JPH10269203A - Automatic linking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically prepare a linked document surely and speedily without any mistake, by generating a linking table made to correspond to words and phrases, and figures, and generating documents made to corresponded to document file names, and also generating procedures made to correspond to procedure file names, and automatically embedding linking information in corresponding words and phrases, etc., in an inputted document according to them. SOLUTION: A linking means 3 refers to the linking table 5 as to the input document. An input document file 4 is a document file to be linked. In the linking table 5, link information is registered corresponding to words and phrases, and figures. A procedure file 7 contains procedures made to correspond to file names in the link information. When the document is inputted, the linking means 3 refers to the linking table 5, and generates embedded information on the basis of the link information and embeds it when finding a corresponding word or phrase, or figure in the document, thus creating a document.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic linking apparatus for linking words and figures in a document to other documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, WWW (World Wide Web)
Linking between words and figures in the document displayed on the screen using a browser and other documents, addresses (URLs), procedures, etc. is done by marking the words and figures (underlining, color in blue) Marking). When the marked phrase or figure is designated by the cursor, the result of another document, figure or procedure linked to the phrase or figure is displayed on the screen.

[0003] In the WWW, usually, the information is described using the HTML language and displayed on the screen as described above, and the displayed specific words and figures are marked, so that the link is clearly displayed. .

In the linking, tags including the name and address (URL) of a document to be displayed next are usually embedded in the original word or graphic to be linked.
The document or address corresponding to the name or address of the embedded document is searched for in the document in the own computer or in the document in another computer via the network, and is retrieved and displayed.

[0005] At this time, in order to link, a tag is added to a document or an address to be displayed next, and the word or figure in the original document is manually embedded by the procedure shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the procedure of FIG. 9 will be described.

FIG. 9 shows an explanatory diagram of the prior art. In FIG. 9, in S81, the system displays a document. This displays on the screen the document that the system is trying to link to.

[0007] In step S82, the user determines "whether all words to be linked have been linked". If YES, the process ends (END). In the case of NO, S83
Proceed to.

In step S83, the user specifies a word in the document. In step S84, the user adds a link to the phrase.
For example, the user displays the document "Department in charge for XXX being created ..." on the screen (S81), designates a phrase "XXX" to be linked (S83), and links to the phrase "XXX". To manually create "<A hef="http://www.xyz/file1.html"> XXX </A>" and manually embed it at the XXX location.
Document (HTML document) "<A hef="http://www.xyz/file1.html">
Regarding X </A>, the department in charge ... is created. When this is displayed on the screen using a WWW browser, the document "Department in charge for XXX being created ..." is displayed, and the position of the word XXX is underlined here (other colors are displayed. May be displayed) to indicate that it is linked. Then, when the cursor is positioned with this XXX selected, the link is linked with the phrase “XXX”, here, the address “http://www.xyz” of http://www.xyz/file1.html Is downloaded and displayed on the screen.

[0009]

As described above, in the conventional method of linking a word or figure in a document displayed on a screen, the word or figure to be linked is manually specified, and the linking information is also specified. It is necessary to manually specify and input (address and file name, etc.) and set each time, and there are the following problems.

(1) There has been a problem that, for a document group within a predetermined range, the appearance position, name and address of each specified phrase must be memorized or searched each time. (2) There is a problem that it is necessary to remember the position, name, and address where the description of the designated phrase is written.

(3) A linking tag with a description of the designated phrase is added to each occurrence position of the designated phrase.
There was a problem that a cumbersome operation of manually embedding was required.

The present invention has been developed to solve these problems.
Create a linking table in association with words and figures, create a document in association with a document file name, and create a procedure in association with a procedure file name. The purpose of the present invention is to automatically embed linking information in relevant words and the like and to automatically create a linked document with certainty and accuracy quickly.

[0013]

Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a linking means 3 performs a linking table 5 on an input document.
To generate an output document linked with reference to.

The input document file 4 is a document file to be linked. The linking table 5 is a table in which link information is registered in association with words and figures.

The document file 6 is a file for storing a document in association with a file name in link information. The procedure file 7 is a file that stores a procedure in association with a file name in link information.

The output document file 8 is a document file for storing linked documents. Next, the operation will be described.

When a document is input, the linking means 3 refers to the linking table 5 to create information to be embedded based on the link information when a corresponding phrase or figure is found in the document. The output document is created by embedding.

