 1400 that the second term is provided is received. Note that the structure information 1400 received by the structure information receiving unit 140 is stored in the structure storage unit 150.

  In S20, the content information accepting unit 110 accepts input of the content information 1100 from the user terminal 400, and the identification information assigning unit 120 assigns unique identification information 1200 to each received content information 1100. The content information 1100 received in S20 includes, for example, each piece of content information 1100 such that the content information 1100 of the identification information “ID = 1001” is “used as the text of the first section of section 1 of section 1”. It is associated with the structure information 1400 received in S10. Each content information 1100 and identification information 1200 assigned to each content information 1100 are stored in the content storage unit 130 in association with each other.

In S <b> 30, the display format information receiving unit 160 receives input of display format information 1600 that is information for designating display specifications in the instruction manual of each content information 1100 from the user terminal 400. For example, the display format information receiving means 160 receives the display format information 1600 designated as “character number 10.5, Gothic” for the content information 1100 of the identification information “ID = 1001”. Each content information 1100 and display format information 1600 designated for each content information 1100 are stored in the display format storage means 170.
Note that the user 410 can modify the content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600 as appropriate.

  In S40, the description generating unit 210 refers to the structure information 1400 stored in the structure storage unit 150 and the display format information 1600 stored in the display format storage unit 170, and uses the content information 1100 stored in the content storage unit 130 as reference. Combine to generate electronic data for the instruction manual.

  In S50, the document publishing means 220 converts the electronic data of the instruction manual generated in S40 into the HTML format and uploads it to the Web server, thereby making the instruction manual viewable on the communication network 600.

As described above, since the instruction manual creation support apparatus 100 makes it possible to browse the instruction manual as electronic data, it is easy to distribute the instruction manual to the consumer 510. In addition, since the instruction manual is electronic data and can be easily rewritten and modified, it contributes to shortening the development process of products and services.
(2) About manual creation processing (part 2) by the manual creation support apparatus 100

  Here, the description creation process (part 2) by the description creation support apparatus 100 will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. The instruction creation process (part 2) is a process in the case where an instruction manual written in XML is prepared in advance, and the user 410 creates the instruction manual by correcting it. Using the screen as shown in FIG. 9, the user 410 logs in to the device 100 in order to receive a service from the manual creation support device 100.

  In step S110, the XML document information receiving unit 180 receives electronic data of an instruction manual written in XML. Here, the electronic data of the instruction manual described in XML is, for example, an instruction manual produced by Microsoft (registered trademark) application software WORD (registered trademark) as shown in FIG. Electronic data. Using the GUI as shown in FIG. 5, the XML document information receiving unit 180 receives electronic data of an instruction manual based on an operation by the user terminal 400.

  In step S120, the XML document decomposition unit 190 refers to the information stored in the syntax analysis DB 2000, and the electronic data of the instruction manual received in step S110 is handled by the instruction creation support apparatus 100 as content information 1100, structure information 1400, and display. Convert to format information 1600. The XML document decomposing means 190 extracts the content information 1100 as it is, but the structure information 1400 and the display format information 1600 are described from the XML document format using the correspondence table 2000 as shown in FIG. The format is converted to a format handled by the creation support apparatus 100.

  In step S130, the XML document decomposition unit 190 stores the content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600 extracted in step S120 in the content storage unit 130, the structure storage unit 150, and the display format storage unit 170, respectively. The user 410 can modify the content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600 as appropriate.

  In S140, the description generating unit 210 refers to the structure information 1400 stored in the structure storage unit 150 and the display format information 1600 stored in the display format storage unit 170, and uses the content information 1100 stored in the content storage unit 130 as reference. Combine to generate electronic data for the instruction manual.

  In S150, the document publishing means 220 converts the electronic data of the instruction manual generated in S140 into an HTML format and uploads it to the Web server, thereby making the instruction manual viewable on the communication network 600.

As described above, since the instruction manual creation support apparatus 100 makes it possible to browse the instruction manual as electronic data, it is easy to distribute the instruction manual to the consumer 510. In addition, since the instruction manual is electronic data and can be easily rewritten and modified, it contributes to shortening the development process of products and services. Further, since the manual creation support apparatus 100 can reuse an existing XML document, it contributes to shortening the product / service development process.
(3) About Instruction Cooperation Process by Instruction Creation Support Device 100 Here, the instruction linkage process by the instruction creation support apparatus 100 will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In S210, the instruction cooperation unit 240 corrects the content information 1100 stored in the content storage unit 130, the structure information 1400 stored in the structure storage unit 150, and the display format information 1600 stored in the display format storage unit 170. Detect what has been done and identify the location and content of the correction.

  If there is an instruction manual that is linked with the corrected instruction manual in S220, the instruction linkage means 240 is based on the information stored in the linkage information storage means 230 and the corrected instruction manual. Identify the associated instruction manual and the corresponding location in the associated instruction manual.

  In S230, the manual cooperation unit 240 reflects (synchronizes) the correction part / correction content specified in S220 with respect to the content information 1100, the structure information 1400, and the display format information 1600 related to the instruction manual specified in S220. Note that the processing by the instruction linkage unit 240 is also applicable when the linked instruction manual is an instruction manual translated into a foreign language.

