JP2002358217A - Device for processing structured document and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily process a structured document in which non-character data are changed into characters. SOLUTION: The non-character data such as image and audio data are changed into the characters, and the structured document is made by adding structured information for deciding processing contents. There are provided instructions for extracting the structured information indicating attribute of the original non-character data in the structured document wherein non-character data are the main frame of the data, and instructions for deciding processing of the structured document based on the extracted structured information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to structured document processing in which non-character data such as facsimile data, moving image data, and audio data are structured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Extensible Markup Language (XML),
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), XHTML (Ext
ensible Hypertext Markup Language), VoiceXML (V
Standards for structured documents, such as the oice Extensible Markup Language, have been proposed. A typical one of these standards is XML, SVG is a standard obtained by extending and changing this to graphic vector data, and XHTML is HTML
VoiceXML is a standard redefined by ML, and VoiceXML is a standard in which XML is applied to audio data. In these standards,
The data is character data and is structured using tags or the like so that the information processing device can understand and handle the meaning of the data. XML is a markup language,
It differs from HTML for the purpose of data structuring (designation of tabs, line feeds, fonts, etc.) in that data is structured.

A feature such as XML is that attribute names can be newly defined for structured data. The attribute is a set of the data name and the data itself. If the name is associated with the meaning and content of the data, the data can be interpreted by the name and processed / processed. For convenience in data processing and processing, data that can be handled is limited to character data. In particular, XML can handle only non-numeric character data, that is, text data. Even with the standard for structured documents, SVG can handle vector data. Therefore, if image data is converted from raster format to vector format, it can be structured,
Because it is vector data, it is possible to reduce, enlarge, deform, delete,
Addition and modification are easy. VoiceXML can handle audio data.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is a basic object of the present invention to facilitate processing when a structured document associated with non-character data such as image data or audio data is received. ~ 6). An additional object of the second aspect of the present invention is to enable reproduction of characterized non-character data. An additional object of the present invention is to enable non-character data to be appropriately processed. A fourth object of the present invention is to enable a user to easily determine processing conditions for a structured document.

[0005]

The structured document processing apparatus according to the present invention, when receiving a structured document associated with non-character data by characterizing non-character data and link or non-character data, The related non-character data is processed with reference to structured information in a document (claim 1).

In the present invention, non-character data means image data such as still image data and moving image data, audio data, and the like, and is used as a contrast with character data including characters, numerical values, and control data.

Preferably, there is provided means for re-converting the characterized data into non-character data. Preferably, means is provided for processing the associated non-character data based on the structured information. Also preferably, a table for determining the processing content from the structured information and means for receiving a user's input to the table and storing the table in the table are provided, and the processing is performed by referring to the table with the structured information. It is configured to be determined (claim 4).

[0008] The structured document processing program of the present invention comprises:
A command for extracting structured information indicating an attribute of the original non-character data in a structured document having non-character data as a data body, and processing of the structured document is determined based on the extracted structured information. (Claim 5).

[0009] Preferably, an instruction for generating a table for determining the processing content of the non-character data with reference to the structured information, and a command for receiving a user input to the table and storing it in the table are provided. An instruction is provided to determine the processing content of the non-character data by referring to the table based on the extracted structured information (claim 6).

[0010]

According to the present invention, when a structured document associated with non-character data is received, the non-character data can be processed with reference to the structured information in the structured document. Therefore, non-character data can be appropriately processed using the structured information.
6).

According to the second aspect of the invention, even when non-character data is converted to character data and included in a structured document, the non-character data can be converted back to the original non-character data. Or display. In the invention of claim 3,
Index non-character data and enter it into the database, print with structured information,
Processing such as transfer to a predetermined destination can be easily performed.

According to the fourth and sixth aspects of the present invention, a table for determining the processing content from the structured information is provided, and the processing content stored in the table can be input by the user, so that appropriate processing can be flexibly performed according to the user's selection. Can be executed.

[0013]

1 to 6 show an embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration of the embodiment. Reference numeral 2 denotes a structured document generation device which can transmit and receive non-character data such as audio data and image data, and can transmit and receive a structured document. The structured document generation device 2 reads a structured document generation program stored in a storage medium 9 such as a DVD or a CD-ROM, and allocates its own resources to the structured information generation unit 6.
To generate a structured document. The structured document generation device 2 is connected to the LAN 4 and performs transmission and reception of non-character data and transmission and reception of a structured document. In addition, it is connected to a public telephone network (PSTN) to transmit and receive facsimile data and the like. Further, it is connected to a network such as the Internet and transmits and receives Internet facsimile, moving image data, audio data, and the like. In addition, as an image scanner or digital video camera,
Generate non-character data.

