JPH038076A - Attribute information processing system for structured document processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily set the attribute information of a required document form without fail when the contents of a document file are outputted by unifying the contents of the document file, which are plural respective document processing functions, in the form of a structured document. CONSTITUTION:To an existent document processing software 3, existent files 2 are respectively provided. A document processing function 5 suitably calls a Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1, etc., by a structured document processing system 10 and the preparation or correction, etc., of the individual document is executed. A Japanese sentence in the contents of the individual document is prepared in a document file 2A. When the individual document is roughly separated several items such as a cover and a first chapter, etc., and a second chapter includes the Japanese sentence and linear drawing, a structure sentence is prepared to apply the hierarchical structure of the individual document as a structure body and held in a structured document file 11. Based on the contents of the file 11, positions for storing the file 2A and a linear drawing file 2B, etc., are linked. Thus, the contents are unified based on the contents of the structure document for each individual document and the files 2A and 2B, etc., can be accessed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] When performing processing including document creation for one or more types of documents, a plurality of document processing software including a Japanese document processing mechanism are used, and the document Structured structure that maintains the hierarchical structure of individual documents created using processing software as a structure Achieves setting and specification processing for document format attribute information required when outputting the contents of a structured document. Regarding the attribute information processing method in the structured document processing system for the purpose of With the aim of making it easy to set format attribute information according to inheritance processing, the contents of document files created by individual document processing software are updated to correspond to the hierarchical structure of the individual documents mentioned above (, °4 structure). By providing a structured document file that is unified by document, and by writing inheritance specification information that specifies inheritance of attribute information in the attribute information in the above-mentioned structured document, and performing inheritance processing of attribute information according to the description. , is configured to execute attribute information setting/identification processing.

(Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides an attribute information processing method in a structured document processing system, in particular, a Japanese document processing In addition to utilizing multiple word processing software, including
Setting and specifying process for document format attribute information required when outputting the contents of a structured document that maintains the hierarchical structure of individual documents created using the document processing software as a structure. This invention relates to an attribute information processing method in a structured document processing system that enables easy execution of the following according to inheritance processing.

Currently, OA systems are in general use, and OA resources such as software and document files are becoming larger. Therefore, there is a need to be able to easily create and manage various documents as structured documents while utilizing these resources. Then, the setting process for the document format attribute information required when outputting the document managed by the created structured document is as follows.
It is hoped that this can be implemented easily and without errors.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional OA processing systems, each item to be created (Japanese sentences, line drawings, images, graphs, English sentences, etc.) was processed individually using software corresponding to the purpose of creation.

However, recently, consideration has been given to building a document processing system that can call up and process the various processes described above as needed. In this structured document processing system, which will be referred to as a structured document processing system, document format attribute information (seal format information) that is required when outputting a document managed by a created structured document is It is desirable to be able to easily and error-freely execute the setting process for (framework information, etc.).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, in the conventional case, the accumulated OA resources can only be used by systems that correspond to each purpose, and can only be used by existing OA resources such as existing software and document files.
It was not possible to use A resources as needed.

The present invention enables the creation of desired individual documents using document processing software, and also simplifies the setting process for document format attribute information required when outputting the contents of the created document file. The purpose is to ensure that it can be executed accurately and without error.

(Means for Solving the Problems) FIG. 1 shows a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention. Code 1-i in the figure
is an individual document, 2-1. 2-2. ... is a document file that holds the contents of individual documents, 5 is a document processing function unit that executes individual document processing, 6 is a structural document, 7 is a document holding function unit that holds document contents, and 5-1 is attribute information. inheritance processing function,
5-2 is an attribute information output, 5-11 is a reception processing unit, 5-1
2 is an inheritance designation determination unit, 5-13 is an inheritance light detection unit, 5-1
4 is an inheritance source detection unit, 5-15 is an attribute information inheritance processing unit, 5
-16 represents an attribute information setting section, and 5-17 represents an attribute information output section.

Desired individual documents, such as office documents, technical documents, reports, guidebooks, manuals, and technical manuals that are currently being created, are generally written in document title 3 cover, chapter 1, chapter 1. Section 1, Section 1.2,..., Chapter 2,...
In the case of the present invention, a structural document 6-0 that has a hierarchical structure such as
i. Then, the structure document 6-4 stores the contents of the individual document in the document files 2-1.2-2. ...is given instructions.

