JP2002157258A - Magazine article database system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magazine article database system in simple configuration capable of not only keyword retrieval but also retrieval based on an attribute value. SOLUTION: In a magazine article database provided with a retrieval condition input means 22, a full sentence search engine 11 and an extracted page display means 21, magazine article data have attribute information for each page and this attribute information is recorded and handled as one part of magazine article typesetting data. Therefore, a magazine article database system 1 enables the simple configuration, with which the full sentence search engine 11 performs not only retrieval based on the keyword but also relevant page extraction by means of retrieval based on the attribute value. By recording the attribute information for each page as white characters having small points, when the extracted page display means is to display contents, the attribute information is invisible and is not printed even in the case of print-out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magazine article database system in which a back number of a magazine is made into a database, and corresponding page data is extracted and browsed by a keyword search and an attribute value search.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some web sites of technical journal publishers can search for back issues by full-text search using keywords. However, it does not have a search function based on attribute information. In some cases, it is desirable to search for back issues by the year or number of issue, or by editors or photographers, instead of keywords related to the content of the article. Such searches are often required on the part of the publisher, not the reader.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a journal article database system having a simple structure capable of searching not only by keyword but also by attribute value. The task is to provide.

[0004]

Accordingly, a first aspect of the present invention is a magazine article database provided with search condition input means, a full-text search engine, and an extracted page display means. By providing attribute information and recording and handling this attribute information as a part of the magazine article typesetting data, the full-text search engine performs not only a search by keyword but also a corresponding page extraction by search by attribute value. This is a magazine article database system characterized in that it can be configured.

In a second aspect of the present invention, the attribute information of each page is recorded as a character having a small number of points as a part of magazine article typesetting data. The magazine according to the first aspect, characterized in that when displaying the displayed page content, the magazine information database system has a simple configuration by making the attribute information substantially invisible even when displayed. Article database system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the page data is printed by recording the attribute information of each page as white characters as a part of the magazine article typesetting data.
The magazine article database system according to the first aspect, characterized in that the attribute information is not printed so that the magazine article database system has a simple configuration.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a magazine article database system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1
0 is a database server. The database server 10 includes a full-text search engine 11. Reference numeral 20 denotes a search computer. The search computer 20 includes an extracted page display unit 21 and a search condition input unit 22 therein.
A display 23 and a keyboard 24 are connected and used as a search terminal device. Database server 1
0 and this search terminal device form a network via a network line 9.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a browsing data file. By storing the browsing data file 40 in a predetermined folder, registration in the back number database 31 is performed.
That is, the back number database 31 is a set of browsing data files. It is not necessary to limit the file format of the browsing data to a specific format, but in the present embodiment, a PDF (Port
able Document Format). Therefore, the extracted page display means 21 uses software for displaying PDF format data manufactured by Adobe. Also, full-text search engine 1
1 needs to use a full-text search engine capable of full-text search of PDF files. Several such full-text search engines are commercially available.

A user of the magazine article database system 1 specifies search conditions from the keyboard 24 according to the input interface provided by the search condition input means 22. The full-text search engine 11 receives a back number database 31 stored in an external storage device connected to the database 10 in response to a request from the search terminal device.
Search for. The search result is sent to the search terminal device and displayed on the display 23. Here, when the user requests a specific page from the search results, the data file of the requested page is sent from the database server 10 to the search terminal device, and the extracted page display means 21 displays the contents of the page. 23 is displayed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a search condition input screen 500 provided by the search condition input means 22. The search condition input screen 500 has both a free keyword input field for full-text search and a condition input field for attribute search. AND / OR search combining full-text search and attribute search is possible.

As attribute data, for example, a magazine title name,
Record issue year, issue number, page number, article headline, editor, reporter, photographer, designer, color information (monochrome / two-color printing / color), printing method (gravure / offset).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining how the attribute data is provided in the browsing data 40. As shown in FIG. 41 is a typesetting data file edited by DTP software or the like. Reference numeral 42 denotes an attribute data file. Attribute data corresponding to a series of plural pages stored in the typesetting data file 41 is prepared as a comma-delimited text data file. Reference numeral 43 denotes a browsing data creation program. Here, the term typesetting is used to mean "printing style or organized according to printing style". The entity 41 is a native format data file of DTP software used for editing.

The browsing data creation program 43 stores the attribute data of the page extracted from the attribute data file 42 in the contents of the typesetting data file 41 (native format data of the DTP software) in a predetermined location on the plate. Embed as part of typesetting. Then, the browsing data file 40 is obtained by converting this into the PDF format.
Therefore, the browsing data creation program 43 is an application program that extends the function of the DTP software that creates the typesetting data file 41. DTP
Since some editing software discloses functions and technical information for performing such expansion, the typesetting data file 41 is created with such DTP software, and the browsing data creation program 43 is created. Uses an extension of such DTP software. Note that D
The function of converting native format data of TP software into PDF is a function originally possessed by DTP software.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a state in which the browse data creation program 43 embeds attribute data. The attribute data is arranged outside the printing plate area as a very small number of points, for example, 2 points of white text. Since they are 2 points, they cannot be read when the extracted page display means 21 displays them on the display. However, it is sufficient that the attribute value is included in the browsing data as data. Also, since the text is white, it is not printed even if this page is printed out.

[0015]

As described in detail above, in the magazine article database system 1 of the present invention, attribute information is recorded and handled as a part of the typesetting data of a magazine article.
The full-text search engine 11 can perform not only a search by a keyword but also a search by an attribute value. This has a remarkable effect that both a keyword search and an attribute value search can be performed with a simple configuration.

Further, since the attribute information is recorded as white text with a small number of points, it is not substantially displayed on the display of the retrieval terminal device and is not printed even if it is printed out. It does not impair the original typesetting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a magazine article database system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a search condition input screen 500.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a process of creating browsing data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating browsing data in which attribute information is embedded.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Magazine Article Database System 9 Network Line 10 Database Server 11 Full Text Search Engine 20 Search Computer 21 Extracted Page Display Means 22 Search Condition Input Means 23 Display 24 Keyboard 31 Back Number Database 40 Browsing Data File 41 Formatting Data File 42 Attribute Data File 43 Browse data creation program

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuharu Kawahara 1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Inside Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Isao Yamaoka 1-1-1, Ichigaga-cho, Ichigaya-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo No. 1 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B075 ND20 NK21 NK46 PP02 PP23 PQ02 PQ03

Claims (3)

[Claims] A search condition input unit, a full-text search engine,
A magazine article database provided with an extracted page display means, wherein the magazine article data has attribute information for each page, and the attribute information is recorded and handled as a part of the magazine article typesetting data; However, a journal article database system characterized in that a simple configuration that enables not only a search by a keyword but also a corresponding page extraction by a search by an attribute value is made possible. 2. The attribute information for each page is recorded as a character with a small number of points as a part of the magazine article typesetting data, so that the extracted page display means displays the extracted page in the content. 2. The magazine article database system according to claim 1, wherein the magazine article database system has a simple configuration by making the information substantially invisible even when displayed. 3. The attribute information for each page is recorded as white characters as a part of the magazine article typesetting data, so that even if this page data is printed, the attribute information is not printed. 2. The magazine article database system according to claim 1, wherein the magazine article database system has a simple configuration.