  The manual creation support apparatus 100 individually manages “predetermined content”, “document structure such as content arrangement”, and “document style to be applied to each content”, and can easily add and modify manuals. , Can help the manual production work done efficiently.

  In addition, since the manual creation support apparatus 100 creates a manual in a format that can be browsed on the Internet such as HTML, “printing fee is not charged, easy distribution”, “update is easy and correction contents can be reflected in real time. ”,“ Improvement of marketing function using technology on the Internet ”,“ Direct access to the target page by search ”, etc. It demonstrates the effect that the conventional paper-based manual could not play.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

100 manual creation support device 110 content information receiving means 120 identification information assigning means 130 content storage means 140 structure information receiving means 150 structure storage means 160 display format information receiving means 170 display format storage means 180 XML document information receiving means 190 XML document decomposition Means 200 Structure analysis DB storage means 210 Instruction generation means 220 Document disclosure means 230 Cooperation information storage means 240 Instruction cooperation means 400 User terminal (manual producer side)
410 User (manual producer)
500 User terminal (instruction viewer side)
510 users (instruction readers; consumers)
600 Communication network 1100 Content information 1200 Identification information 1400 Structure information 1600 Display format information

Claims (7)

A manual creation support device that supports creation of manuals to be disclosed on a communication network,
Content information receiving means for receiving content information including text information and image information as a body of the instruction manual from the user terminal;
Identification information assigning means for assigning identification information to each of the content information for each predetermined unit;
Content storage means for storing the identification information and the content information corresponding to the identification information in association with each other;
Structure information receiving means for receiving structure information defining the structure of the instruction manual including the arrangement of the content information in the instruction manual from the user terminal;
Structure storage means for storing the structure information;
Display format information receiving means for receiving display format information, which is a display format of each content information in the instruction manual, from the user terminal;
Display format storage means for storing the identification information of each content information and the display format information applied to each content information in association with each other;
Instruction generating means for generating the instruction manual data by arranging the contents information according to the structure information and applying the display format information corresponding to the contents information to the arranged contents information. ,
A document creation support device, comprising: a document publishing unit that makes the instruction manual data viewable on the communication network. XML (Extensible
The description rules of the structure information and the display format information in the XML document information described in Markup Language) are associated with the description rules of the structure information and the display format information in the manual creation support apparatus. A parsing DB storage means for storing a parsing database for storing information;
XML document information receiving means for receiving XML document information related to an instruction manual described in XML,
Based on the information stored in the parsing database, from the XML document information received by the XML document information receiving means, the content information, the structure information in the manual creation support device of the content information, and the content information The document creation support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an XML document decomposition unit that extracts the display format information of the content information in the description creation support apparatus. With respect to a plurality of instruction manuals to be linked, linkage information storage means for associating and storing linked information among the content information, the structure information, and the display format information;
When any of the content information, the structure information, and the display format information related to one of the plurality of instruction manuals is modified, the information stored in the cooperation information storage unit And a description linkage unit that reflects the correction in the content information, the structure information, or the display format information related to all the plurality of instruction manuals. Instruction manual creation support device. A manual creation support method that is performed by a device that supports creation of manuals to be disclosed on a communication network,
A step of receiving content information including text information and image information as a body of the instruction manual from a user terminal;
An identification information assigning unit assigning identification information to each of the content information for each predetermined unit;
A step of receiving, from the user terminal, structure information defining the structure of the instruction manual including the arrangement of the content information in the instruction manual from the user terminal;
A display format information receiving means receiving from the user terminal display format information that is a display format of each content information in the instruction manual,
The apparatus stores content information associated with the identification information and each content information corresponding to the identification information, a structure storage means for storing the structure information, identification information for each content information, and each When having display format storage means for storing the display format information applied to content information in association with each other,
The instruction generating unit generates the instruction manual data by arranging the content information according to the structure information and applying the display format information corresponding to the content information to the arranged content information. And steps to
A document creation support method comprising: a step of publishing the instruction manual data in a state where it can be browsed on the communication network. The device corresponds to the description rules for the structure information and the display format information in the XML document information described in XML, and the description rules for the structure information and the display format information in the manual creation support device. When having a parsing DB storage means for storing a parsing database for accumulating the attached information,
XML document information receiving means for receiving XML document information related to an instruction manual described in XML;
Based on the information stored in the syntax analysis database, the XML document disassembling means determines the content information from the XML document information received by the XML document information receiving means, and the description creation support device for each content information. The method of claim 4, further comprising: extracting the display format information of the structure information and each piece of content information in the manual creation support device. The apparatus has cooperation information storage means for associating and storing information to be linked among the content information, the structure information, and the display format information regarding the plurality of instruction manuals to be linked.
When any of the content information, the structure information, and the display format information related to one of the plurality of instruction manuals is corrected,
The instruction linkage unit reflects the correction on the content information, the structure information, or the display format information related to all the plurality of instruction manuals based on the information stored in the linkage information storage unit; The instruction creation support method according to claim 4, wherein the instruction creation support method is provided. A manual creation support program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 4 to 6.

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