JP2004110733A - Information processor, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To create a document information file enabling the browsing of a document without using a document creation program or a document browsing program. <P>SOLUTION: This information processor comprises a drawing information acquisition means for acquiring a drawing image, an additive information acquisition means for acquiring additive information, and a document information file creation means for creating a document information file based on the drawing information and additive information. The document information file creation means comprises a document structure information creating means for creating document structure information based on the drawing information and additive information and an additive function program creation means for creating an additive function program based on the drawing information and additive information, and creates the document information file based on the document structure information and additive function program. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, various electronic documents can be used on commercially available computers.
[0003]
When creating these documents, a document creation program is used, but usually, when browsing these documents, the same type of document creation program is used. This is because, apart from a text document, an HTML document, and the like, these documents are filed in a unique file format at the time of document creation, so that the unique file format must be interpreted when browsing the document. Therefore, in order to browse various documents on a computer, it is necessary to install various document creation programs on the computer. In this case, there are problems such as cost burden and version management of the document creation program.
[0004]
A program group for solving these problems is provided by Above. If Acrobat (registered trademark) provided by the company is used, the file format of a document created by various document creation programs can be converted into a unified file format called PDF. These documents can be browsed by using Acrobat Reader (registered trademark) provided by the company. That is, with respect to documents created by various document creation programs, the file format is converted to a file format that can be browsed using a common document viewing program. In this case, the problem of installing various document creation programs (cost burden, etc.) is solved, but the problem of installing a common document viewing program (version management, etc.) is not solved.
[0005]
According to the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-22618, a document created by various document creation programs is converted into an HTML document in which a browser is installed in most computers. In this case, browsing cannot be performed on a computer on which a browser is not installed.
[0006]
In the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-20507, code data is converted into image data, and a file is composed of the code data and the image data. In this case, since the code data relating to the text is also converted into the image data, it is not possible to perform cut and paste when browsing the document.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-20507 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2000-155722 A
[Patent Document 3]
JP 2000-181905 A
[Patent Document 4]
JP-A-2000-194832
[Patent Document 5]
JP 2001-22618 A.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, conventionally, documents cannot be browsed without using a document creation program or a document browsing program.
[0009]
Here, a comparison is made between a so-called paper document and an electronic document. Electronic documents have gained the “convenience” of being easy to edit compared to paper documents, but have lost the “flexibility” that the creation environment does not constrain the browsing environment. In other words, electronic documents have lost "flexibility" in exchange for gaining "convenience." If an electronic document can be provided with both “convenience” and “flexibility”, it can be said that its usefulness is immeasurable.
[0010]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to create a document information file that allows a user to view a document without using a document creation program or a document viewing program.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention (information processing apparatus) according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus that creates a document information file, wherein the drawing information acquisition unit acquires drawing information for creating the document information file, and the document information An information processing apparatus comprising: additional information acquisition means for acquiring additional information for creating a file; and a document information file creation means for creating the document information file based on the drawing information and the additional information. File creation means for creating document structure information based on the drawing information and the additional information, additional function program creation means for creating an additional function program based on the drawing information and the additional information, And generating the document information file based on the document structure information and the additional function program.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the invention (information processing apparatus) according to the first aspect of the invention (information processing apparatus), the document information file creating means includes a content file having a content and a document having the document structure information. A structure information file and an additional function program file having the additional function program are created as the document information file.
[0013]
According to a third aspect of the invention (information processing apparatus) according to the first aspect of the invention (information processing apparatus), the document information file creating means may include a content file having content and a document having the document structure information. A capsule information file is created by creating a structure information file and an additional function program file having the additional function program, and encapsulating the content file, the document structure information file, and the additional function program file in a separable archive format. Is created as the document information file.
[0014]
The invention (information processing method) according to claim 4, which is an information processing method for creating a document information file, comprising: a drawing information acquiring step of acquiring drawing information for creating the document information file; An information processing method comprising: an additional information acquiring step of acquiring additional information for creating a file; and a document information file creating step of creating the document information file based on the drawing information and the additional information. A file creation step for creating document structure information based on the drawing information and the additional information; and an additional function program creation step for creating an additional function program based on the drawing information and the additional information. And generating the document information file based on the document structure information and the additional function program.
