JP2003228557A - Structured data output device, structured data output program, and structured data output method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a structured data output device suitable for performing printing with contents according to a user's preference. A reference priority holding unit for holding a reference priority, and a printing condition input unit for inputting printing conditions.
And a layout unit 11 for laying out elements included in the structured document data for which the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 is set.
4 and a reference priority adjustment unit 116 that adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 based on the printing conditions input by the printing condition input unit 110. Reference priority adjustment unit 1
Reference numeral 16 adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 so that the layout by the layout unit 114 satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition input unit 110.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus, a program and a method for outputting structured data, and more particularly, to a structured data output apparatus and structure suitable for printing with contents according to user's preference. To a structured data output program and a structured data output method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the improvement of network environment,
Document data is exchanged between different types of terminals. For example, a document created on a PC (Personal Computer) is transmitted to a mobile phone via a network, and the document is browsed on the destination mobile phone, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assista) is used.
nt) is directly sent and received between the documents and viewed.

Here, in order to realize data exchange between different types of terminals, XML (eXtensible Markup) is used.
Tag language such as Language) is used. A tag language such as XML allows a document to be created in a common document format that does not depend on the type of terminal by embedding a document structure or the like in text using a symbol called a tag.

XML structured document data hierarchically combines various elements such as image data, audio data or text data. For example, if a related image and sound are to be output together when a certain article is displayed, X
In the ML format, structured document data is created by combining image data regarding an image corresponding to the article and voice data regarding voice corresponding to the article in a lower layer of the text data describing the content of the article. .

In the XML format, the output priority can be set for each element. For example, on a PC
Since the device performance is high, not only text but also images and voices are output. On the other hand, when the PDA outputs only text because the device performance is low, this can be realized with the same structured document data. First, "low (low priority)" is set as the standard priority of the PC, and "high (high priority)" is set as the standard priority of the PDA for the PC and PD.
Set to A respectively. PC and PDA are XM
When the structured document data in the L format is given, the elements included in the given structured document data having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority of the element are output. Therefore, in the above example, if "high" is set as the priority of the text data and "low" is set as the priority of the image data and the sound data in the lower hierarchy, the text, the image and the sound of the PC are All of them are output because the priority is equal to or higher than the reference priority “low”, whereas only text is output in the PDA because only the text priority is equal to or higher than the PDA reference priority “high”. Will be.

[0006]

As described above, in the XML format, by setting the priority for each element, a terminal with high device performance outputs high quality data, and a terminal with low device performance is overloaded. The same structured document data can be used to output data with appropriate quality according to the device performance.

However, in a terminal having low equipment performance, the reference priority is set to be relatively high in order to suppress overload, so that the elements to be output are limited, and the user cannot obtain detailed information. Even if the structured document data is printed as desired, only simple information can be printed. On the other hand, in terminals with high device performance, the reference priority is set relatively low in order to output high-quality data, so the elements to be output are not limited, and the user wants simple information. Then, even if the structured document data is printed, the detailed information is unnecessarily printed.

Therefore, in the conventional output method,
There is a problem in that it is not possible to print the structured document data with the content according to the user's preference because the printing is not taken into consideration only by displaying the structured document data. Therefore, the present invention has been made by paying attention to the unsolved problem of the conventional technique, and a structured data output device suitable for printing with a content according to a user's preference, and It is an object to provide a structured data output program and a structured data output method.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a structured data output device according to a first aspect of the present invention is a structure including a plurality of elements, and a priority level can be set for each of the elements. A device for outputting, when the structured data is given, an element having a priority higher than the reference priority among the elements included in the given structured data, the element being included in the structured data. Among the above, the layout is performed for those having the priority higher than the reference priority, and when the print condition is specified, the reference priority is set so that the layout satisfies the specified print condition. It is designed to adjust the degree.

With such a structure, when the structured data is given, the layout is performed for the elements included in the given structured data and having the priority higher than the reference priority. Be seen. Then, when the print condition is specified, the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the specified print condition. Here, outputting an element means outputting output information when the element is output information indicating output content (for example, image, sound or document) or has output information. Is or has format information about the format of the output (e.g. font size, table size or link settings), output based on the format information When the output information and the format information are output information or the output information and the format information are included, outputting the output information based on the format information is included. Hereinafter, the structured data output device according to claims 3, 5 and 7, the structured data output program according to claims 15, 17, 19 and 21, and the structured data output according to claims 29, 31, 33 and 35. The method is the same.

Further, the structured data output device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the structured data output device according to claim 1, wherein when the reference priority is designated, the structured data output device is included in the structured data. The printing conditions are adjusted so that all of the elements to be laid out that have a priority higher than the specified reference priority are laid out.

With such a configuration, when the reference priority is designated, all the elements included in the structured data that have a priority equal to or higher than the designated reference priority are laid out. Printing conditions are adjusted so that Further, the structured data output device according to claim 3 of the present invention is provided with structured data which includes a plurality of elements and which can be set priority for each of the elements. A device for outputting elements having a priority level equal to or higher than a reference priority among elements included in, and performing layout such that elements included in the structured data satisfy predetermined printing conditions. ,
When the reference priority is specified, the printing condition is set so that all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the specified reference priority are laid out. It is supposed to be adjusted.

With such a configuration, when the structured data is given, the layout is performed so that the elements included in the given structured data are targeted so as to satisfy the predetermined printing condition. Then, when the reference priority is specified, the printing conditions are adjusted so that all the elements included in the structured data and having the priority equal to or higher than the specified reference priority are laid out. It

Further, in the structured data output device according to claim 4 of the present invention, in the structured data output device according to claim 3, when the printing condition is designated, the layout is designated. To meet printing conditions
The reference priority is adjusted. With such a configuration, when the print condition is designated, the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the designated print condition.

Further, the structured data output device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is provided when the structured data which includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each of the elements is provided. A device for outputting an element having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority among the elements included in the structured data, the reference priority holding unit holding the reference priority, and the printing for inputting the printing condition. A condition input means, a layout means for performing layout for an element included in the structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means, and the printing condition input means And a reference priority adjusting unit that adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit based on the printing condition input in step 1. Out is to satisfy printing conditions entered on the printing condition input unit, adapted to adjust the reference priority of the reference priority holding means.

With such a structure, when the structured data is given, the layout means sets the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means among the elements included in the given structured data. The layout is performed for the existing items. Then, when the print condition is input from the print condition input unit, the reference priority adjusting unit adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit so that the layout by the layout unit satisfies the input print condition. It

The reference priority holding means holds the reference priority by any means and at any time, and may hold the reference priority in advance, or the reference priority. The reference priority may be held by an external input or the like during the operation of the present device without holding the above. Hereinafter, the same applies to the structured data output device according to claim 8 and the structured data output program according to claims 19 and 22.

Further, a structured data output device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output device according to the fifth aspect, further comprising a print condition holding means for holding the print condition and the reference priority. The print condition adjusting means for adjusting the print condition of the print condition holding means based on the reference priority input by the reference priority input means, and the print condition adjusting means. Holds the print condition so that all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means are laid out by the layout means. The printing conditions of the means are adjusted.

With such a configuration, when the reference priority is input from the reference priority input means, the printing condition adjusting means causes the elements included in the structured data to have a higher priority than the input reference priority. The printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit are adjusted so that the layout unit lays out all items for which priority is set. Here, the printing condition holding unit holds the printing condition by any means and at any time, and may hold the printing condition in advance, or without holding the printing condition in advance, The printing condition may be held by an input from the outside when the apparatus is operating.
Hereinafter, the same applies to the structured data output device according to claim 7 and the structured data output program according to claims 20 and 21.

Further, the structured data output device according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is provided when structured data including a plurality of elements and the priority of which can be set for each of the elements is given. A device for outputting an element having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority among the elements included in the structured data, the printing condition holding unit holding a predetermined printing condition, and the reference priority being input. A reference priority input means, a layout means for laying out elements contained in the structured data so as to satisfy the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means, and a reference priority input by the reference priority input means. A print condition adjusting unit for adjusting the print condition of the print condition holding unit based on the print condition adjusting unit, wherein the print condition adjusting unit inputs the reference priority among the elements included in the structured data. So that all those criteria priority over the priority entered in stage is set is laid by the layout means is adapted to adjust the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means.

With such a structure, when the structured data is given, the layout means lays out the elements contained in the structured data so as to satisfy the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means. Then, when the reference priority is input from the reference priority input means, the print condition adjusting means selects one of the elements included in the structured data.
The print condition of the print condition holding unit is adjusted so that the layout unit lays out all the items having the set priority levels equal to or higher than the input reference priority level.

Further, the structured data output device according to claim 8 of the present invention is the structured data output device according to claim 7, further comprising: a reference priority holding means for holding the reference priority; And a print condition input unit for inputting print conditions, and a reference priority adjustment unit for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit based on the print condition input by the print condition input unit. The adjusting means adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding means so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition inputting means.