At this time, a plurality of linking tables 5 are provided, and when the linking means 3 finds a corresponding word or graphic in the input document with reference to the plurality of designated linking tables 5, the link information is deleted. Information to be embedded is created based on each of them, and an embedded document is created to create an output document.

Also, one or a plurality of pieces of link information are collectively registered in the linking table 5 in association with a plurality of words and figures, and one or a plurality of pieces of information are associated with the plurality of words and figures using this. Linking is done collectively.

Further, when a plurality of links are attached to a word or figure in an output document, different marks are displayed by the number of links, and one of them is selected to display the selected linked document. The document at that address can be displayed.

A procedure file 7 for registering a procedure in association with a file name in the link information is provided, and the procedure file 7 is registered based on the link information in the linking table 5.
Is linked.

Accordingly, a linking table 5 is created in association with words and figures, a document is created in association with a document file name, and a procedure is created in association with a procedure file name. By automatically embedding the linking information in the corresponding words and / or figures in the input document, it is possible to automatically and surely and quickly create a linked document.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment and operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a processing device 1 performs various processes in accordance with a program, and here includes a search unit 2 and a linking unit 3.

The search means 2 searches for a word or graphic registered in the linking table 5 to find a corresponding one in the input document. The linking unit 3 is configured to search for a word or figure registered in the linking table 5 retrieved from the input document by the search unit 2 based on the link information registered in association with the word or figure. Information for linking is generated and embedded in the position of a word or graphic in the document (to be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8).

The input document file 4 is a file that stores the input document to be linked (see FIG. 5A described later). The linking table 5 is a table in which link information (address, document file name, procedure file name, etc.) is registered in association with words and figures (see FIGS. 5B to 5D described later).

The document file 6 is a file for storing an actual document corresponding to the file name in the link information (see FIG. 5E described later). The procedure file 7 is a file for storing a procedure or information for starting the procedure corresponding to the file name in the link information.

The output document file 8 is a document file for storing linked documents (see (f) of FIG. 5 described later). The display device 9 displays an input document, an output document, and the like on a screen.

The input device 10 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. Next, in accordance with the order shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the tail, document,
Explain the procedure.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for creating a table or the like according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, S1 creates an input document. This creates, for example, an input document 4 shown in FIG.

In step S2, a linking table is created in association with the phrase. This is, as shown in FIG. 5 (b) described later, associated with the phrase “XXXX” and the link information “ht
tp: //www..../xll1.html "and register the linking table 5.

In step S3, a document is created in association with the document file name. This is because a document is associated with the link information created in S2, for example, the document file name “xll1.html” in the link information “http: //www..../xll1.html”, for example, as shown in FIG.
(E) is created as “reference information of terms XXXX is ...”.

In step S4, a procedure is created in association with the procedure file name. This creates a procedure (procedure for performing actual processing) in association with the procedure file name “xll1.exe” in the link information created in S2 (this procedure includes functions, commands, instructions, etc., possessed by the system). This is a procedure (program) for performing a predetermined process using the program.)

As described above, the input document 4 shown in FIG. 5A, the linking table 5 shown in FIGS. 5B to 5D, and the document file names registered in the linking table 5 are associated with each other. This means that a procedure (not shown) has been created in association with the document 6 in FIG. 5E and the procedure file name.

Next, a procedure for automatically linking an input document having the structure shown in FIG. 1 according to the order shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 shows an automatic generation flowchart (part 1) of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, S11 takes in data. Here, the following data shown in FIG. Input document: for example, input document 4 of FIG. 5A described below Linking table: for example, linking table of FIG. 5B to FIG. 5D described later Document file: for example, FIG. e) Document file 6-Procedure file: S12 specifies the link table 5. This specifies which one or a plurality of linking tables 5 are to be used for automatically linking the input document input in S11. For example, three linking tables 5 shown in (b) to (c) of FIG.
Is specified.

In step S13, one word is extracted from the linking table 5. This is because words (eg, the linking table 5 in FIG. 5B described later) are sequentially arranged from the top of one or more linking tables 5 specified in S12.
From the word "XXX".

In S14, it is determined whether or not the processing is completed. This is S
It is determined whether or not all the processes after S15 have been completed by extracting words in order from the top of one or a plurality of linking tables 5 specified in step S12. In the case of YES, S19
To output the output document and end (END). On the other hand, NO
In the case of, the process proceeds to S15.