[0015]
An invention (information processing method) according to a fifth aspect is the invention according to the fourth aspect (information processing method), wherein the document information file creation step includes the step of: creating a content file having content and a document having the document structure information. A structure information file and an additional function program file having the additional function program are created as the document information file.
[0016]
The invention (information processing method) according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 4 (information processing method), wherein the document information file creation step includes the step of: creating a content file having content and a document having the document structure information. A capsule information file is created by creating a structure information file and an additional function program file having the additional function program, and encapsulating the content file, the document structure information file, and the additional function program file in a separable archive format. Is created as the document information file.
[0017]
An invention (information processing program) according to a seventh aspect causes a computer to execute the information processing method according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects.
[0018]
According to the invention (information processing apparatus, information processing method, or information processing program) according to the first, fourth, or seventh aspect, drawing information and additional information for creating a document information file are acquired and added to the drawing information. By creating document structure information and additional function programs based on the information, and creating a document information file based on the document structure information and additional function programs, documents can be created without using a document creation program or a document viewing program. A document information file that can be viewed can be created.
[0019]
According to the invention (information processing apparatus, information processing method, or information processing program) according to claim 2, the content file having the content, the document structure information file having the document structure information, and the additional function program are provided. By creating the additional function program file as a document information file, an easy-to-use document information file can be created.
[0020]
In the invention (information processing apparatus, information processing method, or information processing program) according to claim 3, 6, or 7, a content file having content, a document structure information file having document structure information, and an additional function program are stored. Easy to use by creating a capsule file in which the content file, the document structure information file, and the additional function program file are encapsulated in a divisible archive format by creating an additional function program file having the same as the document information file. This makes it possible to create a document information file that is easy to manage.
[0021]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0022]
FIG. 1 shows an information processing apparatus 11 that creates a document information file. The information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. 1 includes a drawing information acquisition unit 12, an additional information acquisition unit 13, and a document information file creation unit 14. The document information file creator 14 in FIG. 1 includes a document structure information creator 15 and an additional function program creator 16. The information processing apparatus 11 in FIG. 1 corresponds to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
[0023]
The drawing information acquisition unit 12 acquires drawing information for creating a document information file. The drawing information is information that becomes the document itself of the created document information file, and corresponds to text information that becomes the text of the document and image information that becomes the image of the document.
[0024]
In the information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. 1, the user causes the drawing information acquisition unit 12 to acquire the drawing information by using the print command provided by the document creation program. When a document managed by a computer is printed by a printer, a user inputs a print request or a printer selection using a print command provided by a document creation program installed on the computer. The driver manages the text information and image information of the document, and the printer finally prints the document. By applying this, if a program similar to a printer driver is installed in the information processing apparatus 11, the information processing apparatus 11 can acquire text information and image information of a document as "drawing information" by the program. it can. That is, the “drawing information acquisition unit 12” is realized by the program. Most document creation programs provide print commands, so according to that program, text information and image information of documents created by most document creation programs should be obtained as "drawing information". Can be.
[0025]
The additional information obtaining means 13 obtains additional information for creating a document information file. The additional information is information accompanying the document itself in the document information file to be created, and corresponds to management information such as the creation date and the creator of the document, and link information relating to the text and image of the document.
[0026]
In the information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. 1, the additional information acquisition unit 13 may acquire additional information created based on input information input by a user or acquire additional information created based on drawing information. May be. A procedure for creating additional information based on input information input by the user and a procedure for creating additional information based on drawing information will be described later in detail.
[0027]
The document information file creating means 14 creates a document information file based on the drawing information and the additional information. As shown in FIG. 2A, the document information file 21 includes a document information code and an additional function program. As shown in FIG. 2A, the document information code is obtained by encoding document information composed of content and document structure information. This content is the document itself of the document information file 21, specifically, the text or image of the document.
[0028]
The document structure information is created by the document structure information creating means 15 based on the drawing information and the additional information. The document structure information is information on the structure of the document. Specifically, the information includes information such as whether each content is a text or an image, arrangement information related to each content, and link information related to each content.