With such a configuration, when the print condition is input from the print condition input unit, the reference priority adjusting unit causes the layout by the layout unit to satisfy the input print condition so that the reference priority is set. The reference priority of the holding means is adjusted. Further, a structured data output device according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output device according to any one of the sixth and eighth aspects, further comprising a printing means for printing the layout result of the layout means. Prepare

With such a configuration, the layout result of the layout means is printed by the printing means. Furthermore, the structured data output device according to a tenth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output device according to the ninth aspect, wherein when the printing by the printing means is completed, the structured data is deleted. Has become.

With such a structure, the structured data is deleted when the printing by the printing means is completed. Furthermore, the structured data output device according to claim 11 of the present invention is the structured data output device according to any one of claims 6 and 8 to 10, wherein the printing condition indicates an upper limit of a printing amount. The reference priority adjusting means lays out all the elements included in the structured data having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means. When the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input means, the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is increased by a predetermined number.

With such a configuration, as a result of laying out all the elements included in the structured data and having the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means, the layout result When the print amount of exceeds the upper limit of the input print amount, the reference priority adjustment unit increases the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit by a predetermined number.

Furthermore, a structured data output device according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output device according to any one of the sixth, eighth, and eleventh aspects, wherein the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. The reference priority adjusting means uses the layout means to select all of the elements included in the structured data for which a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is set. As a result of the layout, when the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input means, the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is decreased by a predetermined number.

With such a configuration, as a result of laying out all the elements included in the structured data and having the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means, the layout result If the print amount of <1> does not reach the upper limit of the input print amount, the reference priority adjustment unit reduces the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit by a predetermined number.

Furthermore, a structured data output device according to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output device according to any one of the sixth, eighth or twelfth aspects, wherein the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. The printing condition adjusting means includes all the elements included in the structured data for which the priority level equal to or higher than the reference priority level input by the reference priority level input means is set. As a result of the layout, when the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit, the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit is increased by a predetermined amount.

With such a configuration, as a result of laying out all the elements included in the structured data and having the priority higher than the input reference priority by the layout means, the layout result is printed. When the amount exceeds the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding unit, the printing condition adjusting unit increases the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding unit by a predetermined amount.

Furthermore, a structured data output device according to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output device according to any one of the sixth, eighth or thirteenth aspects, wherein the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. The printing condition adjusting means includes all the elements included in the structured data for which the priority level equal to or higher than the reference priority level input by the reference priority level input means is set. When the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit,
The upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding unit is reduced by a predetermined amount.

With such a configuration, as a result of laying out all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the inputted reference priority by the layout means, the layout result is printed. When the amount is less than the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding unit, the printing condition adjusting unit reduces the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding unit by a predetermined amount.

On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a structured data output program according to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention provides structured data which includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each of the elements. Is a program that, when given, outputs the elements included in the given structured data with a priority higher than the reference priority,
Among the elements included in the structured data, the layout is performed for the elements having the priority equal to or higher than the reference priority, and when the print condition is specified, the layout is the specified print condition. It is a program for causing a computer to execute the process of adjusting the reference priority so as to satisfy the above condition.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 1
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, according to the structured data output program of claim 16 of the present invention, in the structured data output program of claim 15, when the reference priority is designated, the structured data output program It is a program for causing a computer to execute a process of adjusting the printing conditions so that all of the items having a priority higher than the designated reference priority are laid out.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 2
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Furthermore, the structured data output program according to claim 17 according to the present invention, when structured data including a plurality of elements and for which a priority can be set for each element is given, the structured data provided Is a program for outputting the elements of which the priority is set to be equal to or higher than the reference priority among the elements included in, and the layout is performed such that the elements included in the structured data are subjected to a predetermined printing condition. When the reference priority is specified, the printing condition is set so that all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the specified reference priority are laid out. Is a program for causing a computer to execute the process of adjusting the.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 3
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, the structured data output program according to claim 18 of the present invention is the structured data output program according to claim 17, when the printing condition is designated,
It is a program for causing a computer to execute processing for adjusting the reference priority so that the layout satisfies the specified printing condition.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 4
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, the structured data output program according to claim 19 of the present invention is provided with structured data which includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each of the elements. Which is a program for outputting an element having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority among the elements included in the reference priority holding means for holding the reference priority, and a print condition input means for inputting print conditions And a layout means for performing a layout on a computer capable of utilizing the above-mentioned elements having a priority higher than or equal to the reference priority of the reference priority holding means among the elements included in the structured data, and Executes a process realized as a reference priority adjusting unit that adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit based on the print condition input by the print condition input unit. The reference priority adjusting means adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding means so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition inputting means. It has become.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 5
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, a structured data output program according to a twentieth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output program according to the nineteenth aspect, wherein a print condition holding unit for holding the print condition and a reference for inputting the reference priority are provided. Further, it is realized as a print condition adjusting unit for a computer that can use the priority input unit, and further adjusts the print condition of the print condition holding unit based on the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit. A program for executing a process, wherein the printing condition adjusting means includes all of the elements included in the structured data, the priority of which is equal to or higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means is set. Is laid out by the layout means,
The printing conditions of the printing condition holding means are adjusted.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 6
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, the structured data output program according to claim 21 of the present invention is provided with structured data which includes a plurality of elements and which can be set the priority for each of the elements. Is a program for outputting elements of which priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority are set, the printing condition holding unit holding a predetermined printing condition, and the reference priority inputting the reference priority. Input to the computer that can use the input unit by the layout unit that performs layout so that the elements included in the structured data are satisfied with the printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit, and the reference priority input unit. A program for executing a process realized as a print condition adjusting unit that adjusts the print condition of the print condition holding unit based on the reference priority In the print condition adjusting means, all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means are laid out by the layout means. As described above, the printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit are adjusted.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 7
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
A structured data output program according to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention is the structured data output program according to the twenty-first aspect, in which a reference priority holding unit that holds the reference priority and the printing condition are input. Further, it is realized as a reference priority adjusting unit for a computer that can use the printing condition input unit, and further adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit based on the printing condition input by the printing condition input unit. Is a program for executing the processing, wherein the reference priority adjusting means has a reference priority of the reference priority holding means so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition inputting means. Is adjusted.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 8
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, the structured data output program according to claim 23 of the present invention is the structured data output program according to any one of claims 20 and 22, further comprising a printing means for printing the layout result of the layout means. It is a program for executing the realized processing.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 9
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described can be obtained.
Further, the structured data output program according to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output program according to the twenty-third aspect, which performs a process of deleting the structured data when printing by the printing unit is completed. It is a program to be executed.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 1
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described in 0 is obtained. Furthermore, the structured data output program according to claim 25 of the present invention is the structured data output program according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 24,
The printing condition indicates an upper limit of the printing amount, and the reference priority adjusting unit sets the priority higher than or equal to the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit among the elements included in the structured data. If the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input unit as a result of laying out all the items that have been printed by the layout unit, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is increased by a predetermined number. It is supposed to do.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 1
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described in 1 is obtained. Further, the structured data output program according to claim 26 of the present invention is the structured data output program according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 25,
The printing condition indicates an upper limit of the printing amount, and the reference priority adjusting unit sets the priority higher than or equal to the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit among the elements included in the structured data. When the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input unit as a result of laying out all the items, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is set to a predetermined number. It is decreasing.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 1
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described in 2 is obtained. Furthermore, the structured data output program according to claim 27 of the present invention is the structured data output program according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 26,
The printing condition indicates an upper limit of the printing amount, and the printing condition adjusting means sets the priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means among the elements included in the structured data. If the printed amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit as a result of laying out all the existing items by the layout unit, the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit is increased by a predetermined amount. It is like this.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 1
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described in 3 is obtained. Further, the structured data output program according to claim 28 of the present invention is the structured data output program according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 27,
The printing condition indicates an upper limit of the printing amount, and the printing condition adjusting means sets the priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means among the elements included in the structured data. If the printed amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit as a result of laying out all the printed items by the layout unit, the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit is decreased by a predetermined amount. It is supposed to do.

With such a configuration, the program is read by the computer, and when the computer executes the process in accordance with the read program, the method according to claim 1
An effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device described in 4 is obtained. On the other hand, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the structured data output method according to claim 29 of the present invention is such that when structured data including a plurality of elements and for which a priority can be set for each element is given. A method of outputting elements included in the given structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority, wherein the elements included in the structured data are equal to or higher than the reference priority. The layout is performed with respect to which the priority is set, and when the print condition is designated, the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the designated print condition.

Further, in the structured data output method according to claim 30 of the present invention, in the structured data output method according to claim 29, when the reference priority is designated, it is included in the structured data. The printing condition is adjusted so that all of the elements to be laid out that have the priority higher than the specified reference priority are laid out.

Furthermore, the structured data output method according to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention is provided when structured data which includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set is given to each of the elements. A method of outputting elements included in the structured data, the priority of which is equal to or higher than a reference priority, and a layout for satisfying a predetermined printing condition for the elements included in the structured data. In addition, when the reference priority is specified, all the elements included in the structured data for which a priority equal to or higher than the specified reference priority is set are laid out. Adjust the printing conditions.