The document processing function unit 5 uses a group of document processing software such as a Japanese document processing mechanism and a graph processing mechanism to create and modify the individual documents mentioned above. The apparatus includes an attribute information inheritance processing function 5-1 that executes setting and specifying processing for attribute information of a document format necessary for printing out, etc.

When printing out individual documents, the structural document 6 shown in the diagram
-i, for example, node (1,1 #5 or node (1
, Section 2) #6, node (Section 2, 1) #7, etc., when printing the content, such as the number of characters per line, paper size, character pinch, line break pitch, etc., and document format attribute information. It is necessary to give instructions for each individual document. From now on, illustrated node #5. in structural document 6-1. Node #6. Node #7. Attribute information regarding the document format is written in the attribute information at node #8 and the like. At this time, for lower nodes that will inherit attribute information of the same document format (some of the document formats may be the same) as nodes located higher in the tree structure, inheritance indicating inheritance of attribute information is required. Specified information is written.

Reception processing unit 5-1 in attribute information inheritance processing function 5-1
1 accepts requests for setting attribute information and specifying requests regarding document formats. The inheritance designation determination unit 5-12 determines whether the attribute information regarding the document format of the individual document to be processed describes specific next format information or inheritance designation information. . Inherited light detection unit 5
-13 detects all the nodes of the inheritance light located at the lower level of the tree structure when the inheritance designation information is described as the attribute information of the document format. The inheritance source detection unit 5-14 detects an inheritance source node located at a higher level in the tree structure when inheritance designation information is described as attribute information of a document format. The attribute information setting unit 5-16 of the attribute information inheritance processing unit 5-15 sets a specified document format for the node detected by the inheritance light detection unit 5-13 when there is a request to set attribute information. Set attribute information. When there is a request to specify attribute information, the attribute information output unit 5-17 of the attribute information inheritance processing unit 5-15 outputs the document format attribute information of the node detected by the inheritance source detection unit 5-14 according to the specified specification. It is specified as attribute information regarding the individual document.

[For production]

The structure document 6-i prepared as described above includes, for each node, (i) information indicating what position in the hierarchical structure the own node occupies; Information on which document processing software a node is associated with, (iii) information on which document file 2-1.2-2゜... the own node is associated with document content stored in, etc. is described, but attribute information regarding its own node is also described.

In the case of the present invention, attribute information regarding the document format is described as one of the attribute information.

When the reception processing unit 5-11 shown in the figure accepts a request for setting attribute information regarding the document format, the relay single light detection unit 5-1
-13 is the specified node (corresponding to the individual document)
Detect all nodes that are inherited light. Upon receiving this detection result, the attribute information setting unit 5-16 sets the designated attribute information accepted by the reception processing unit 5-11 to these nodes (if it has already been set, it updates it). By doing this, the attribute information setting process for sentence δ form 2 is executed.

On the other hand, when the reception processing unit 5-11 accepts a request for specifying attribute information regarding the sentence 8 format, the inheritance light detection unit 5-11
-14 detects a node that is an inherited light of the specified node. Upon receiving this detection result, the attribute information output unit 5-17 specifies the document format attribute information set for the detected node as the attribute information regarding the node for which the output request was made. Output to a display screen, etc.

As described above, in the present invention, when creating a desired individual document using document processing software, attribute information regarding the document format is set according to inheritance processing, so that these attributes can be set. There is no need to set information for each individual document one by one. from now,
In addition to being able to set and change document format information in the cylinder, errors will also be eliminated.

[Embodiment] FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Code 2A in the diagram
, 2B,..., 2X are document files that hold the contents of individual documents, 3 is a document processing software group, and 5 is a document processing J! ! 1 represents the Noh club. Further, 10 represents a structured document processing system that controls the entire system, and 11 represents the entire structured document file. In the document processing software group 3, 3-1 is a Japanese document processing mechanism, 3-
2 is a line drawing processing mechanism, 3-3 is an image processing mechanism, 3-4
is a tabulation calculation processing mechanism, 3-5 is a graph processing mechanism, 3-6
3 represents a list processing mechanism, and 3-7 represents an English document processing mechanism. The structured documents referred to in the present invention each exist within the structured document file 11.