[0029]
The additional function program is created by the additional function program creating means 16 based on the drawing information and the additional information. The additional function program is a program for operating the document information code. The documents in each document information file can be browsed by using the additional function program constituting the document information file. That is, the document in the document information file created by the information processing apparatus in FIG. 1 can be browsed without using a document creation program or a document viewing program in addition to the document information file. Therefore, there is no need to install a document creation program or a document viewing program on the computer in order to view the documents of these document information files on the computer.
[0030]
Here, the document structure information file will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, the document file creating means 14 can create an integrated file including a document information code and an additional function program as the document information file 21.
[0031]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2B, the document information file creator 14 divides the content, the document structure information, and the additional function program into a content file 22 having the content and a document structure information file 23 having the document structure information. And an additional function program file 24 having an additional function program may be created as the document information file 21. In this way, the document information file 22 becomes easy to use at the time of editing or the like. Note that each document information file 21 may include a plurality of content files 22 and a plurality of document structure information files 23.
[0032]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2C, the document information file creator 14 creates the content file 22, the document structure information file 23, and the additional function program file 24, and generates the content file 22, the document structure information file 23, and the additional function program. A capsule file in which the file 24 and the file 24 are encapsulated in an archive format that can be divided may be created as the document information file 21. At the time of editing or the like, the capsule file is decompressed and divided to perform editing or the like, and after editing or the like, the capsule file is encapsulated again. In this way, the document information file 22 is easy to use at the time of editing and the like, and is easy to manage at the time of normal management. Note that each document information file 21 may include a plurality of content files 22 and a plurality of document structure information files 23.
[0033]
(1) Drawing information
Hereinafter, a procedure for converting drawing information into document information will be described. In this case, the drawing information may be stored as it is in the document information file. However, considering maintenance and the like later, it is better to convert and save the drawing information into an appropriate format rather than converting it into a file as it is. As described above, when considering later maintenance, it is preferable to use XML which is a tag language at present. In this case, structured information can be appropriately managed by determining tag definition information called DTD. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is a general-purpose format that represents text, graphics, images, and the like using the XML technology. That is, by expressing the drawing information in the SVG format, maintenance can be easily performed later. In this embodiment, since the document display and the like are also displayed by the additional function program, they do not particularly depend on the format for holding the drawing information. However, it is desirable to use a general-purpose format in consideration of conversion to another format. If the drawing information cannot be completely represented by SVG, a unique name space may be defined and the information may be held by a unique tag. In this case, no problem arises if the additional function program is adapted to display this information.
[0034]
A general document includes, for example, text information, graphic information (vector information), and image information (raster information) as shown in FIG. In general, when a computer performs display, the image is rendered through a device context independent of the output device. When a computer performs display, it is drawn by three types of drawing methods: text drawing, graphic drawing (line segment, rectangle, polygon, ellipse, etc.), and raster image drawing (bitmap drawing). When the application (document creation program) issues an instruction such as printing, a metafile combining these drawing commands is transferred to the driver of the output device. That is, the meta file which is the drawing information may be converted into the SVG file format. Regarding this, since tags corresponding to each drawing command are prepared in the SVG format, it can be dealt with simply by replacing them.
[0035]
For example, when the display as shown in FIG. 3 is an SVG file, text drawing may be expressed by a TEXT tag, rectangular drawing may be expressed by a RECT tag, and raster image drawing may be expressed by an IMAGE tag as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 shows the correspondence between each drawing and each tag. Note that the IMAGE tag representing an image describes the file name of the image data instead of describing the image data itself in the tag. Such a procedure is as shown in FIG. First, drawing information is sequentially obtained from the application (S61). Next, it is determined whether the acquired drawing information is image information (S62). In the case of image information, an image file is created with an appropriate file name (S63). Next, a drawing command as shown in FIG. 5 and a tag corresponding to the drawing command are created (S64). Next, various attribute information of the drawing information is set in the tag (S65). Such an operation is repeated until the drawing information ends (S66).
[0036]
By doing so, the drawing information output from the application at the time of printing designation can be converted to a file of another format such as the SVG format. That is, the document information file creating means can convert the drawing information acquired from the drawing information acquiring means into a document structure information file (SVG file) and a content file (image file).
