JP2003281123A - Electronic application form preparing tool, method and program for preparing electronic application form - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool and method for preparing an electronic application form for automatically producing the application form data structure, application form DTD and an application form check rule file at the same time. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic application form preparing tool comprises a project book reading part 7 for reading a project book 1, a tag information extracting part 9 for extracting the tag information in the read project book, a data structure producing part 10 for producing the data structure of the application form based on the tag information, a document form definition producing part 11 for producing the document form definition corresponding to a mark-up language based on the tag information, an attribute information extracting part 12 for extracting the attribute information in the project book, a database 4 in which a check rule standard template is previously registered, a standard template extracting part 12 for selecting the check rule standard template corresponding to the extracted attribute from the database, and a check rule file output part 17 for outputting a check rule file for checking a document by setting the attribute parameter for the extracted standard template and connecting the standard template. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic application form preparation tool and an electronic application form preparation method for digitizing existing paper formats.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art SGML (Standard Generalized Marku), which is a global standard established for printing, databases, etc. in digitizing paper application forms / notification forms, etc.
XML (eXtensible Markup Lang)
uage) is used for development, application documents, X
After designing the ML tag, the DTD corresponding to that XML
(Document Type Definition) or schema needs to be created. Further, the integrity check of the document by the XML parser only checks whether or not it conforms to the specifications of the XML language, and cannot check the integrity of the business logic itself.

A language for checking this business logic is a check rule language, and various rule languages are currently being developed. With conventional XML creation tools,
Although it is possible to output DTD at the same time, there is no one that can output the check rule file at the same time. Also, there is no tool that outputs without depending on the specification of the rule language.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the conventional method, and shows an example of manual DTD creation and check rule file creation. In this conventional method, the application form XML3 is created by manually inputting tags to the application form 1 using the XML creation tool 22, and the application form DTD for performing the XML check by the manual creation 23.
5 and an application check rule file 6 in which business rules are written are created.

[0005]

As described above, FIG.
In the conventional method shown in 0, although there is a so-called XML creation tool 2, there is no tool for automatically generating the application DTD 5 and the application check rule file 6, and the development is done manually 23. It is the actual situation.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems associated with the conventional example. When digitizing a paper application form, an application data structure, an application DTD and an application check rule are provided. It is intended to obtain an electronic application form creation tool and an electronic application form creation method that can automatically generate files at the same time.

[0007]

The electronic application creation tool according to the present invention is an electronic application creation tool that digitizes the format of an application using a markup language, and a design specification reading unit for reading a design specification. A tag information extraction unit that extracts tag information in the design document read by the design document reading unit; a data structure generation unit that generates a data structure of the application based on the tag information; Includes a document type definition generation unit that generates a document type definition corresponding to the markup language, an attribute information extraction unit that extracts the attribute information in the design document read by the design document reading unit, and a check rule standard template. Select a pre-registered database and a check rule standard template corresponding to the attributes extracted by the attribute information extraction unit from the database And a check rule file output unit that outputs a check rule file for checking the document by combining the standard templates by setting attribute parameters for the extracted standard template. To do.

The check rule standard template registered in the database is a template in which full-width / half-width, data type, number of bytes, fixed / selected, required / optional check target information correspond to tag information. It is characterized by.

The database further comprises a registration unit for registering a plurality of check rule standard templates in different check languages in the database, and a switching unit for switching the plurality of check rule standard templates. It is a thing.

The electronic application creating method according to the present invention is an electronic application creating method for digitizing the format of an application using a markup language. A tag information extraction step of extracting tag information in the design document, a data structure generation step of generating a data structure of the application form based on the tag information, and a document type corresponding to the markup language based on the tag information A document type definition generation step for generating a definition, an attribute information extraction step for extracting attribute information in the read design document, and a check rule corresponding to an attribute extracted from a database in which a check rule standard template is registered in advance. A standard template extraction step that selects a standard template, and an attribute for the extracted standard template. It is characterized in that a check rule file output step of outputting a check rule file to check the document combines standard template by setting parameters.

The check rule standard template registered in the database is a template in which full-width / half-width, data type, number of bytes, fixed / selected, mandatory / optional check target information correspond to tag information. It is characterized by.

Further, the present invention is characterized by further comprising a registration step of registering a plurality of check rule standard templates in different check languages in the database and a switching step for switching a plurality of check rule standard templates. .

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an electronic application form creating tool and method according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the XML / DTD / check rule file generation tool 2 and the check rule standard template database 3 are provided, and the XML / DTD / check rule file generation tool 2 describes rules for checking in advance. In the language, by using the check rule standard template database 3 in which a standard template is registered for the XML design document 1, the tag information and the attribute information are read from the XML design document 1 and the matching tape rate is selected. , The simultaneous generation of the application form XML4, the application form DTD5 and the application form check rule file 6 is automated regardless of the language. Hereinafter, in each embodiment, the markup language XML is used.

Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the processing configuration of the electronic application creating tool and method according to the first embodiment of the present invention in accordance with the processing procedure. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 7 is an XML design document reading unit for reading the XML design document 1, and 8 is XML read by the XML design document reading unit 7.
An XML design document storage unit that stores the design document 1, 9 is a tag information extraction unit that extracts tag information in the XML design document, and 10 is an application form XML4 that indicates a data structure based on the tag information from the tag information extraction unit 9. An XML automatic generation unit that automatically generates
Reference numeral 11 denotes a DTD automatic generation unit that automatically generates an application form DTD5 indicating a document type definition based on the tag information from the tag information extraction unit 9.

Further, 12 is an attribute information extracting unit for extracting an attribute string in the XML design document, 13 is an attribute information extracting unit 12 using the check rule standard template database 3 in which the check rule standard template is registered in advance. Attribute information correspondence check rule standard template extraction unit for selecting a standard template corresponding to the extracted attribute, 14 is a post-extraction standard template storage unit that stores the extracted standard template, and 15 is an attribute parameter for the extracted template. An attribute parameter setting unit 16 is set, a standard template combining unit 16 combines standard templates whose parameter settings have been completed, and a check rule file output unit 17 outputs an application check rule file 6 for checking documents.

Next, an electronic application form creating tool and method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the conventional example shown in FIG. 10, although a tool called an XML creation tool exists, there is no tool for automatically generating a DTD or a check rule file, and the development is performed manually. In the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the application form XML4,
It is possible to automatically generate the application form DTD5 and the application form check rule file 6 at the same time.

In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, XML is used.
Design document 1 is a design document created by, for example, spreadsheet software, as shown in FIG. This XML design document 1 is read by the XML design document reading unit 7 and then X
It is stored in the ML design document storage unit 8. In the tag information extraction unit 9, the item name string previously designated in FIG. 3 (see FIG.
The code name A) of the tag is acquired, and the content thereof is also stored. Further, in the attribute information extraction unit 12, the attribute string previously designated in FIG. 3 (reference characters B, C, D, E in FIG. 3)
The check target name of is acquired and the contents are also stored.

In the example of the XML design document shown in FIG. 3, the columns targeted by the tool of this system are clarified. In the figure, A interprets the item name as a tag name. B is a check rule generation target column, and the check target name is one-byte / two-byte. C is a check rule generation target column, and the check target name is a data type. D is a check rule generation target column, and the check target name is the number of bytes. E is a check rule generation target column, and the check target name is indispensable / optional.

Attribute information corresponding check rule standard template database 3 for each extracted tag name and attribute information
Then, the attribute information correspondence check rule standard template extraction unit 13 selects a standard template and stores it in the standard template storage unit 14 after extraction. The attribute parameter setting unit 15 sets the content of the attribute information that has already been extracted and stored, and delivers it to the standard template combining unit 16.

When all the templates are determined for each of the extracted tag name and attribute information, the standard template combination unit 16 combines the parameter-set standard templates and outputs the check rule file output unit 17. Then, the application check rule file 6 is generated.

Further, the application XML 4 as shown in FIG. 4 is automatically generated by the tag information extraction unit 9 and the XML automatic generation unit 10. Similarly, from the tag information extraction unit 9, the DTD
The application form DT as shown in FIG.
Automatically generate D5.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
When the XML design document 1 shown in FIG. 6 is input, the check rule file 6 such as the output example of the template shown in FIG. 6 is automatically generated simultaneously with the XML shown in FIG. 4 and the DTD shown in FIG.
Can be generated. Note that FIG. 6 shows attribute information from the check rule standard template registered in the check rule standard template database 3.
The example of the contents when the check rule standard template corresponding to the number of bytes of the check target name D with respect to the tag name A of is extracted is shown. Here, as the check rule standard template, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, as the check target name corresponding to the tag name A, full-width / half-width B, data type C, number of bytes D, required /
There are arbitrary E full-width / half-width check templates, data type check templates, byte count check templates, mandatory item check templates, and the like.

Embodiment 2. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a processing configuration of an electronic application form creating tool and method according to the second embodiment of the present invention according to a processing procedure. The processing configuration of the electronic application form creation tool according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 7 differs from the processing configuration according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.
A means for registering the template in the check rule standard template database 3 and a means for switching the registered template are added. That is, in FIG. 7, the same parts as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Input section, 19 is a check rule standard template editing section for editing the input template, 20 is a registration section for registering the edited check rule standard template, and 21 is a check rule standard for switching a plurality of check rule standard templates. It is a template group switching unit, and these components are added.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 7, the check rule standard template database 3 can be edited as compared with FIG. Further, the check rule standard template group switching unit 21 makes it possible to select a group of standard templates, and it is possible to handle a template in the check language 2 shown in FIG. 8 and a template in the check language 3 shown in FIG. 9 at the same time. By this method, it is possible to generate check rule files in various languages without being restricted by each language.

The configuration for realizing the first and second embodiments described above can be stored in the database of the client and operated by the client alone, or can be applied to the network type and the database can be stored in the server. It is possible to centrally manage the database and the created format. In each of the above-described embodiments, the markup language is described, but other languages may be used as long as they can be applied to the present invention.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a standard template is registered in the check rule standard template database in a language that describes rules for checking in advance when creating an electronic application form. By reading the tag information and the attribute information from the design document and selecting the matching template, the check file can be generated at the same time as the application data structure and the document type definition.