The structured information generating unit 6 receives information from the communication itself, a header or text when non-character data is received in an e-mail format, or an image when the structured document generating apparatus performs image scanning or the like. Generates structured information from user input or the like. The non-character data may be an attached file 11 of the structured document file 10, or may be converted into character data. When converting to character data, information for re-converting to non-character data is included in the structured information.

The information relating to the communication itself includes the address and ID of the data transmission source, the type of data such as facsimile, moving image, voice, etc., the communication mode, the communication path up to reception in the case of the Internet, and the device number of the own device that has received the data. , Reception date and time, communication time, data amount, communication result, and the like, which are information necessary for communication or associated with communication, information on a transmission source, and a receiving device. Appropriate ones are selected from these, and are converted into structured information as it is or converted into another keyword or the like. In the case of e-mail format data, non-character data is included in the attached file, and in the header and body, in addition to information on the communication itself, information on the transfer destination such as title, circulation / distribution of all members / project personnel only, etc. , Secret rank such as top secret / external secret, etc., which can be referred to for processing non-character data. Therefore, a structured document is created using data obtained from the header and the body as structured information.

When a structured document generation device is used as a source of non-character data, such as an image scanner, the user can expect to input keywords, transfer destinations, handling, titles, and the like when reading data. These are structured information. The character conversion unit 8 is for converting non-character data into character data, and may not be provided.
The structured document file 10 is linked to the attached file 11 of the non-character data and transferred to a predetermined destination such as the structured document processing device 12 via the LAN 4 or the like. In FIG. 1, for the sake of illustration, the display is as if it were not via the LAN 4.

The structured document processing device 12 performs processing such as processing, printing, display, storage, distribution, and transfer with reference to the structured information, and stores a processing program for the structured document in a DVD or CD-ROM. Read from the storage medium 13. processing,
In order to determine processing such as print, display, storage, distribution, transfer, and the like, structured information is extracted by the structured information extraction unit 14, and the processing conditions used in the processing condition storage unit 16 are referred to to determine the structure of the structured document. Determine the processing. Non-character conversion unit 18
Is for re-converting the character data in the structured document into non-character data, and need not be provided. The storage unit 20 stores the structured document itself, its attached file, link information, processing, main attributes, and the like.

The embodiment shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the relationship between the document management server 24 and the document management server 24. The facsimile server 22 and the document management server 24 are connected via the LAN 4, and facsimile data is transmitted to the facsimile server 22 from the Internet or a public telephone line network. In the facsimile data, in addition to the image data serving as the data itself, the transmission address in the case of the special mode transmission such as the address and resolution of the transmission source, the encoding method, the paper size, the number of data, the confidential transmission and the polling transmission And other information about the communication itself. The facsimile server 22 that has received the facsimile data generates information that can be determined on the receiving device side, such as the date and time of reception, the number of the receiving device when there are a plurality of receiving devices, the communication time, and the communication result. The structured information generator 6 extracts the structured information from the information on the communication itself.

When facsimile data is received in the e-mail format, the title, the name of the client to be transferred, the circulation, the distribution to all, the secret class 2
The structured information generation unit 6 extracts keywords such as the keyword, and adds the extracted keywords to the structured information. If necessary, the non-character data is converted into character data and included in the structured document, or a file of the non-character data is attached to the structured document and linked. When converting non-character data into character data, data for re-conversion is added to the structured information.

The structured document file 10 is transferred to the document management server 24 together with, for example, the attached file 11 of non-character data. The structured information is extracted by the structured information extracting unit 14, and the corresponding processing is performed by the processing condition storing unit. Determined with reference to 16 data. The processing is, for example, stored in the storage unit 20, distributed to predetermined clients 26 to 28,
It consists of elements such as printing, displaying, extracting keywords from structured information and inputting them to the database, creating summary data such as front pages, and overlaying structured information on non-characters and combining them. It may be executed in combination.

In the case of printing or displaying, the data is reconverted to non-character data and printed or displayed, and the structured information is combined with the non-character data for the convenience of the user and printed or displayed. As the combination, for example, there is a case where structured information is printed on a printout of non-character data, a display margin, a front page, or the like. The processing includes, for example, combining structured information with non-character data, creating a front page for summarizing, and inputting to a database.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the relationship between the structured document generation device 2 and the structured document processing device 12 in FIG. The structured document generation device 2 receives the image data 40 and the information 42 on the communication itself regarding the communication path and the communication method.
And extract structured information from information about the communication itself,
A part thereof is converted into a keyword or the like by the data conversion unit 44,
Others are transmitted as they are, and a tag or the like is added by the structuring unit 46. If necessary, the image data is converted into character data by the character conversion unit 8, and when the character conversion is not performed, the image data is used as an attached file without any non-character data.