[0037]
In addition, a general document often includes a plurality of pages. In such a case, the above operation is performed for each page, and a document structure information file (SVG file) may be created for each page. In this case, the entire document structure information file 23 is divided into a document structure information file 23P of the entire document and a document structure information file 23P1 of each page (SVG file) as shown in FIG. Can be specified in the structure file of the whole document. For example, when the document structure information file 23P of the entire document is represented in the SVG format, reference may be made to the document structure information file 23P of the entire document using a reference tag as shown in FIG. It may be output so as to be described with a tag indicating a page. That is, the document structure information file 23 encapsulated in the archive format described with reference to FIG. 2C is specifically as shown in FIG.
[0038]
(2) Additional information
Hereinafter, a procedure for converting the additional information into the document information will be described. The additional information is used when creating an additional function program or creating a document structure information file. The former is used to create a program for implementing the additional function, and the latter is used to describe the content of the additional function. Here, the content description of the latter additional function will be described.
[0039]
Here, two types of information are given as additional information. The first type is information related to the entire document, such as a creator, a creation date, a newly added function, and the like. These may be simply described in the document structure information file of the entire document by a unique tag as shown in FIG. When the creator and the creation date are different for each page, the information may be described in the document structure information file for each page and the information for each page may be given priority. The second type is information relating to a specific part of the document, such as link information relating to text. These may be output by the document information file creating means as described in those portions. For example, link information relating to text may be output as described in FIG.
[0040]
As described above, the document information file creating means outputs the contents of the drawing information and the additional information so as to be described in the document structure information file, and outputs the document information file together with the additional function program for realizing the function. The file alone can realize various operations including new functions by operating the additional function program based on the additional information of the document structure information file and the information.
[0041]
(3) Document information file
Hereinafter, the starting operation of the document information file will be described. When an instruction to start the document information file is issued (normally, the display file is clicked by the file name display program of the operating system), the additional function program in the library is started. Next, the additional function program reads the document structure information file in the library, and the additional function program operates based on the information described in the document structure information file. Basically, the operation of the additional function program is the same in any document structure information file until the document structure information file is read and document information is acquired.
[0042]
Here, it is assumed that the additional function program includes a basic function program and an extended function program. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, after the basic function program 121 is started, the basic function program 121 reads the document structure information file of the entire document, and starts the extended function program 122 for processing this information based on this information. Let it. For example, when there is a document structure information file of the entire document as shown in FIG. 10, it is instructed to add a rewriting function with a tag of memo and to add a communication function with a tag of com. svg and p0002. The user is instructed to display a two-page document of SVG.
[0043]
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the basic function program 121 first reads the document structure information file of the entire document (S131) after starting. Next, the information of the read document structure information file is analyzed, and an information tree based on the description information is created (S132). In this case, if the document information file is described in a tag format based on the XML technology, a general-purpose library called an ordinary XML parser may be used. In this case, there is no need to process the tree created after analysis, so it is more efficient to use a SAX parser. If processing is necessary, a DOM parser may be used. Next, the extension function program 121 to be started is selected from the created tree information (S133). In the case of FIG. 10, the extended function programs 122A, B, and C of the document display function for displaying each page and the communication function represented by the memo tag, the communication function represented by the com tag, and the like may be activated as new additional functions. By starting the extended function program 122 of each function selected in this way in a separate thread for each extended function program 122 (S134), additional functions can be realized. In other words, the basic function program 121 detects the extended function program 122 to be started from the information of the document structure information file of the entire document, and operates the plurality of extended function programs 122 corresponding to the extended function programs 122 in different threads, and then terminates. After that, each extended function program 122 is in charge of each function.
[0044]
Next, an extended function program 122A for displaying a document for displaying the contents of a document for each page will be described with reference to FIG. First, the activated extended function program 122A acquires the file name of the document structure information file of each page to be displayed (S141). This may be passed to the extended function program 122A as an attribute value when the basic function program 121 activates the extended function program 122A, or may be acquired from the document structure information file of the entire document by the extended function program 122A. Next, a document structure information file for each page is read (S142). Next, the read document structure information file is analyzed, and an information tree to be displayed is created in the same manner as described above (S143). Then, the created information is displayed on a page (S144). The document structure information file may be in SVG format, or may be in HTML or another unique format instead of SVG format. A plurality of extended function programs 122A for displaying the document may be prepared according to the display document format. In this case, the extension function program 122A to be activated may be determined based on the file name extension of the document structure information file.