Further, by making the check rule standard template correspond to the attribute information of the design document, it becomes possible to register the template without depending on the language.

Further, by making the check rule standard template database editable and selecting the group of standard templates by the switching unit,
It is possible to handle different check language templates at the same time, without being restricted by each language,
It is possible to generate check rule files in various languages.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an electronic application form creation tool and method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the processing configuration of the electronic application form creation tool and method according to the first embodiment of the present invention in accordance with the processing procedure.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of XML design document 1 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an application form XML4 generated by the automatic XML generation unit 10 of FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram of an application form DTD5 generated by the DTD automatic generation unit 11 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template in check language 1.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a processing configuration of an electronic application form creating tool and method according to a second embodiment of the present invention according to a processing procedure.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template in check language 2.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template in check language 3.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example of manual DTD creation and check rule file creation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 XML design document, 3 check rule standard template database, 4 application XML, 5 application DTD,
6 application check rule file, 7 XML design document reading unit, 8 XML design document storage unit, 9 tag information extraction unit, 10 XML automatic generation unit, 11 DTD automatic generation unit, 12 attribute information extraction unit, 13 attribute information correspondence check Rule standard template extraction unit, 14 Standard template storage unit after extraction, 15 Attribute parameter setting unit, 16
Standard template integration section, 17 check rule file output section, 18 input section, 19 check rule standard template editing section, 20 check rule standard template registration section, 21 check rule standard template group switching section.

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[Submission date] March 20, 2003 (2003.3.2
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Title of invention Electronic application creation tool, electronic application creation method , and electronic application creation program

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Further, the present invention is characterized by further comprising a registration step of registering a plurality of check rule standard templates in different check languages in the database and a switching step for switching a plurality of check rule standard templates. . In addition, in this invention
The electronic application creation program is
Electronic submission that digitizes the form of the application form using a backup language
Design document that is a contract creation program and reads the design document
Extract the reading procedure and tag information in the read design document.
Tag information extraction procedure and application form based on the tag information
Data structure generation procedure for generating the data structure of
Document corresponding to the markup language based on the group information
Document type definition generation procedure to generate type definition and read settings
The attribute information extraction procedure for extracting the attribute information in the
Standard rules template is registered in advance.
Check rules corresponding to the attributes extracted from the database
Standard template extraction procedure to select standard template
And the attribute parameters for the extracted standard template.
Check the documents by setting standard data and combining standard templates
Check rule to output a check rule file
File output procedure and what causes a computer to execute
Is. Also, different check languages in the database
Create multiple check rule standard templates with
Registration procedure and multiple check rule standard templates
Switching procedure for switching
It is what is executed.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic application creation tool for digitizing an application form using a markup language, wherein a design document reading unit for reading a design document and a tag in the design document read by the design document reading unit. A tag information extraction unit that extracts information, a data structure generation unit that generates a data structure of an application based on the tag information, and a document that generates a document type definition corresponding to the markup language based on the tag information A type definition generation unit, an attribute information extraction unit that extracts attribute information in the design document read by the design document reading unit, a database in which check rule standard templates are registered in advance, and the attribute information extraction unit extracts Standard rule extracting section for selecting the check rule standard template corresponding to the selected attribute from the database, and the extracted standard template. Electronic application form creation tool that is characterized in that a check rule file output unit configured to output a check rule file to set the attribute parameter to check the document combines the standard template for the rate. 2. The electronic application form creation tool according to claim 1, wherein the check rule standard template registered in the database is full-width / half-width, data type, number of bytes, fixed / selected, required for tag information. / An electronic application form creation tool, which is a template to which any information to be checked corresponds. 3. The electronic application creation tool according to claim 1, wherein the database includes a registration unit for registering a plurality of check rule standard templates in different check languages in the database, and a plurality of check rule standard templates. An electronic application creation tool, further comprising a switching unit for switching. 4. An electronic application form creating method for digitizing an application form using a markup language, a design document reading step of reading a design document, and tag information for extracting tag information in the read design document. An extracting step, a data structure generating step of generating a data structure of the application form based on the tag information, a document type definition generating step of generating a document type definition corresponding to the markup language based on the tag information, An attribute information extraction step of extracting attribute information in the read design document; a standard template extraction step of selecting a check rule standard template corresponding to the attribute extracted from the database in which the check rule standard template is registered in advance; Standard template by setting attribute parameters for the extracted standard template Electronic application creation method is characterized in that a check rule file output step of outputting a check rule file combine checks the document. 5. The electronic application form creation method according to claim 4, wherein the check rule standard template registered in the database is full-width / half-width, data type, number of bytes, fixed / selected for tag information. / An electronic application creation method characterized in that any check target information is a corresponding template. 6. The electronic application creation method according to claim 4, wherein a registration step of registering a plurality of check rule standard templates in different check languages in the database, and a method of switching a plurality of check rule standard templates A method for preparing an electronic application form, further comprising a switching step.