Further, in the structured data output method according to claim 32 of the present invention, when the printing condition is designated in the structured data output method according to claim 31,
The reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the specified printing condition. Furthermore, the structured data output method according to claim 33 of the present invention is such that, when structured data which includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each of the elements, is given. A method of outputting an element in which priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority among the elements included in are output, and a reference priority holding step of holding the reference priority in the reference priority holding means,
A print condition input step of inputting print conditions, and a layout step of laying out the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than or equal to the reference priority of the reference priority holding means. And a reference priority adjusting step for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding means based on the printing condition input in the printing condition input step, wherein the reference priority adjusting step includes The reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is adjusted so that the printing condition input in the printing condition input step is satisfied.

Further, a structured data output method according to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output method according to the thirty-third aspect, further comprising: A reference priority input step of inputting the reference priority, and a print condition adjusting step of adjusting the print condition of the print condition holding means based on the reference priority input in the reference priority input step, In the printing condition adjusting step, all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than the reference priority input in the reference priority input step are laid out by the layout step. Adjusting the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means.

Further, the structured data output method according to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention is provided when structured data which includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each element is given. A method for outputting an element having a priority equal to or higher than a reference priority among the elements included in the structured data, comprising a printing condition holding step of holding a predetermined printing condition in a printing condition holding means, and the reference Input in the reference priority input step for inputting the priority, a layout step for laying out the elements included in the structured data so as to satisfy the printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit, and the reference priority input step A print condition adjusting step for adjusting the print condition of the print condition holding means based on the standard priority that has been set, The printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit are set so that all the elements included in the data having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority input in the reference priority input step are laid out in the layout step. Adjust.

Further, a structured data output method according to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention is the structured data output method according to the thirty-fifth aspect, wherein the reference priority is held in the reference priority holding means. Degree holding step, a printing condition inputting step for inputting the printing condition, and a reference priority adjusting step for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding means based on the printing condition input in the printing condition inputting step. Including, the reference priority adjustment step,
The reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is adjusted so that the layout in the layout step satisfies the print condition input in the print condition input step.

Further, a structured data output method according to a thirty-seventh aspect of the present invention is the structured data output method according to any one of the thirty-fourth and thirty-sixth aspects, wherein the layout result of the layout step is further printed. Including a printing step. Furthermore, the structured data output method according to claim 38 of the present invention is the structured data output method according to claim 37, wherein when the printing in the printing step is completed, the structured data is deleted.

Further, the structured data output method according to claim 39 of the present invention is the structured data output method according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 38, wherein the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. In the reference priority adjusting step, all of the elements included in the structured data having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit are set by the layout step. As a result of the layout, when the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount input in the print condition input step, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is increased by a predetermined number.

Further, the structured data output method according to claim 40 of the present invention is the structured data output method according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 39, wherein the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. In the reference priority adjusting step, all of the elements included in the structured data having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit are set by the layout step. As a result of the layout, when the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount input in the print condition input step, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is decreased by a predetermined number.

Further, in the structured data output method according to claim 41 of the present invention, in the structured data output method according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 40, the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. In the printing condition adjusting step, all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than the reference priority input in the reference priority input step are set in the layout step. As a result of the layout, when the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit, the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit is increased by a predetermined amount.

Further, the structured data output method according to claim 42 of the present invention is the structured data output method according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 41, wherein the printing condition is an upper limit of a printing amount. In the printing condition adjusting step, all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than the reference priority input in the reference priority input step are set in the layout step. As a result of the layout, when the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit, the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit is decreased by a predetermined amount.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a structured data output device, a structured data output program, and a structured data output method according to the present invention. First, the configuration will be described.

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of the document exchange system 1. In FIG. 1, a document exchange system 1
Is configured to include the PCs 10 and 20, the small portable device 30, the projector 40, the smartphone 50, the card type information device 60, the server 70, and the Internet 80. Documents A and a to e in FIG. 1 indicate documents exchanged between the devices.

The PCs 10, 20, the small portable device 30, the projector 40, the smartphone 50, and the card-type information device 60 are terminals having a terminal-to-terminal communication function, and the PCs 10, 20 and the projector 4 are also provided.
0 is configured to be communicable with the server 70 via the Internet 80. Hereinafter, regarding these terminals, the small portable device 30 will be described as a representative of devices having only an inter-terminal communication function, and the PC 10 will be described as a representative of devices capable of communicating with the server 70 via the Internet 80.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the PC 10. In FIG. 2, the PC 10 is a CP
U (Central Processing Unit) 11 and memory 12
A file system 13, an inter-terminal communication interface 14, a network interface 15, and I
An I / O controller 16, an I / O device 17, a display controller 18, a display device 19, and a printing device 19b.

The CPU 11 controls the entire PC 10 and reads and executes programs relating to various processes stored in the file system 13 according to various instruction signals input from the I / O device 17. For example, CP
When the U11 receives the structured document data from another terminal such as the small portable device 30, the U11 executes the structured document data receiving process and adapts the content of the received structured document data to the setting of the own device. indicate. Then, the CPU 11 stores the processing results of executing the various programs in a predetermined area of the memory 12 or the file system 13, or the display device 1
9 and output to the printing device 19b.

The memory 12 temporarily stores various data generated in various processes executed by the CPU 11. The file system 13 is a nonvolatile storage device (storage medium) such as a hard disk device or a flash ROM.
Composed of. The file system 13 stores a program for the structured document data reception process and a program for various processes for controlling the PC 10.

The terminal communication interface 14 is Ir
A communication interface such as DA (Infrared Data Association) and Bluetooth (CP), and CP
Various data instructed to be transmitted from U11 are subjected to data conversion processing into a predetermined format for performing inter-terminal communication, and output to another terminal such as the small mobile device 30. Further, the terminal-to-terminal communication interface 14 performs a predetermined data conversion process on a signal received from another terminal and outputs the signal to the CPU 11.

The network interface 15 is L
The server 70 is a communication interface such as an AN adapter or a modem for dial-up connection, and performs data conversion processing on various data instructed to be transmitted from the CPU 11 into a predetermined format for transmission via the Internet 80. Send to. Further, the network interface 15 subjects the signal received via the Internet 80 to predetermined data conversion processing and outputs the signal to the CPU 11.

The I / O controller 16 is the I / O device 1
The input of the signal input from the CPU 7 to the CPU 11 is controlled. The I / O device 17 includes a pointing device such as a key switch, a touch panel, or a mouse, and outputs a key switch depression signal and a pointing device position signal to the CPU 11 via the I / O controller 16.

The display controller 18 controls the output of the display data displayed on the display device 19 to the display device 19. The display device 19 is, for example, a dot matrix type color liquid crystal display cell or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).
And various data input from the display controller 18 are displayed. The device for browsing the document may be a printing device or the like in addition to the display device 19, and the contents of the structured document data may be printed and browsed.

Next, the hardware configuration of the small portable device 30 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the small mobile device 30. In FIG.
The small mobile device 30 has a network interface 1
The configuration is the same as that of the PC 10 except that 5 is not included. Therefore, regarding the configuration of each part, the description of each part of the PC 10 will be referred to, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The server 70 is a general Web server, which stores structured document data transmitted from a terminal such as the PC 10 and is structured according to an access from any terminal to the structured document data. Send document data. In the document exchange system 1, the PC 10
Documents of a predetermined format created on a terminal such as the above are exchanged.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of documents exchanged in the document exchange system 1. In FIG. 4, the documents to be exchanged are XHTML (HyperText Markup).
Language) Document data having a tree structure described based on Basic. The language used to describe the document data is not limited to other languages (XH
It can be described in a language based on XML such as TML1.0). Then, the "alternate" attribute indicating the URL (Universal Resource Locater) of the stored server is set in this document, and the "priority" attribute is set in each element of the document. (See FIG. 5). This priority is an attribute indicating the order of priority in displaying each element, and whether or not each terminal displays each element in the structured document data according to the priority set according to the device performance of its own device. It is for determining whether or not. As the priority, as shown in FIG. 5, "mandatory (required)" indicating the highest priority, "high (high priority)" indicating the second highest priority, and the third highest priority. It is possible to set "middle" and "low", which indicates the lowest priority.
The "element" is information described in the area specified by the start tag and the end tag in the structured document data, and includes the output content (for example, image, voice or text). ), And an element having format information relating to the output format (for example, font size, table size or link destination setting). The XML format also allows elements to be combined hierarchically. For example, when a certain article is displayed and a related image and sound are also output, in the XML format, the image data regarding the image corresponding to the article is placed in a lower hierarchy of the text data describing the article content. Structured document data is created by combining and the voice data regarding the voice corresponding to the article. In this case, the structured document data has a tree structure. Hereinafter, the elements of each layer will be appropriately referred to as "branches".