[0045]
As a next example, a case of a retouching function as a new additional function is as shown in FIG. First, when the extended function program 122B for retouching is activated, buttons for starting and stopping the retouching function are additionally displayed on a toolbar or the like of the window displaying the document (S151). Next, waiting for this button to be pressed, when the button is pressed (S152), the rewriting function is started, a mouse event is acquired, and the coordinates are detected (S153). Next, rewriting information is created from the detected coordinate information (S154), and the rewriting information is displayed on the document display window (S155). These operations are repeated until the button is pressed again. When the button is pressed again (S156), the retouching operation ends (S157).
[0046]
The method of configuring and operating the additional function program by the basic function program 121 and the plurality of extended function programs 122 has been described above. Considering this as a basis, when creating an additional function program by the additional function program creation means, determine what additional functions are to be added to the document information file, and take some measures to realize the additional functions. It can be said that the extended function program is selected, and the additional function program is configured from the selected extended function program 122 and basic function program 121. In other words, when the document information file is created, the combination of the extended function program 122 is determined from the previously created basic function program 121 and the plurality of extended function programs 122 based on the drawing information and the additional information, and the basic function program 121 is determined. The additional function program may be configured from the extended function program 122 determined as above. This makes it possible to easily and flexibly configure the additional function program. Further, if the additional function program modules such as the basic function program 121 and the extension function program 122 are configured in an intermediate language such as JAVA (registered trademark), the multi-platform can be browsed, so that the versatility of the document is improved.
[0047]
Note that one function may not be constituted by one extended function program 122, but one function may be constituted by a plurality of extended function programs 122. For example, the display of the image portion, the display of the graphic portion, and the text display portion of the document display may be configured as separate extended function programs 122, respectively. By doing so, the same extended function program 122 can be used when displaying an image with the link function. In this case, if there is an image drawing in the drawing information, an extended function program 122 for image drawing may be added, and if there is a text drawing, an extended function program 122 for text drawing may be added.
[0048]
(4) Document structure information / additional function program
Hereinafter, a procedure for creating the document structure information (file) and the additional function program (file) will be described. Here, two methods as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 will be described. The first method is to create the additional function program and the document structure information at the same time. The second method is to create document structure information and then create an additional function program from the document structure information. In this case, since the drawing information is simply converted into the document structure information of each page, a required extended function program can be selected from the drawing information. In addition, since the additional information is also described in the document structure information, it may be obtained.
[0049]
The first method will be described with reference to FIG. In the additional function program creation block performed by the additional function program creation means, additional information and drawing information are acquired from the additional information acquisition means and the drawing information acquisition means (S161). Next, an extended function program to be used is determined from the additional information (S162). This mainly adds new functions such as a rewriting function and a communication function. Next, an extended function program to be used is determined from the drawing information (S163). In this case, when bitmap information is included in drawing information, an extended function program for displaying a bitmap image is added, and when there is graphic drawing information, an extended function program for displaying a graphic is added. A necessary extended function program is determined based on the additional information and the drawing information, and an additional function program is configured by the selected extended function program together with the basic function program (S164), and this is included as a part of the document information file. By configuring (S168), necessary functions can be satisfied. At the same time, the document structure information file creation block also acquires additional information and drawing information (S165), and creates a document structure information file of the entire document from the additional information and the drawing information (S166). In this case, the drawing information also detects whether there are a plurality of pages. Next, a document structure information file for each page is created from the drawing information of each page (S167), and this is configured as a part of the document information file (S168). At this time, each file may be encapsulated in an archive format.
[0050]
The second method will be described with reference to FIG. First, a document structure information file is created (S171) as in the document structure information file creation block of FIG. Next, an extended function program to be used is determined from the created document structure information file of the entire document (S172), and an extended function program to be used is determined from the document structure information file for each page (S173). An additional function program is formed from the extended function program and the basic function program (S174), and a document information file is created from the document structure information file and the additional function program (S175) as in FIG. In this case, a document structure information file is exchanged as shown by an arrow A in FIG.