The document processing software group 3 may be, for example, an existing software group that has existed individually from the past, and each existing file (as shown in the figure) that exists corresponding to the existing software group. document file 2A, line drawing file 2B, etc.) is structured document file 1
It will be unified under 1. It can be considered that a structural document prepared corresponding to each individual document plays the role of summarizing documents for the purpose of unification.

The document processing function unit 5, under the control of the structured document processing system 10, calls the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1 and the line drawing processing mechanism 3-2 as appropriate, and processes the desired document (in addition, the desired document (called individual documents),
Modify or delete. At this time, for example, when the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1 works to create a Japanese sentence in the content of the individual document, the created Japanese sentence is created, for example, in the illustrated document file 2A. . Further, when creating a line drawing in the contents of the individual document, the line drawing processing mechanism 3-2 is activated and the line drawing is created in the line drawing file 2B.

The individual document is roughly divided into items such as (i) cover page, (ii) Chapter 1..., (iii) Chapter 2,..., (iv) References, and further includes, for example, the above-mentioned section. If the contents of Chapter 2 include Japanese sentences and line drawings, a "structured document" is created that gives the hierarchical structure of the individual document as a structure, and is retained in the structured document file 11 shown in the figure. Based on the content of the document, links are attached to predetermined storage locations of the document file 2A, line drawing file 2B, etc.

In this way, documents created using existing document processing functions are unified for each individual document based on the contents of the structural document. In addition, based on the contents of the structural document, individual document files 2A and 2 may be
It becomes possible to access B, .

FIG. 3 shows a partial configuration diagram of the main parts of the present invention. Code 1 in the diagram
is a document, 1-i is an individual document, 2-1.2-2. ... is a document file that holds the contents of individual documents, 3-1.3-
2. . . . are a group of document processing software, 4 is a structural document definition used as a template when creating a structured document corresponding to the above-mentioned individual documents, 5 is a document processing function unit that executes individual document processing, Reference numeral 6 represents a structural document, and reference numeral 7 represents a text holding function section that holds the document contents.

Examples of document 1 include papers, reports, letters, technical manuals, etc., but corresponding to the type of document, for example, a paper, there is a structure that describes the typical hierarchical structure of the paper as a structure. Document definition 4 is prepared.

Consider that the structural document definition 4 is prepared for each type of document (for example, the cover page of document 1 shown in the figure).

As shown in Chapter 1, Section 1.1, each node (#1. #2....) has nodes (#1. #2....) expanded into a tree structure. As will be described later, attribute information such as information regarding the tree structure, software to be used, and information regarding the intersecting circle format for printing is described.

Document processing software group 3-1.3-2. ···for,
Software used to execute processes corresponding to each of the above nodes is held.

When creating an individual document, the document processing function unit 5 processes the individual document i! Create contents corresponding to F1-i and create document files 2-1, 2-2. ..., but at this time, the document contents are created in association with the nodes indicated in the contents of the one structural document definition 4-j. At this time, the nodes shown in the structural document definition 4-j may be partially modified as necessary. Then, a structural document 6-i is created and held for the created individual document 1-i. For example, in the terminal node of the tree structure of the structural document 6-i, the document name of the corresponding document file 2 is written, and thereby the structural document 6-i and the individual document 1-i
are linked.

FIG. 4 shows the contents of an example of the structured document shown in FIG. 3. Reference numeral 12-1 in the drawing is a self ID, which is the node ID of each node in the structured document 6-4 shown in FIG. represents. 12-2 is the ID of the node that is the parent of the node of interest, and 12-2 is the ID of the node that is the parent of the node of interest; 12-3 is the ID of the first child of the node that is the child of the node of interest; 12-2 -4 is the ID of the node located directly above the node belonging to the same layer as the node of interest, which is the upper rD,! 2-5 is the ID of a node that also belongs to the same hierarchy and is located immediately below; 12-6 is content setting information that indicates whether or not the content has already been set for the node of interest; 12 -7 is content type information that indicates the software used for the node of interest, and 12-8 is the document file name that stores the content when the content is set for the node of interest. those that indicate, 12-9
represents attribute information that provides information such as whether or not inheritance as defined in the present invention is performed for the node of interest.