Next, the functional configurations of the PC 10 and the small portable device 30 for exchanging the structured document data shown in FIG. 4 with the above hardware configuration will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the PC 10. In FIG. 6, the PC 10 includes an inter-terminal communication unit 100, a network communication unit 102, a structure analysis unit 104, a reference priority input unit 106, a reference priority holding unit 108, a printing condition input unit 110, and printing. The condition holding unit 112, the layout unit 114, the reference priority adjusting unit 116, the printing condition adjusting unit 118, the display unit 120, and the printing unit 122 are included.

The terminal-to-terminal communication section 100 is mainly composed of the processing executed by the CPU 11 and the terminal-to-terminal communication interface 14, and transmits / receives structured document data to / from other terminals. The inter-terminal communication unit 100 also outputs the received structured document data to the structure analysis unit 104. The structure analysis unit 104 is mainly configured by processing executed by the CPU 11, analyzes the tree structure of structured document data and the “priority” attribute of each element, and further extracts the URL indicated by the “alternate” attribute. . Also, as a result of analyzing the structured document data, if there is a deleted portion in the content of the received structured document data, the extracted URL
To access the server 70 to download the original structured document data (structured document data stored by the document creator), and analyze the downloaded structured document data again. Then, the structure analysis unit 10
The layout unit 11 displays the analysis result of the structured document data.
Output to 4.

The network communication unit 102 is mainly a CPU
Processing executed by 11 and network interface 1
5, and the structural analysis unit 104 is configured to include the server 70.
Access to the server 70, the server 70 communicates with the server 70 via the Internet 80. That is, the network communication unit 102 transmits a structured document data transmission request to the server 70 based on the URL input from the structure analysis unit 104, and when the structured document data is received, the structured document data is transmitted. The data is output to the structure analysis unit 104.

The reference priority input unit 106 is mainly composed of the I / O device 17, and can input the reference priority. The input reference priority is stored in the reference priority holding unit 108.
And output to the print condition adjusting unit 118. The reference priority holding unit 108 is mainly configured by the memory 12 and can hold the reference priority. The held reference priority is set by the reference priority input unit 106 or the reference priority adjusting unit 116. Can be rewritten.

The print condition input unit 110 is mainly composed of the I / O device 17, can input the print condition, and outputs the input print condition to the print condition holding unit 112 and the reference priority adjusting unit 116. To do. As printing conditions,
For example, the maximum number of printed pages can be entered. The print condition holding unit 112 is mainly configured by the memory 12 and can hold the print condition. The held print condition is rewritten by the print condition input unit 110 or the print condition adjusting unit 118.

The layout section 114 is mainly composed of processing executed by the CPU 11, and has a reference priority holding section 10.
The layout is performed based on the reference priority of 8, the print condition of the print condition holding unit 112, and the analysis result of the structure analysis unit 104. Specifically, the reference priority holding unit 108 is configured by the reference priority input unit 106 and the reference priority adjustment unit 116.
When the reference priority of is rewritten, a layout in which the reference priority is given priority over the printing condition (hereinafter, referred to as reference priority priority type layout) is performed, and the print condition input unit 11
When 0 and the print condition of the print condition holding unit 112 is rewritten by the print condition adjusting unit 118, a layout in which the print condition is prioritized over the reference priority (hereinafter, referred to as a print condition priority type layout) is performed. In addition, the reference priority priority type layout is performed both when the reference priority and the print condition are not rewritten and when the print condition is not held in the print condition holding unit 112.

In the reference priority priority type layout, the reference priority holding unit 10 among the elements included in the structured document data is used.
The layout is performed for the objects having the priority higher than the reference priority of 8. Therefore, depending on the content of the structured document data and the reference priority, the layout result may exceed the maximum print page number or may not reach the maximum print page number.

The print condition priority type layout targets the elements included in the structured document data as the print condition holding unit 11
Layout is performed so as to satisfy the printing condition of 2. Therefore, depending on the content of the structured document data and the printing conditions, all of the elements included in the structured document data having the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 may not be laid out. is there.

The reference priority adjusting unit 116 mainly uses the CPU 1
1 is executed by the print condition input unit 1
When the print condition is input from 10, the layout unit 11
The reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 is adjusted so that the layout of No. 4 satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition input unit 110. Specifically, as a result of laying out all the elements included in the structured document data with the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 by the layout unit 114, the layout result print page When the number exceeds the print condition (maximum print page number) input in the print condition input unit 110, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 is increased by one. When the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 is “mandatory (required)”, the reference priority cannot be increased any more, and therefore even if the layout by the layout unit 114 does not satisfy the printing condition. , Adopt the layout at that time.

Further, as a result of laying out all the elements included in the structured document data for which the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 is set by the layout unit 114, the layout result print page When the number is less than the print condition (maximum number of print pages) input in the print condition input unit 110, the reference priority holding unit 108
Decrement the reference priority of. If the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 108 is “low (low priority)”,
Since the reference priority cannot be further reduced, even if the layout by the layout unit 114 does not satisfy the printing condition, the layout at that time is adopted.

The printing condition adjusting unit 118 mainly includes the CPU 11.
Configured by the processing executed by the reference priority input unit 1
When the reference priority is input from 06, all the elements included in the structured document data for which the priority equal to or higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit 106 is set are laid out by the layout unit 114. As described above, the print condition of the print condition holding unit 112 is adjusted. Specifically, among the elements included in the structured document data, all the elements having the priority higher than or equal to the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit 106 are laid out by the layout unit 114. The number of print pages is the print condition of the print condition holding unit 112 (the maximum number of print pages)
When it exceeds, the maximum number of print pages of the print condition holding unit 112 is increased by one page.

Also, among the elements included in the structured document data, all of the elements having a priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit 106 are set in the layout unit 1.
When the number of printed pages of the layout result is less than the printing condition (maximum number of printed pages) of the printing condition holding unit 112 as a result of the layout by 14, the maximum number of printed pages of the printing condition holding unit 112 is decreased by one. When the maximum number of printed pages in the print condition holding unit 112 is “1”, the maximum number of printed pages cannot be further reduced, and therefore the layout at that time is adopted.

The display section 120 is mainly composed of processing executed by the CPU 11, and displays the layout result of the layout section 114 on the display device 19. The printing unit 122
The layout result of the layout unit 114 is output to the printing device 19b when the user receives a request to print the layout result of the layout unit 114, which is mainly configured by processing executed by the CPU 11.

When the printing by the printing device 19b is completed, the structured document data relating to the printing is deleted. On the other hand, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the small mobile device 30. In FIG. 7, the small portable device 30
Is an inter-terminal communication unit 300, a structure analysis unit 304, a reference priority input unit 306, a reference priority holding unit 308, a printing condition input unit 310, a printing condition holding unit 312, a layout unit 314, The reference priority adjustment unit 316, the printing condition adjustment unit 318, the display unit 320, and the printing unit 322 are included. The functional configuration of the small mobile device 30 is the same as the corresponding portion of the PC 10 except for the network communication unit 102, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the operation of the entire document exchange system 1 will be described. In the document exchange system 1, one of the terminals, for example, the PC 10
The user creates a document, stores the document (original document A in FIG. 1) in the server 70, and transmits it to another terminal, for example, the small portable device 30.

When the small portable device 30 receives the structured document data from another terminal such as the PC 10, it executes the structured document data receiving process, and after evaluating the priority of each element of the received structured document data. , The predetermined content of the structured document data is displayed according to the evaluated priority. Further, the small mobile device 30 further transmits the structured document data (document a in FIG. 1) subjected to the structured document data reception processing to the projector 40. Then the projector 40
Accesses the server 70 based on the URL included in the received structured document data, and downloads the original structured document data (original document A in FIG. 1). Then, the projector 40 displays each element based on the priority in the structured document data.

Further, the projector 40 transmits the structured document data (structured document data b in FIG. 1) processed by the projector 40 to the smartphone 50. The smartphone 50 displays the contents of the structured document data received based on the priority of each element, and outputs the structured document data (structured document data c in FIG. 1) processed by the device itself to the card-type information device 60. Send to.

The card type information device 60 displays the content of the structured document data received based on the priority of each element,
The structured document data processed by the device itself (structured document data d in FIG. 1) is transmitted to the PC 20. Here, the card type information device 60 is a device having extremely low device performance such as a very limited storage capacity, and the original structured document data is stored among the elements included in the structured document data. Only the element with the highest priority such as the URL of the server 70 is saved. Then, the card-type information device 60 transmits the stored structured document data to the PC 20.

When the PC 20 receives the structured document data from the card type information device 60, the PC 20 executes the structured document data receiving process. Then, since the received structured document data includes only the element with the highest priority, the PC 20 accesses the server 70 based on the URL included in the structured document data, and the original structured document data is obtained. Document data (original structured document data A in Figure 1)
Download and view its contents.