In step S15, the input document is searched for using the word as a key. This is based on the phrase extracted in S13 as a key,
The input document (for example, the input document shown in FIG. 5A described later) fetched in step (1) is searched for the same word.

In step S16, it is determined whether or not there is any. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S17. In the case of NO, since there is no identical phrase in the input document 4, the process returns to S13 and repeats.

In step S17, it is determined whether or not an anchor is already attached. That is, it is determined whether or not an anchor (an anchor of the HTML language, for example, “<” (representing the head of an anchor start tag)) already exists at the same phrase found by searching the input document 4 in S15. In the case of, since it has been determined that the link has already been given, S1
5 to repeat (B) (FIG. 4 (A) (B), FIG. 4 (B) (B)). NO
In the case of, it has been determined that no link has been added to the phrase, so the process proceeds to S18.

In step S18, “the head of the anchor start tag +
(Address to word) + end of anchor start tag +
(Phrase) + anchor end tag ". For example, “Example uv” of the input document 4 in FIG.
For "w", link information (corresponding to an address for a phrase) "http: /" is obtained from the linking table 5 in FIG.
/www.../uvw.html], add the link information (address information for the phrase) following the beginning of the anchor start tag "<A HFEF=", and add the end ">" of the anchor start tag. The word "example uvw" is added to this, an anchor end tag "</A>" is added at the end, and the following in the part of the output document 8 of FIG. To
Replace with the original phrase "example uvw". Then, the process returns to S15 and is repeated.

"<A HREF="http://www.../uvw.html"> Example uvw </A>" As described above, the input document is fetched and one or more linking tables 5 to be used are specified. Then, the linking table 5 is automatically referred to, and the creation and replacement of the link information described in S18 for the corresponding phrase in the input document is repeated for all the phrases, and the linking table specified for the input document is repeated. It becomes possible to automatically add the information of the link of the phrase set in No. 5.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (part 2) of the automatic generation according to the present invention. This is the same as the aforementioned Y in S17 of FIG.
In the case where link information has already been added (anchor attached) to a word in the input document in the ES, link information is not added from the second time onward in FIG. 3, but FIG.
Then, a mark that can be distinguished from “#” and “、” in FIG. 4B is added, and information of a plurality of different links is set for one word in the input document.

In FIG. 4A, in S21, the word in the input document is already anchored (YES in S17 in FIG. 3) (link information is added).
It turned out, behind the anchor already attached,
Add a new head of anchor start tag + (second address for phrase) + end of anchor start tag + # symbol + anchor end tag. For example, an output document 8 shown in FIG.
The following is added as shown in FIG.
(G) is displayed on the screen as in '). Then, the process returns to (X) (S15) of FIG.

[<A HREF="http://www.../x222.html">#
</A> ”As described above, the information is displayed on the screen as indicated by 'in FIG. 5 (g). Here, it is possible to easily display the information of the second link.

In FIG. 4B, S31 is the same as S21 in FIG. 4A, and is the same as S17 in FIG.
Is YES, it has been found that the word in the input document is already anchored (link information is added). After the anchor already attached, a new “header of anchor start tag + (the 3rd address) + end of anchor start tag + $ sign + anchor end tag ”. For example, an output document 8 shown in FIG.
The following is added as shown in FIG.
(G) is displayed on the screen as in '). Then, the process returns to (X) (S15) of FIG.

[<A HREF="http://www.../x333.html"> ＄
</A> ”As described above, the information is displayed on the screen as indicated by the symbol 'in FIG. 5 (g). Here, it is possible to easily display the information of the third link.

FIG. 5 shows a specific example (part 1) of the present invention. FIG. 5A shows an example of an input document. This is an example of the input document 4 to which a link is added.

FIGS. 5B to 5D show examples of linking tables. The linking table 5 is a table in which link information (address, document file name, procedure file name, and the like) is registered in association with a phrase. For example, link information “http: //www.../xll1.html” is registered in association with the phrase “XXXX”. Here, "ht" in the link information
"tp: // www ..." is the address, followed by "xll1.ht
"ml" is a document file name. At this time, instead of the document file name “xll1.html”, the procedure file name, for example, “xll1.html”
exe "may be set.

FIG. 5E shows an example of a document in “xll1.html”. This is a schematic representation of the document in the document file with the document file name "xll1.html",
It is an actual document. As described above, if a document file name (for example, “xll1.html”) is set at the end of the linking table 5 shown in FIGS. 5B to 5D, () in FIG. The document of e) is linked.