At this time, in this attribute information 12-9, inheritance specification information indicating inheritance of attribute information is described for lower nodes that will inherit the same attribute information as nodes located higher in the tree structure. become.

Note that the portions marked in parentheses in FIG. 4 indicate the definitions given in the structural document definition 4-j shown in FIG. 3 when creating the structural document 6-i corresponding to the individual document 1-i. Indicates where additions or corrections have been made.

Regarding own ID #3 in FIG. 4, the node #3 has the following conditions: (i) the parent node is node #l, and (ii
) The first child node is node #5, (1i) the immediately superior node is node #2, (iv) the immediately subordinate node is node #4, (V) the contents have not been set yet, (vi) The software used is a Japanese document processing mechanism, and (vi) the document file has not yet been prepared.
(vi) It is made clear that predetermined attribute information or inheritance designation information is written.

The structural document 6-i and the corresponding individual document 1-i (its contents) are linked by the file name J12-8 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows the processing mode of the portion of the document processing function section that uses document processing software.

The document processing function unit 5 selects a node to be subjected to content processing in the structural document 6-i (processing ■). For example, if we are instructed to create content (processing ■),
"Check the content of content type J12-7 for the node (processing ■). If the software to be used is, for example, the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1, the processing is performed using that software. In other words, in the current case A document is created, and the name of the file that stores the document contents is written in "file name j12-8" shown in FIG.

Next, a setting process for setting/changing document format attribute information and a specifying process for specifying what kind of document format attribute information is set will be described.

As explained in the example of the structured document shown in FIG. 4, each node of the structured document manages attribute information regarding the document format. Management of this attribute information involves managing the attribute information itself when not inheriting attribute information from a higher-level node, and managing inheritance specification information that represents the inheritance of attribute information when inheriting attribute information from a higher-level node. I will do it. FIG. 6 shows an example of this inheritance relationship. In this example, node #2 (Chapter 1) and node #4 (Table 1)
) and node #5 (text 1) are node #l (paper)
Inheritance specification information is managed to inherit the document format attribute information of node #3 (chapter 2), node #6 (title 2), and node #7 (text 2), node #1 (paper) This example shows an example of managing the attribute information itself without inheriting the attribute information of the document format. According to the present invention, when the attribute information of an upper node in such an inheritance relationship is set (updated), the attribute information of the lower node is automatically set (updated) in conjunction with it. The structure will be adopted.

Specifically, using the example in Figure 6, if the number of characters per line, which is the attribute information of node #1 (paper), is changed from 50 to 40, the node becomes Node #1 (paper) is inherited
2 (Chapter 1), Node #4 (Table 81) and Node #5 (
The number of characters per line of attribute information in text 1) will be automatically changed from 50 characters to 40 characters, but nodes that are not inherited by node #1 (paper) The number of characters per line of attribute information for #3 (Chapter 2), node #6 (title 2), and node #7 (text 2) is:
The previous 30 characters will be retained.

FIG. 8 shows a print result of a document managed by a structural document that manages such attribute information, taking a patent application specification document as an example.

Next, a description will be given of the process of specifying the attribute information of the document format that has been set.

A case is set in which a user makes a request to display attribute information of a node that manages inheritance designation information as attribute information. Since the node that manages inheritance specification information does not manage specific attribute information (it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which specific attribute information is also managed), in such a case, , traces the upper nodes to detect an inheritance source node that manages specific attribute information, and processes the attribute information managed by this detected inheritance source node to be displayed as the requested attribute information. I will do it.