Next, the operation of each terminal in the above operation will be described by taking the small portable device 30 as an example. The small mobile device 30 executes the structured document data reception process by the functional configuration shown in FIG. When the small portable device 30 receives the structured document data by the inter-terminal communication unit 300, it starts the structured document data reception process, and first, the structure analysis unit 3
By 04, the tree structure of the structured document data and the priority set for each element (see FIG. 8) are analyzed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the tree structure of the original structured document data shown in FIG. 4 and the priority set for each element. In the example of FIG. 8, the elements are connected hierarchically. The element 502 (“head”) and the element 504 (“body”) belong to the immediately lower hierarchy of the element 500 (“html”) of the highest hierarchy. An element 506 (“div”) and an element 508 are provided in the immediately lower hierarchy of the element 504.
(“Div”) and element 510 (“div”) belong. The element 512 is placed immediately below the element 506 in the element 512.
(“H1”), element 514 (“h2”) and element 516
(“H3”) belongs. The element 518 (“p”), the element 520 (“p”), and the element 522 (“p”) belong to the immediately lower hierarchy of the element 508. The element 524 (“h2”) and the element 526 are provided in the immediately lower hierarchy of the element 510.
(“P”), element 528 (“p”) and element 530
("P") belongs. Note that the elements 508, 512-
530 includes text data. Therefore,
The elements 508, 512-530 are specific elements. Further, the elements 500 to 530 have a priority of “mandator
y ”,“ mandatory ”,“ mandatory ”,“ mandatory ”,
"High", "mandatory", "high", "high", "mid"
dle ”,“ middle ”,“ low ”,“ low ”,“ high ”,“ l ”
ow ”,“ middle ”and“ middle ”are set respectively.

In the example of FIG. 8, all the elements 500
For a branch or an element whose priority is set to ~ 530 but the priority is not set, the priority set to the branch of the closest upper layer is set, and even in such a method, the priority is set. If is not determined,
Set the priority to "mandatory". Next, the layout unit 314 performs layout based on the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 308, the printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit 312, and the analysis result of the structure analysis unit 304.
In the initial state, the print condition is not held in the print condition holding unit 312, so that among the elements included in the structured document data, those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 308 are set. Layout is performed as a target. Then, the layout result is displayed on the display unit 320.

At this time, when the reference priority is "mandatory", the elements having "mandatory" as the priority among the elements included in the structured document data are laid out, and the reference priority is " high ”,
Elements with "mandatory" and "high" set as priorities are laid out. If the standard priority is "middle", the priority is "mandator".
Elements with y, “high”, and “middle” set are laid out, and if the reference priority is “low”, all elements are laid out.

As a result of the layout display, the user can adjust the layout if he / she wants more detailed information because the displayed information is too simple to be desired. The layout is adjusted by inputting a smaller reference priority to the reference priority input unit 306, or a larger maximum print page number is input to the print condition input unit 31.
It is done by inputting 0.

First, the case where the layout is adjusted so as to include more detailed information by inputting the reference priority into the reference priority input unit 306 will be described. When the user inputs a smaller reference priority to the reference priority input unit 306, the print condition adjustment unit 318 causes the print condition adjustment unit 318 to obtain a higher priority than the reference priority input from the reference priority input unit 306 among the elements included in the structured document data. The layout unit 314 lays out all the items for which priority is set.
The printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit 312 are adjusted. To adjust the printing conditions, first, the layout unit 314 causes the reference priority input unit 30 among the elements included in the structured document data.
All of the items having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority input in 6 are laid out. As a result, when the number of printed pages of the layout result exceeds the maximum number of printed pages of the printing condition holding unit 312, the maximum number of printed pages of the printing condition holding unit 312 is increased by one. Then, the layout unit 314 performs the layout again, but the re-layout and the increase of the reference priority are repeated until the layout result fits exactly within the maximum number of print pages.

Next, the case where the layout is adjusted so as to include more detailed information by inputting the maximum number of pages to be printed in the printing condition input unit 310 will be described. The user
When a larger maximum number of pages to be printed is input to the print condition input unit 310, the reference priority adjustment unit 316 causes the layout by the layout unit 314 to satisfy the print condition input by the print condition input unit 310. Three
The reference priority of 08 is adjusted. To adjust the standard priority,
First, the layout unit 314 lays out all the elements included in the structured document data for which the priority set to the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 308 or higher is set. As a result, when the number of printed pages of the layout result is less than the maximum number of printed pages input by the printing condition input unit 310, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 308 is decreased by one. Then, the layout unit 314 performs the layout again, but the re-layout and the reduction of the reference priority are repeated until the layout result is exactly within the maximum number of print pages.

As a result, if the detailed information is laid out to the extent desired by the user, the layout is ended. Part 31
Repeat the input to 0 in the same way as above. On the other hand, as a result of the layout display, the user can adjust the layout when the displayed information is more detailed than desired and thus the user desires simpler information. The layout is adjusted by inputting a larger reference priority into the reference priority input unit 306 or a smaller maximum print page number into the printing condition input unit 310.

First, a case will be described in which the reference priority is input to the reference priority input unit 306 to adjust the layout so as to include simpler information. When the user inputs a larger reference priority into the reference priority input unit 306, the print condition adjusting unit 318 causes the print condition adjusting unit 318 to obtain the element having the reference priority equal to or higher than the reference priority input from the reference priority input unit 306. The layout unit 314 lays out all the items for which priority is set.
The printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit 312 are adjusted. To adjust the printing conditions, first, the layout unit 314 causes the reference priority input unit 30 among the elements included in the structured document data.
All of the items having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority input in 6 are laid out. As a result, if the number of printed pages of the layout result is less than the maximum number of printed pages of the printing condition holding unit 312, the maximum number of printed pages of the printing condition holding unit 312 is decreased by one. Then, the layout unit 314 performs the layout again, but the re-layout and the reduction of the reference priority are repeated until the layout result is exactly within the maximum number of print pages.

Next, a case will be described in which the maximum print page number is input to the print condition input unit 310 to adjust the layout so as to include simpler information. The user
When a smaller maximum print page number is input to the print condition input unit 310, the reference priority adjustment unit 316 causes the reference priority storage unit 316 to ensure that the layout by the layout unit 314 satisfies the print condition input by the print condition input unit 310. Three
The reference priority of 08 is adjusted. To adjust the standard priority,
First, the layout unit 314 lays out all the elements included in the structured document data for which the priority set to the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 308 or higher is set. As a result, when the number of printed pages of the layout result exceeds the maximum number of printed pages input by the printing condition input unit 310, the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit 308 is increased by one. Then, the layout unit 314 performs the layout again, but the re-layout and the increase of the reference priority are repeated until the layout result fits exactly within the maximum number of print pages.

As a result, when the simple information is laid out to the extent desired by the user, the layout is completed. However, when the simple information is not laid out yet, the reference priority input section 306 or the print condition input is executed. Part 31
Repeat the input to 0 in the same way as above. When the layout is completed, the user inputs a request to print the layout result, the printing unit 322 outputs the layout result of the layout unit 114 to the printing apparatus 39b, and the printing apparatus 39b performs printing. When the printing is completed, the structured document data related to the printing is deleted.

Thus, in this embodiment, the reference priority holding units 108 and 308 that hold the reference priority,
Print condition input sections 110 and 310 for inputting print conditions,
Among the elements included in the structured document data, the layout sections 114 and 314 for performing layout for elements having the priority higher than or equal to the reference priority of the reference priority holding sections 108 and 308, and the printing condition input section 110. , 310, the reference priority holding units 108, 3 based on the printing conditions input.
A reference priority adjusting unit 116 for adjusting the reference priority of 08,
316, and the reference priority adjustment units 116 and 316,
The reference priorities of the reference priority holding units 108 and 308 are adjusted so that the layouts by the layout units 114 and 314 satisfy the printing conditions input by the printing condition input units 110 and 310.

Accordingly, by inputting the printing conditions, the reference priority holding units 108 and 308 are set so that the layouts by the layout units 114 and 314 satisfy the printing conditions.
Since the reference priority of is adjusted, detailed information can be printed on the small portable device 30 having low device performance, and simple information can be printed on the PC 10 having high device performance. Therefore, it is possible to print with a content that is relatively in line with the user's preference as compared with the related art.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the print condition holding units 112 and 312 that hold the print conditions, the reference priority input units 106 and 306 that input the reference priority, and the reference priority input units 106 and 306 are used. Print condition adjusting units 118 and 318 that adjust the print conditions of the print condition holding units 112 and 312 based on the input reference priority, and the print condition adjusting units 118 and 318 are included in the structured document data. The print conditions of the print condition holding units 112 and 312 are set so that the layout units 114 and 314 lay out all of the items having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority levels input by the standard priority level input units 106 and 306. It is supposed to be adjusted.

Thus, by inputting the reference priority, the printing condition holding unit 112 is arranged so that all the elements included in the structured document data for which the priority higher than the reference priority is set are laid out. , 312 are adjusted, the print content can be adjusted by specifying the print condition or the reference priority. Therefore,
The degree of freedom in adjustment is improved, and it is possible to print with content that is more in line with the user's preference.