[0051]
(5) Additional information acquisition procedure
Hereinafter, a procedure for acquiring the additional information will be described. Here, a case where the additional information is created based on the input information input by the user and a case where the additional information is created based on the drawing information will be described. The additional information acquisition means acquires the additional information created based on the input information input by the user in the former case, and acquires the additional information created based on the drawing information in the latter case. .
[0052]
A case where additional information is created based on input information input by a user will be described. This input information is obtained by input information obtaining means (not shown) included in the information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. Specifically, using the input command provided by the information processing apparatus 11, the user causes the input information acquisition unit to acquire the input information. The information processing device 11 creates additional information based on the input information, and causes the additional information acquisition unit 13 to acquire the additional information.
[0053]
Here, the process of providing the input command for acquiring the input information may be performed in a case where the process proceeds independently of the print command for acquiring the drawing information, or when the rendering information acquired by the print command is displayed on the display. It is conceivable to provide an input command while displaying. In the latter case, drawing information display means (not shown) constituting the information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. 1 causes the display to display the drawing information obtained by the drawing information obtaining means. The former adds an additional function while viewing a document displayed by a general application during document creation, and the latter adds an additional function while viewing drawing information obtained by a print instruction or the like when the document is completed. .
[0054]
As in the former case, when additional information is added by a general application when creating a document, information added by the application other than drawing information cannot be detected unless the format of the output information of the application is known. Therefore, when a document is created by an application, it is necessary to operate a program for acquiring additional information together with the document. In this case, when the additional information is added to the entire document, a program for obtaining the additional information simply displays a dialog box for obtaining the user input when the user performs the operation of adding the additional information, and prompts the input. Good.
[0055]
However, the additional information added in connection with a part of the content of the document, such as link information, not only obtains the additional information as shown in FIG. 18 but also determines the position of the part of the document content related to the additional information. Need to get. In such a case, a method of acquiring or embedding some information in the document may be used. For example, when information is added to an image or the like, the feature amount of the image is detected when the additional information is added. Then, when the drawing information is acquired, the feature amount of the image portion of the drawing information is collated to detect which image the acquired additional information applies to. Further, when additional information is added to a specific image, the additional information may be overlaid on the original image by using a digital watermark technique, and the image may be replaced with the original image. Similarly, when additional information is added to a specific character string, even if a portion where additional information is added is detected from the character code obtained when the character code before and after the part and the drawing information are obtained. good. Further, the character string in which the additional information exists may be marked by changing the font of the character string to which the additional information is added to a special font.
[0056]
As in the latter case, when printing a document with an application and adding additional information while viewing the drawing information, it is necessary to perform the collation of the additional position and mark the additional position as described above when using a general application. There is no. However, it cannot cope with a case where a user adds additional information to a specific portion when editing a document.
[0057]
So far, the case where the additional information is created based on the input information input by the user has been described. From now on, the case where the additional information is created based on the drawing information will be described. In this case, as shown in FIG. 19, a page of a list of additional information is provided at the end or first of the created document, and drawing information is obtained at the time of instructing document printing according to the flow shown by arrow B in FIG. Additional information may be obtained from the information. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20, the additional information obtaining means obtains additional information by prompting the user for input in a dialog box or the like at the time of creating and editing a general application and at the time of displaying drawing information after a print instruction (S201-S204). (S205 and S206), and a document information file may be created from the drawing information and the acquired additional information (S207).
[0058]
(Modification)
Hereinafter, a modified example of the information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. 1 will be described.
[0059]
(A) Document ID
In the information processing apparatus 11 of FIG. 1, a file name of a document file created by a general application before a print instruction and a storage destination address may be automatically acquired and added as additional information. Further, a document ID for specifying a communication document in an encapsulated document having a communication function may be generated when a document information file is created. The document ID is generated by a document ID generation unit (not shown) included in the information processing apparatus 11. In this case, in order to generate a unique number, an ID may be generated from the checksum of the data of the added information and the time data at the time of creation. In this case, since the clock function in the computer can usually acquire information in millisecond units, a more unique ID can be generated by using such time data. By outputting the generated ID as additional information in the document structure information file as described above, a document having a unique ID can be created. By simply copying and distributing the created document information file, communication between documents can be performed by the communication function. This ID may be used for document management. That is, if the IDs assigned at the time of document creation are different, it may be determined that the documents are different. In addition, when a document information file is re-edited, a new document ID is given and the original ID is retained, so that the original information can be used for searching. That is, since the document information file having the ID assigned first becomes the original, the original can be searched using this.