FIG. 9 illustrates the processing contents at this time. Figure 9 (a
) illustrates the logical structure of a structural document, and FIG. 9(b) shows the management state of attribute information of each node in this structural document (the node described as "inheritance" manages inheritance specification information). , the node described as "settings" manages specific attribute information), and Figure 9 (
C) shows a flowchart that is executed when a request to display attribute information is made to the node 5. As shown in this flowchart, when there is a request for displaying attribute information regarding framework J to node 5, it is first determined whether or not inheritance specification information is written in node 5, and then inheritance specification is performed. When specific attribute information is managed without information being described, the attribute information is determined to be the attribute information of node 5 and processed to be displayed, and conversely, inheritance specification information is described. Sometimes, by tracing back to node 1, which is the inheritance source node, and displaying specific attribute information about the "framework" of node l, it is possible to display the attribute information set in node 5. be.

When there is a split request for a node in a structural document, and the node to be split manages inheritance specification information, the specific It is necessary to detect an inheritance source node that manages attribute information, and then set the attribute information of the detected inheritance source node to the node to be divided.

FIG. 10 illustrates the processing contents at this time.

FIG. 10(a) illustrates the logical structure of a structured document, and FIG. 10(b) illustrates a flowchart executed when a split request is made to node 3 of this logical structure. It is. As shown in this flowchart, when there is a split request for node 3, it is first determined whether or not inheritance specification information is written in node 3. If specific attribute information is managed, the division process is started as is. Conversely, if inheritance specification information is written, the path is traced to node 1, which is the inheritance source node, and the specific information of node 1 is entered. Attribute information is set in node 3 at minute v1. In this way, it becomes possible to obtain specific attribute information required after division.

When the volume of documents to be created becomes large, multiple users create their own documents and then integrate the documents, a so-called synonymization process. In such a case, since node replacement will be executed, attribute information replacement processing will be executed in accordance with this.

FIG. 11 illustrates the processing contents at this time.

FIG. 11(a) illustrates the logical structure of the structured documents to be integrated, and FIG. 11(b) illustrates a flowchart executed at this time. As shown in this figure, in accordance with the node replacement, the inheritance designation information that had been managed up to that point is now processed to manage specific attribute information.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the contents of document files created by a plurality of respective intersection processing functions are unified in the form of a structured document, and existing OA resources are used as appropriate. It becomes possible to go. Then, according to the inheritance process, the setting process for document format attribute information that is necessary when outputting a document managed by the created structured document can be easily and error-free.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram of an embodiment of the invention, Figure 3 is a diagram of a partial configuration of main parts, Figure 4 is the content of the structured document, and Figure 5 is the document processing function. Fig. 6 is an example of the inheritance relationship of attribute information; Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram of attribute information update processing; Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of print output; 10 and 11 are detailed explanatory diagrams of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a document, 1-i is an individual document, 2 is a document file, 3 is a group of document processing software, 4 is a structural document definition, 5
is a document processing function section, 5-1 is an attribute information inheritance processing function, 5
-12 is an inheritance designation determination unit, 5-13 is an inheritance light detection unit, 5
-14 is an inheritance source detection unit, 5-15 is an attribute information inheritance processing unit, 5-16 is an attribute information setting unit, 5-17 is an attribute information output unit, 6 is a structural document, 7 is a document holding function unit, 10 is In the structured document processing system, 11 represents a structured document file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A group of document processing software (3) that stores the contents of one or more types of documents in a document file (2) and processes each of the documents.
In a document processing system having a document processing software, a plurality of document processing software (3-i) including a Japanese document processing mechanism (3-1) are used as the document processing software group (3), and the document processing software ( 3-i) is configured such that each document created by the above is stored and used in the document file (2), and at least one of the document processing software group (3) is configured.
The document processing function unit (5) executes individual document processing including the process of creating an individual document (1-i) while using the A structured document file (11
), in which link information linking the structural document to the document file (2) holding the individual document (1-i) is described,
The above-mentioned structural document (6-i) and the above-mentioned individual document (1-i) are held in association with each other, and each of the above-mentioned individual documents (1-i) is
-i) document format attribute information or inheritance designation information of the attribute information is described, and the document processing function unit (5)
), an inheritance designation determination unit (5-12) that determines whether the attribute information or the inheritance designation information is described;
an attribute information inheritance processing unit (5-15) that executes setting of attribute information through inheritance processing or specifying assigned attribute information through inheritance processing according to the determination result of the inheritance designation determination unit (5-12); ) An attribute information processing method in a structured document processing system.