Further, in the present embodiment, the printing device 19
When printing by b or 39b is completed, the structured document data is deleted. As a result, the structured document data is deleted after printing, so that the memory load can be reduced in the small portable device 30 having low device performance. In the above-mentioned embodiment, the structured document data are the claims 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 10 to 17,
19 to 21, 24 to 31, 33 to 35, 3
Corresponding to the structured data described in 8 to 42, the reference priority input units 106 and 306 are set to claim 6, 7, 13, 14,
It corresponds to the reference priority input means described in 20, 21, 27 or 28. In addition, the reference priority input units 106 and 30
The input by 6 corresponds to the reference priority input step according to claim 34, 35, 41 or 42, and the reference priority holding unit 108, 308 sets the input according to claim 5, 8, 11, 12, 1.
It corresponds to the reference priority holding means described in 9, 22, 25, 26, 33, 36, 39 or 40.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the holding by the reference priority holding units 108 and 308 corresponds to the reference priority holding step described in claim 33 or 36, and the printing condition input units 110 and 310 claim. 5, 8, 11, 1
The print condition input means 110, 310 corresponds to the print condition input means described in 2, 19, 22, 25 or 26 and the print condition input step according to claim 33, 36, 39 or 40. . In addition, the print condition holding unit 1
12, 312 are claims 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, and 2.
The printing condition holding unit 112, 31 corresponds to the printing condition holding unit described in 1, 27, 28, 34, 35, 41 or 42.
The holding by 2 corresponds to the printing condition holding step of claim 34 or 35.

In the above embodiment, the layout sections 114 and 314 correspond to the layout means described in claims 5 to 9, 11 to 14, 19 to 23, and 25 to 28, and the layout sections 114 and 314 perform layout. Corresponds to the layout step described in claims 33 to 37 and 39 to 42. In addition, the reference priority adjusting units 116 and 316 are configured so that
It corresponds to the reference priority adjusting means described in 2, 19, 22, 25 or 26, and the adjustment by the reference priority adjusting unit 116, 316 corresponds to the reference priority adjusting step according to claim 33, 36, 39 or 40. is doing.

Further, in the above embodiment, the print condition adjusting units 118 and 318 are provided with the print condition adjusting units 118 and 318.
Corresponding to the print condition adjusting means described in 20, 21, 27 or 28, the adjustment by the print condition adjusting units 118 and 318 is
The printing condition adjusting step corresponds to the printing condition adjusting step described in claims 34, 35, 41 or 42. The printing unit 122 corresponds to the printing unit according to claim 9, 10, 23, or 24,
Printing by the printing unit 122 corresponds to the printing step according to claim 37 or 38.

In the above embodiment, the method of inputting the reference priority to the reference priority input units 106 and 306 was not particularly described, but, for example, a button corresponding to each reference priority is provided and The reference priority may be input by pressing any one of the buttons. Further, in the above embodiment, the method of inputting the print condition to the print condition input units 110 and 310 was not particularly described, but, for example, buttons corresponding to several kinds of maximum print pages are provided, and those buttons are provided. The printing condition can be input by pressing any one of them.

In the above embodiment, the structured data output device, the structured data output program, and the structured data output method according to the present invention are applied to the PCs 10 and 2.
0 and the case of being applied to the small mobile device 30 have been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to the printer itself. For example, if the printer is a rich device with a display, such as a kiosk terminal installed in a convenience store, lay it out with the reference priority once set to "low" Is displayed on the display unit 120. Based on the display result, the user uses the buttons attached to the terminal to set the printing conditions. When the printing conditions are changed, the layout is performed under the new printing conditions and the layout result is displayed again.
Display by 20. When the user presses the confirm button, the layout result displayed at that time is output from the printer. In a device such as a kiosk terminal, in addition to transmitting from the small mobile device 30 to the printer, the small mobile device 3 is automatically transmitted when the printer approaches the printer.
Data may be transmitted from 0 to the printer.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the structured document data in the XHTML format is taken up for explanation, but the XML based data may be used, or the XML defined by the user may be used. (XML tag set for specific purpose) may be used. By adding the attribute indicating the priority shown in FIG. 4 and the attribute indicating the network position of the original structured document data to the structured document data, it can be handled in the same manner as the above-described embodiment.

Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which the priority is set for each element of the structured document data has been described. It is also possible to set a "content type" indicating the kind of content of the element (see FIG. 9). That is, of the plurality of content types determined for each type of content of the element, a content type suitable for each element of the structured document data is set. On the other hand, each terminal may store a table for registering content types that can be processed by the own device, and refer to this table to determine an element to be stored (displayed) in the own device.

In this case, each terminal can store only the elements of the browsing (displaying) content suitable for its own device, and can efficiently and appropriately browse the content of the structured document data. For example, in the projector 40, only the elements related to the presentation sheet (elements indicating that the content type is the content of the presentation sheet) in the structured document data are stored and displayed, and the presentation is performed in the small portable device 30. Among the elements related to the sheet, it is possible to save only the element having a high priority and display a presentation having a simple content.

In the above embodiment, the structured document data is stored in the server 70 that stores the original document.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the URL of a specific application executed on the server 70 may be included. Then, the time when the specific application was accessed from each terminal
If it is provided with a function capable of acquiring statistical data such as frequency, it becomes possible to measure the promotion effect and the advertising effect due to the exchange of structured document data.

Further, when exchanging structured document data,
In the terminal, the structured document data may be edited by an application capable of editing the contents of the structured document data. In this case, each user who exchanges the structured document data can add a comment to the structured document data and send it to another terminal. Therefore, by acquiring these structured document data by the server 70, it becomes possible to perform a questionnaire of a fixed content, vote, or collect an atypical comment. The time when the server 70 acquires the structured document data may be the time when the terminal accesses the original structured document data of the server 70.

When performing terminal-to-terminal communication, the receiving side terminal transmits information about the device performance of its own device to the transmitting side terminal in advance, and the transmitting side terminal transmits the transmission data size to the receiving side terminal. May be further notified, the receiving terminal approves it, and only the approved element may be sent by the sending terminal. At this time, as an example of the data indicating the information on the device performance of the terminal on the receiving side, the priority allowable on the receiving side and the related content type can be considered.

Furthermore, when exchanging structured document data,
The transmission data may be encrypted or encoded into a binary code. At this time, if the receiving side terminal is configured to be able to decode each element, the decoding process can be performed quickly. Further, when the structured document data is linked with another file (a file of image data or moving image data, a style sheet, etc.), the linked files can be collectively encoded as one file.

In the above embodiment, the layout units 114 and 314 and the reference priority adjustment units 116 and 31 are used.
6. Printing condition adjusting units 118 and 318 and printing unit 12
In executing the processing by 2, 322, the case of executing the program stored in the file system 13, 33 has been described.
The program is not limited to this, and the program is stored in the memory 12, 3 from a storage medium in which the program showing these procedures is stored.
It is also possible to read it in 2 and execute it.

Here, the storage medium includes semiconductor storage media such as RAM and ROM, magnetic storage type storage media such as FD and HD, optical reading type storage media such as CD, CDV, LD and DVD, and MO and the like. The magnetic storage type / optical reading type storage medium includes any storage medium as long as it is a computer-readable storage medium regardless of the reading method such as electronic, magnetic, or optical.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the structured data output device, the structured data output program, and the structured data output method according to the present invention are applied to the network system including the Internet 80 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to, for example, a so-called intranet that performs communication by the same method as the Internet 80. Of course, the present invention is not limited to a network that communicates by the same method as the Internet 80, but can be applied to a normal network.

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As described above, according to the structured data output device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, by designating the printing condition, the reference priority is set so that the layout satisfies the printing condition. Is adjusted so that detailed information can be printed on such terminals when applied to terminals with low device performance, and simple information can be printed on such terminals when applied to terminals with high device performance. You can also do it. Therefore, as compared with the related art, it is possible to obtain an effect that the printing can be performed with the content relatively in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, by designating the reference priority, the priority higher than the reference priority is set among the elements included in the structured data. Since the printing conditions are adjusted so that all the printed items are laid out, the printing contents can be adjusted by designating the printing conditions or the reference priority. Therefore, the degree of freedom in adjustment is improved, and it is possible to obtain an effect that printing can be performed with the content that is further in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output device of the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, by designating the reference priority, among the elements included in the structured data, the priority equal to or higher than the reference priority is given. Since the printing conditions are adjusted so that all items for which device settings are set are laid out, detailed information can be printed on such terminals when they are applied to terminals with low device performance, and device performance is high. When applied to a terminal, simple information can be printed on such a terminal. Therefore, compared to the conventional
It is possible to obtain an effect that printing can be performed with content that is relatively in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output apparatus of the fourth aspect of the present invention, by designating the print condition, the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the print condition. The print content can be adjusted by specifying the degree or printing conditions. Therefore, the degree of freedom in adjustment is improved, and it is possible to obtain an effect that printing can be performed with the content that is further in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output device of the fifth, sixth, ninth to fourteenth aspects of the present invention, by inputting the printing condition, the reference priority is given so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the printing condition. Since the reference priority of the degree holding means is adjusted, detailed information can be printed on a terminal with low device performance, and detailed information can be printed on a terminal with high device performance. It is also possible to print brief information at the terminal. Therefore, as compared with the related art, it is possible to obtain an effect that the printing can be performed with the content relatively in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output device of the sixth aspect of the present invention, by inputting the reference priority, the priority higher than the reference priority is set among the elements included in the structured data. Since the printing conditions of the printing condition holding unit are adjusted so that all the printed items are laid out, the print contents can be adjusted by specifying the printing conditions or the reference priority. Therefore, the degree of freedom in adjustment is improved, and it is possible to obtain an effect that printing can be performed with the content that is further in line with the user's preference.