[0060]
(B) Document management and distribution
Here, management and distribution of the created document will be described. At present, an application for creating a document is limited to creating a document, and management and distribution are performed by another application. Although the document can be created and managed by such a method, the management cannot be appropriately performed because the document is not centrally managed. For example, after creating a document, the distribution destination is distributed by the user without permission, so that the distribution destination is not managed unless the distribution destination is recorded. Therefore, here, a method that can be automatically distributed and managed when the document information file is created will be described.
[0061]
Such management information is included in the additional information described above. Therefore, as described in FIGS. 19 and 20, a method of obtaining additional information for management from drawing information will be described. First, the user describes the contents of a document using a general document creation application. Next, a creator, a creation date, a distribution destination, a storage location, and the like are described as an additional information page as shown in FIG. Here, in order to make the additional information acquiring means recognize that the description information is additional information, text information called "*** additional information page ***" is described as a header at the beginning of the page. This may be described in a special font so as to provide a more unique code, or a complicated code may be described. A template for such a page may be prepared in advance.
[0062]
For this, a subroutine as shown in FIG. 22 may be added to the additional information acquisition means. First, the additional information acquisition unit acquires the drawing information from the drawing information acquisition unit (S221). Next, the text information of the drawing information is checked to detect whether there is a header text indicating the additional information page (S222). If there is a header of the additional information page, the additional information is extracted from the drawing information (S223). By repeating such an operation for the drawing information of all pages, additional information can be obtained (S224 / S225). This additional information is output as described in the document structure information file as described above. Next, based on the additional information described in the document structure information file, the document information file creating means determines a distribution destination and a storage destination, and performs distribution and storage (S226 to S230). For this purpose, the document information file creating means acquires the additional information, and distributes the document to the distribution destination by e-mail or the like when the distribution destination is specified in the additional information. If a save destination is specified, the file is saved in the save destination. If the save destination is not specified, save it locally.
[0063]
The saved or distributed document information file can be easily displayed to the document viewer by using the additional function program. If the information processing apparatus 11 wants to search for a document distributed to a specific distribution destination from a plurality of document information files by adding a module for outputting a distribution destination or the like when called by the additional function program, When the information processing apparatus 11 calls the additional function program of each document and obtains the distribution destination, the document information file can be searched by being converted into a document information file by the document information file creating means. For this, the creator, the creation date, and the like can be similarly performed. In this way, even if various types of documents are created by a general application, in this embodiment, since the additional function program is encapsulated, the problem that there is no application for viewing at the distribution destination can be avoided. Since the storage destination and the distribution destination are automatically stored in the document, the management is easy, and the user does not need to perform distribution and storage by another application.
[0064]
Further, by describing the additional function program with an applet that can be handled as an HTML object, the document according to the present embodiment can be easily converted into a Web page, and can be stored on a Web server. In this case, it is only necessary to send the link information of this Web page to the distribution destination. When the information is stored in a specific database, the additional information may be automatically registered in the database based on information such as a creator and a creation date of the additional information. Further, the document information file may be automatically activated after distribution. In this case, the communication function of the present applicant can immediately shift to a communication session by inter-document communication with the viewer of the distribution destination.
[0065]
(C) Reading and combining documents
After the document information file is created, the document information file may be edited using an editor that can directly edit the document information file. In this case, the information processing apparatus 11 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a document information file reading means and an editing operation obtaining means (not shown), the document information file reading means reads the previously created document information file, and the editing operation obtaining means reads the user information file. The document information file may be edited by acquiring the editing operation of.
[0066]
In addition, the document information file reading means reads the previously created document information file, and creates a new document structure information file and an additional function program from separate drawing information and additional information to create a new document information file. Then, by combining the two, a document information file including a plurality of document contents can be created. Thus, for example, a plurality of types of documents such as presentation materials and e-mail documents related thereto can be managed together. When a document is created using a conventional general application, it is not possible to combine and display documents of such different formats. In this case, as shown in FIG. 23, it is only necessary to combine the document contents in page units. Therefore, the document structure information file is a document structure information file for each page representing the drawing information and additional information of each document. What is necessary is just to relate as shown in FIG. 8 in a structure information file. The additional function program may determine the selection of the extended function program from the definition contents of the document structure information file as shown in FIG.