In the structured document processing apparatus, the structured information extracting unit 14 extracts the structured information from the received structured document file 10, and refers to the processing condition table 48 in the processing condition storage unit 16 with the structured information. Then, the processing content is determined.
The processing condition table 48 is a table for determining the processing content from the structured information, and stores the processing content corresponding to the structured information that is input by the user from the user input 50.

FIG. 4 shows a structured document processing program in the structured document processing device 12. When the structured document is transferred to the structured document processing device 12, in step 1, the structured information extracting unit 14 extracts the structured information. In step 2,
Using the structured information, for example, the processing is determined with reference to the processing condition table in the processing condition storage unit 16, and the processing is executed in step S3.

The processing includes reproducing non-character data, creating an outline of the non-character data (for example, using the front page as summary data), inputting it to a database using structured information or the like, It consists of elements such as synthesizing, storing, and transferring information, and may be executed in combination. In the case of reproduction such as printing or display, if it is converted into character data, it is converted to non-character data and reproduced. Structured document processing programs include:
In addition, there is an instruction for generating a processing condition table and for allowing a user to input the processing content for the structured information into the table and store it.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which facsimile data is converted into a structured document according to the SVG standard. The structured information is structured by generating a tag and described in a document attribute column. For example, the received document number is described as a title, a facsimile communication method, an address of a receiving device, a received date,
The communication result, the number of pages, the communication time, the facsimile number of the receiving device, and the facsimile number of the transmission source are described.
In addition, the original image data is binary data,
It was received in FF (tagged image file format proposed by Adobe) and has a resolution of 400 dp
i, the resolution is the same in both the scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction.
Four papers are used, and coding to image data is MM
R.

In the column below the document attribute, data obtained by vectorizing the image data is described. According to FIG. 5, the processing such as processing, processing, storage, and distribution of the document can be determined by using the structured information, and the image data is integrally stored as the character data in the structured document. Data handling becomes easier.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which TIFF data is structured according to the XML standard. The upper left side of FIG. 6 shows TIFF data, and BAS is used as a method of character conversion of image data.
It is converted into text data using E64. The fact that the original data was in TIFF format
Converted to character data by ASE64,
In addition, information or the like obtained from the communication itself is attributed as a keyword, and in addition, data converted to text data by BASE64 is described.

The operation and effect of the embodiment will be described. In the embodiment, facsimile data, moving image data, audio data, and the like can be processed using structured information. Then, the processing contents for the structured information can be freely defined by the user using the table.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing structuring, transfer, and processing of non-character data in an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example in which the embodiment of FIG. 1 is applied to processing of facsimile data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a model of structuring and processing of facsimile data in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a structured document processing program according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example in which facsimile data is structured into an SVG document in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which facsimile data is structured into an XML document in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 structured document generation device 4 LAN 6 structured information generation unit 8 character conversion unit 9, 13 storage medium 10 structured document file 12 structured document processing device 14 structured information extraction unit 16 processing condition storage unit 18 non-character conversion unit Reference Signs List 20 storage unit 22 facsimile server 24 document management server 26-28 client 40 image data 42 structured information 44 data conversion unit 46 structuring unit 48 processing condition table 50 user input 52 processing unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] When a structured document associated with non-character data is received by linking the non-character data or characterizing the non-character data, the non-character data is referred to by referring to the structured information in the structured document. , A structured document processing apparatus configured to process the associated non-character data. 2. The structured document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for converting characterized data into non-character data again. 3. The structured document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for processing the associated non-character data based on the structured information. 4. A table for determining the processing content from the structured information, and means for receiving a user's input to the table and storing the table in the table, and referring to the table with the structured information 2. The structured document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing content is determined. 5. An image processing apparatus comprising: a command for extracting structured information from a structured document associated with non-character data; and a command for processing the non-character data based on the extracted structured information. A structured document processing program. 6. An instruction for generating a table for determining the processing content of non-character data with reference to structured information, and an instruction for receiving a user input to the table and storing the table in the table 6. The structured document processing program according to claim 5, wherein the processing contents of the non-character data are determined by referring to the table based on the extracted structured information.