Furthermore, claims 7 to 14 according to the present invention
According to the described structured data output device, by inputting the reference priority, all the elements included in the structured data, which have the priority higher than the reference priority, are printed so as to be laid out. Since the printing condition of the condition holding means is adjusted, detailed information can be printed on such a terminal when applied to a terminal with low device performance, and such terminal when applied to a terminal with high device performance. It is also possible to print brief information in. Therefore, as compared with the related art, it is possible to obtain an effect that the printing can be performed with the content relatively in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output device of the eighth aspect of the present invention, by inputting the print condition, the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is set so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the print condition. Since the degree is adjusted, the print content can be adjusted by designating the reference priority or the print condition. Therefore, the degree of freedom in adjustment is improved, and it is possible to obtain an effect that printing can be performed with the content that is further in line with the user's preference.

Further, according to the structured data output device of the tenth aspect of the present invention, the structured data is deleted after printing, so that when applied to a terminal having low device performance, the memory load in such terminal is low. The effect of being able to reduce On the other hand, claim 1 according to the present invention
According to the structured data output program described in 5 or 16, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device according to claim 1 can be obtained.

Furthermore, according to the structured data output program of the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the second aspect can be obtained. further,
According to the structured data output program of the seventeenth or eighteenth aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the third aspect can be obtained. Further, according to the structured data output program of the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the fourth aspect can be obtained.

Furthermore, claims 19, 20 according to the present invention,
According to the structured data output program described in 23 to 28, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device according to claim 5 can be obtained. Further, according to the structured data output program of claim 20 of the present invention, the same effect as that of the structured data output device of claim 6 can be obtained.

Furthermore, claims 21 to 2 according to the present invention
According to the structured data output program of the eighth aspect, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the seventh aspect can be obtained. Furthermore, according to the structured data output program of the twenty-second aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the eighth aspect can be obtained. Further, according to the structured data output program of the twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the tenth aspect can be obtained.

On the other hand, claim 29 or 30 according to the present invention.
According to the structured data output method described above, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device according to claim 1 can be obtained. Further, according to the structured data output method of the thirtieth aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the second aspect can be obtained. Further, claim 31 according to the present invention
Alternatively, according to the structured data output method of 32, the same effect as that of the structured data output device of claim 3 is obtained.

Further, according to the structured data output method of the thirty-second aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the fourth aspect can be obtained. Further, according to the structured data output method of the present invention as claimed in claims 33, 34, 37 to 42, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of claim 5 can be obtained.

Further, according to the structured data output method of the 34th aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output apparatus of the 6th aspect can be obtained. Further, according to the structured data output method of the 35th to 42nd aspects of the present invention, the same effect as that of the structured data output device of the 7th aspect can be obtained. Further, claim 36 according to the present invention
According to the structured data output method described above, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device according to claim 8 can be obtained.

Further, according to the structured data output method of the thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, an effect equivalent to that of the structured data output device of the tenth aspect can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of a document exchange system 1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a PC 10.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a small mobile device 30.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of documents exchanged in the document exchange system 1.

Figure 5: "priority" attribute and "alternat"
It is a figure which shows the place where it describes with the value of an "e" attribute.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the PC 10.

7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the small mobile device 30. FIG.

8 is a diagram showing a tree structure of the original structured document data shown in FIG. 4 and a priority set for each element.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a document including various content types.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Document Exchange System 10, 20 PC 30 Small Portable Equipment 11, 31 CPU 12, 32 Memory 13, 33 File System 14, 34 Terminal Communication Interface 15 Network Interface 16, 36 I / O Controller 17, 37 I / O Device 18 , 38 Display controller 19, 39 Display device 19b, 39b Printing device 40 Projector 50 Smartphone 60 Card type information device 70 Server 80 Internet 100, 300 Inter-terminal communication unit 102 Network communication unit 104, 304 Structure analysis unit 106, 306 Reference priority Input unit 108, 308 Reference priority holding unit 110, 310 Printing condition input unit 112, 312 Printing condition holding unit 114, 314 Layout unit 116, 316 Reference priority adjusting unit 118, 318 Printing condition adjusting unit 1 0,320 display unit 122 or 322 printing unit 500 to 530 elements 508,512～530 specific element