[0067]
(D) Information processing method / information processing program
The information processing device 11 in FIG. 1 is an example of an embodiment of the “information processing device” according to the present invention. Further, the information processing method executed by the information processing apparatus 11 in FIG. 1 is an example of the embodiment of the “information processing method” according to the present invention. Furthermore, a computer program that causes a computer to execute the information processing method is an example of an embodiment of the “information processing program” according to the present invention.
[0068]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a document information file capable of browsing a document without using a document creation program or a document browsing program is created.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 illustrates an information processing apparatus that creates a document information file.
FIG. 2 shows a document information file.
FIG. 3 shows a general document.
FIG. 4 shows a usage mode of a tag.
FIG. 5 shows the correspondence between each drawing and each tag.
FIG. 6 shows a procedure for converting drawing information into document information.
FIG. 7 shows a document structure information file.
FIG. 8 shows a usage mode of a tag.
FIG. 9 shows a document information file.
FIG. 10 illustrates a usage mode of a tag.
FIG. 11 illustrates a usage mode of a tag.
FIG. 12 is a diagram for describing an additional function program.
FIG. 13 is a diagram related to the operation of the basic function program.
FIG. 14 is a diagram related to the operation of the extended function program.
FIG. 15 is a diagram related to the operation of the extended function program.
FIG. 16 shows a procedure for creating document structure information and an additional function program.
FIG. 17 shows a procedure for creating document structure information and an additional function program.
FIG. 18 is a diagram for describing a procedure for acquiring additional information.
FIG. 19 is a diagram for describing a procedure for acquiring additional information.
FIG. 20 is a diagram for describing a procedure for acquiring additional information.
FIG. 21 is a diagram for describing management / distribution of a document.
FIG. 22 is a diagram for describing document management / distribution.
FIG. 23 is a diagram for describing reading and combining of documents.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Information processing device
12 Drawing information acquisition means
13 Additional information acquisition means
14 Document information file creation means
15 Document structure information creation means
16 Additional function program creation means
21 Document information file
22 Content files
23 Document structure information file
24 Additional function program file
121 Basic Function Program
122 Extended Function Program

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus for creating a document information file, comprising: a drawing information acquisition unit for acquiring drawing information for creating the document information file; and an additional information acquisition for acquiring additional information for creating the document information file. Means, a document information file creating means for creating the document information file based on the drawing information and the additional information,
The document information file creating means includes: document structure information creating means for creating document structure information based on the drawing information and the additional information; and an additional function program creating an additional function program based on the drawing information and the additional information. An information processing apparatus comprising: a creation unit, wherein the document information file is created based on the document structure information and the additional function program. The document information file creating means creates, as the document information file, a content file having content, a document structure information file having the document structure information, and an additional function program file having the additional function program. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The document information file creating means creates a content file having content, a document structure information file having the document structure information, and an additional function program file having the additional function program, and creates the content file and the document structure. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a capsule file obtained by encapsulating an information file and the additional function program file in an archive format that can be divided is created as the document information file. An information processing method for creating a document information file, comprising: a drawing information acquisition step of acquiring drawing information for creating the document information file; and an additional information acquisition for acquiring additional information for creating the document information file. And an information processing method comprising: a document information file creating step of creating the document information file based on the drawing information and the additional information.
The document information file creating step includes: a document structure information creating step of creating document structure information based on the drawing information and the additional information; and an additional function program creating an additional function program based on the drawing information and the additional information. Creating a document information file based on the document structure information and the additional function program. In the document information file creating step, a content file having contents, a document structure information file having the document structure information, and an additional function program file having the additional function program are created as the document information file. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein The document information file creation step includes creating a content file having content, a document structure information file having the document structure information, and an additional function program file having the additional function program, and creating the content file and the document structure. 5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein a capsule file in which an information file and said additional function program file are encapsulated in an archive format that can be divided is created as said document information file. An information processing program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 4.

Images