FIG. 5F shows an example of an output document. This output document 8 is an output document after link information is added to the input document of FIG. Copy this output document to WWW
When displayed on the screen by the browser, it is displayed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5G shows a screen display example. This shows a state when the output document of FIG. 5F is displayed on a screen using a WWW browser. Here, an underlined phrase indicates a state in which link information is set, and a phrase with a “#” sign indicates a state in which information of a second link is set. Indicates that the information of the third link is set. These underlined words, "#",
If you position the cursor on one of the "＄" and select,
According to the link information, the content of the linked document file is displayed, or the linked procedure file is activated and the processing result is displayed.

FIG. 6 shows another example of a linking table according to the present invention. This is because "underline" is used as a footnote mark in each of the linking tables 5 shown in FIGS.
"#" And "@" are defined, and underlines are added to the corresponding words on the screen of FIG.
＄ is inserted at the position immediately after.

FIG. 6A shows a case where "underline" is defined as a footnote mark. In this case, the words registered in the linking table 5 in the input document are underlined to clearly indicate that link information is set.

FIG. 6B shows “#” as a footnote mark.
Is defined. In this case, "#" is added to the phrase registered in the linking table 5 in the input document.
Is added to indicate that link information is set.

FIG. 6C shows “脚” as a footnote mark.
Is defined. In this case, “＄” is added to the phrase registered in the linking table 5 in the input document.
Is added to indicate that link information is set.

FIG. 7 shows another example of a linking table according to the present invention. This is because “underline” is used as a footnote mark in each of the linking tables 5 shown in FIGS.
We defined "#" and "定義", but here we do not define
The system performs control in the order of adding "underline" and inserting "#" and "@" at the position immediately after.

FIG. 7A shows a first linking table, FIG. 7B shows a second linking table, and FIG. 7C shows a third linking table. .
FIG. 8 shows another explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 8A shows an example in which a plurality of linking tables 5 are provided. A plurality of linking tables 5 are provided, and when words or figures set in these linking tables 5 are present in the input document, underlines, "#" and "@" are added and marked as described above. Add link information.

FIG. 8B shows an example in which one piece of link information (address, document file name, procedure file name, etc.) is registered in the link table 5 in association with a plurality of words. Also, a plurality of link information (address, document file name, procedure file name, etc.) associated with a plurality of words and figures
To reduce the memory capacity of the linking table 5.

As described using the above embodiment, one link information (address, document file name, procedure file name, etc.) is registered in the link table 5 in association with one word or figure. Not only that, a plurality of link information is registered in association with one word or figure, or conversely, one or more link information is registered in association with a plurality of words or figure and linked. Table 5
Try to reduce the capacity.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Creates a linking table 5 corresponding to words and figures,
A document is created in association with the document file name, and a procedure is created in association with the procedure file name, and the linking information is automatically embedded in the corresponding words and phrases in the input document based on these. As a result, it is possible to automatically create an output document in which a specific word or figure in the input document is linked reliably and quickly without fail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for creating a table and the like according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an automatic generation flowchart (part 1) of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an automatic generation flowchart (part 2) of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is another linking table example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is another example of a linking table according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is another explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: processing device 2: search means 3: linking means 4: input document (input document file) 5: linking table 6: document (document file) 7: procedure (procedure file) 8: output document (output document file) 9: Display device 10: Input device

Claims (5)

[Claims] An apparatus for linking a word or figure in a document to another document or the like, a linking table for registering link information in association with the word or figure, and a file name in the link information. A file for registering a document in association with the file and information to be embedded based on the link information when a corresponding word or figure is found in the document by referring to the linking table when the document is input. Linking means for creating and embedding to create an output document. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said linking tables are provided, and said linking means refers to the plurality of designated linking tables and finds a corresponding phrase or graphic in said document, based on the link information. 2. The automatic linking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information to be embedded is created, and an output document is created by embedding the information. 3. The automatic linking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a linking table for registering one or a plurality of pieces of link information in association with a plurality of words or figures. . 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein when a plurality of links are attached to a word or a graphic in said output document, different marks are displayed by the number of links.
An automatic linking device according to any of the preceding claims. 5. The automatic linking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a file for registering a procedure is provided in association with a file name in said link information.