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[Claims] 1. When structured data that includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each element is given, the priority of the elements included in the given structured data that is equal to or higher than the reference priority. Is a device for outputting items for which the priority is set or higher among the elements included in the structured data, and the printing condition is specified. The structured data output device is configured to adjust the reference priority so that the layout satisfies the specified printing condition. 2. In claim 1, when the reference priority is designated, all of the elements included in the structured data for which a priority equal to or higher than the designated reference priority is set. A structured data output device, characterized in that the printing conditions are adjusted so as to be laid out. 3. When the structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which the priority can be set is given, the priority of the elements included in the given structured data is equal to or higher than the reference priority. Is a device for outputting a set of items, the layout is performed so that a predetermined printing condition is satisfied for the elements included in the structured data, and when the reference priority is specified, The printing condition is adjusted so that all of the elements included in the structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the specified reference priority are laid out. Structured data output device. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the printing condition is designated, the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the designated printing condition. Structured data output device. 5. When structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which is capable of setting a priority is given, a priority higher than a reference priority among the elements included in the given structured data. Is a device for outputting the set reference priority holding means for holding the reference priority, a print condition input means for inputting print conditions, and the element included in the structured data Layout means for laying out those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means, and the reference of the reference priority holding means based on the print condition input by the print condition input means. A reference priority adjusting means for adjusting the priority, wherein the reference priority adjusting means determines that the layout by the layout means satisfies the print condition input by the print condition input means. , The structured data output apparatus characterized by being adapted to adjust the reference priority of the reference priority holding means. 6. The printing condition holding means for holding the printing conditions according to claim 5,
The print condition holding unit for adjusting the print condition of the print condition holding unit based on the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit; The condition adjusting means is arranged so that all the elements included in the structured data and having a priority equal to or higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means are laid out by the layout means. A structured data output device, characterized in that the printing condition of the printing condition holding means is adjusted. 7. When the structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which the priority can be set is given, the priority of the elements included in the given structured data is equal to or higher than the reference priority. Is a device for outputting a print condition holding unit that holds a predetermined print condition, a reference priority input unit that inputs the reference priority, and an element included in the structured data. Layout means for performing layout so as to satisfy the print conditions of the print condition holding means, and print condition adjustment for adjusting the print conditions of the print condition holding means based on the reference priority input by the reference priority input means. The print condition adjusting means is set with a priority higher than or equal to the reference priority input by the reference priority input means among the elements included in the structured data. As all are laid by the layout section, structured data output apparatus characterized by being adapted to adjust the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means. 8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising: a reference priority holding unit that holds the reference priority; a print condition input unit that inputs the print condition; and a print condition input by the print condition input unit. And a reference priority adjusting unit for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit so that the layout by the layout unit satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition input unit. Further, the structured data output device is characterized in that the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is adjusted. 9. The structured data output device according to claim 6, further comprising a printing unit that prints a layout result of the layout unit. 10. The structured data output device according to claim 9, wherein the structured data is deleted when printing by the printing unit is completed. 11. The print condition according to claim 6, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the reference priority adjusting unit is one of elements included in the structured data. As a result of laying out all those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means, the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input means. In this case, the structured data output device is characterized in that the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is increased by a predetermined number. 12. The print condition according to claim 6, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the reference priority adjusting unit is one of elements included in the structured data. As a result of laying out all those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means, the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input means. The structured data output device is characterized in that when not present, the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is decreased by a predetermined number. 13. The printing condition according to claim 6, wherein the printing condition indicates an upper limit of a printing amount, and the printing condition adjusting unit is the element included in the structured data. When the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit as a result of laying out by the layout unit all the items having the priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit. Is a structured data output device, wherein the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding means is increased by a predetermined amount. 14. The print condition according to claim 6, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the print condition adjusting unit is the element included in the structured data. As a result of laying out by the layout means all those having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means, the print quantity of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print quantity of the print condition holding means. In this case, the structured data output device is characterized in that the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding means is decreased by a predetermined amount. 15. When the structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which can set the priority is given, the priority higher than the reference priority among the elements included in the given structured data. Is a program for outputting the elements for which the priority is set to be equal to or higher than the reference priority among the elements included in the structured data, and the printing condition is specified. The structured data output program is a program for causing a computer to execute a process of adjusting the reference priority so that the layout satisfies the specified printing condition. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein when the reference priority is designated, all of the elements included in the structured data for which a priority equal to or higher than the designated reference priority is set. A structured data output program, which is a program for causing a computer to execute a process of adjusting the printing condition so that the layout is performed. 17. When structured data, which includes a plurality of elements and can be set for each of the elements, is given, priority among the elements included in the given structured data is equal to or higher than a reference priority. Is a program for outputting the set items, the layout is performed so that a predetermined printing condition is satisfied for the elements included in the structured data, and when the reference priority is specified, the A program for causing a computer to execute the process of adjusting the printing condition so that all of the elements included in the structured data and having the priority higher than the specified reference priority are laid out. A structured data output program characterized in that 18. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of adjusting the reference priority so that the layout satisfies the specified printing condition when the printing condition is specified. A structured data output program characterized by: 19. When the structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which the priority can be set, is given, the priority of the elements included in the given structured data is equal to or higher than the reference priority. Which is a program that outputs a set item, the reference priority holding unit that holds the reference priority, and the printing condition input unit that inputs printing conditions Based on the layout means for laying out the elements included in the data and having the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means, and the print condition input by the print condition input means. A program for executing processing realized as reference priority adjusting means for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding means, wherein the reference priority adjusting means The structured data output is characterized in that the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is adjusted so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the print condition input by the print condition input means. program. 20. The computer according to claim 19, wherein a printing condition holding unit that holds the printing condition and a reference priority input unit that inputs the reference priority are available, and the reference priority is further provided. A program for executing a process realized as a print condition adjusting unit that adjusts the print condition of the print condition holding unit based on the reference priority input by the input unit, wherein the print condition adjusting unit is the structured Among the elements included in the data, the print condition of the print condition holding means is set so that all the elements having the priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means are laid out by the layout means. A structured data output program characterized by being adapted for adjustment. 21. When structured data that includes a plurality of elements and whose priority can be set for each element is given, the priority of the elements included in the given structured data that is equal to or higher than the reference priority. To a computer that is capable of using a print condition holding unit that holds a predetermined print condition and a reference priority input unit that inputs the reference priority. Layout means for laying out elements included in the structured data so as to satisfy the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means, and the printing condition holding means based on the reference priority input by the reference priority input means. A program for executing processing realized as print condition adjusting means for adjusting print conditions, wherein the print condition adjusting means is included in the structured data. The print condition of the print condition holding means is adjusted so that all the elements having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means are laid out by the layout means. A structured data output program characterized by: 22. The computer according to claim 21, wherein a reference priority holding unit that holds the reference priority and a printing condition input unit that inputs the printing condition are available to the computer. Is a program for executing a process realized as a reference priority adjusting unit that adjusts the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit based on the printing condition input by the unit, the reference priority adjusting unit, A structured data output program for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding means so that the layout by the layout means satisfies the printing condition input by the printing condition input means. 23. The structured data output according to claim 20, further comprising a program for executing processing realized as a printing unit that prints the layout result of the layout unit. program. 24. The structured data output program according to claim 23, which is a program for executing a process of deleting the structured data when printing by the printing unit is completed. 25. The print condition according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 24, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the reference priority adjusting unit is one of elements included in the structured data. As a result of laying out all those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means, the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input means. In this case, the structured data output program is characterized in that the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is increased by a predetermined number. 26. The print condition according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 25, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the reference priority adjusting unit is one of elements included in the structured data. As a result of laying out all those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout means, the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount input by the print condition input means. A structured data output program, characterized in that when not present, the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is decreased by a predetermined number. 27. The printing condition according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 26, wherein the printing condition indicates an upper limit of a printing amount, and the printing condition adjusting unit is the element included in the structured data. When the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit as a result of laying out by the layout unit all the items having the priority higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input unit. Is a structured data output program, wherein the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding means is increased by a predetermined amount. 28. The printing condition according to any one of claims 20, 22 to 27, wherein the printing condition indicates an upper limit of a printing amount, and the printing condition adjusting unit is the element included in the structured data. As a result of laying out by the layout means all those having priority levels equal to or higher than the reference priority input by the reference priority input means, the print quantity of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print quantity of the print condition holding means. In this case, the structured data output program is characterized in that the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding means is decreased by a predetermined amount. 29. When structured data that includes a plurality of elements and can be set for each of the elements is given, a priority higher than a reference priority among the elements included in the given structured data. The method is to output the elements for which the priority is set and the layout conditions are set for the elements included in the structured data, and the printing conditions are specified. If so, the structured data output method is characterized in that the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the specified printing condition. 30. In claim 29, when the reference priority is designated, all of the elements included in the structured data for which a priority equal to or higher than the designated reference priority is set. A structured data output method, characterized in that the printing conditions are adjusted so as to be laid out. 31. When structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which is capable of setting a priority is given, a priority higher than a reference priority among the elements included in the given structured data. Is a method of outputting the set items, the layout is performed so as to satisfy a predetermined printing condition for the elements included in the structured data, and when the reference priority is specified, A structured data output method, characterized in that the printing condition is adjusted so that all of the elements included in the structured data and having a priority higher than the specified reference priority are laid out. . 32. The structured data output according to claim 31, wherein when the printing condition is designated, the reference priority is adjusted so that the layout satisfies the designated printing condition. Method. 33. When structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which is capable of setting a priority is given, a priority of a reference priority or higher among the elements included in the given structured data. A method of outputting the set reference, a reference priority holding step of holding the reference priority in a reference priority holding unit, a print condition input step of inputting a print condition, and the structured data A layout step of performing layout for elements included in the elements having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means, and the reference based on the print condition input in the print condition input step A reference priority adjusting step for adjusting the reference priority of the priority holding means, wherein the reference priority adjusting step includes the layout by the layout step. Said to satisfy printing conditions entered in the printing condition input step, the structured data output wherein the adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding means. 34. The print condition holding step of holding the print condition in a print condition holding means, the reference priority input step of inputting the reference priority, and the reference priority input step according to claim 33. A print condition adjusting step of adjusting the print condition of the print condition holding unit based on the input reference priority, wherein the print condition adjusting step includes the reference priority input step among the elements included in the structured data. 2. The structured data output method, wherein the printing condition of the printing condition holding unit is adjusted so that all of the items having a priority level equal to or higher than the reference priority level input in step 3 are laid out in the layout step. 35. When structured data including a plurality of elements and each of which is capable of setting a priority is given, a priority of a reference priority or higher among the elements included in the given structured data. A method of outputting a predetermined print condition, a print condition holding step of holding a predetermined print condition in a print condition holding unit, a reference priority input step of inputting the reference priority, and the structured data. A layout step for laying out elements included in the print condition holding means so as to satisfy the print conditions of the print condition holding means, and a print condition of the print condition holding means based on the reference priority input in the reference priority input step. And a print condition adjusting step for adjusting, wherein the print condition adjusting step is performed in the reference priority input step among the elements included in the structured data. All those reference priority over the priority that is set as is laid by the layout step, the structured data output method characterized in that to adjust the printing conditions of the printing condition holding means. 36. The method according to claim 35, further comprising a reference priority holding step of holding the reference priority in a reference priority holding means, a print condition input step of inputting the print condition, and a print condition input step. A reference priority adjusting step for adjusting the reference priority of the reference priority holding means based on the input printing condition, wherein the reference priority adjusting step is such that the layout by the layout step is input by the printing condition input step. The structured data output method, wherein the reference priority of the reference priority holding unit is adjusted so that the printing condition is satisfied. 37. The structured data output method according to claim 34, further comprising a printing step of printing the layout result of the layout step. 38. The structured data output method according to claim 37, wherein the structured data is deleted when printing in the printing step is completed. 39. The print condition according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 38, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the reference priority adjustment step is one of elements included in the structured data. As a result of laying out all those having a priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means by the layout step, the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount input in the print condition input step. In this case, the structured data output method is characterized in that the reference priority of the reference priority holding means is increased by a predetermined number. 40. The print condition according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 39, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the reference priority adjustment step is one of elements included in the structured data. As a result of laying out all the items having the priority higher than the reference priority of the reference priority holding means in the layout step, the print amount of the layout result satisfies the upper limit of the print amount input in the print condition input step. When there is not, the structured data output method, wherein the standard priority of the standard priority holding means is decreased by a predetermined number. 41. The print condition according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 40, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the print condition adjusting step includes: When the print amount of the layout result exceeds the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit as a result of laying out all the items having the priority higher than the reference priority input in the reference priority input step by the layout step. Is a structured data output method, wherein the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding means is increased by a predetermined amount. 42. The print condition according to any one of claims 34, 36 to 41, wherein the print condition indicates an upper limit of a print amount, and the print condition adjusting step includes: As a result of laying out all the items having the priority higher than the reference priority input in the reference priority input step by the layout step, the print amount of the layout result is less than the upper limit of the print amount of the print condition holding unit. In this case, the structured data output method is characterized in that the upper limit of the printing amount of the printing condition holding means is decreased by a predetermined amount.