JP5741219B2 - CONTENT GENERATION DEVICE, CONTENT GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content generation apparatus that generates new electronic magazine content with high readability by using format data used when producing a paper magazine.

  In recent years, the number of users who purchase electronic books is increasing worldwide. In the United States, the price of electronic books is cheaper than that of paper media and is easily available on the Internet. In addition, magazines are also becoming electronic, and computerized magazines have produced a great response. This electronic magazine is produced by using a paper magazine as an image and adding a movie or animation as a function as necessary. That is, an electronic magazine can be produced without much load if it simply digitizes the paper surface of a paper magazine as an image.

  Conventionally, there are the following two methods for creating an electronic magazine.

(Conventional method 1)
The format data format of a paper magazine is converted into an image format, which is used as an electronic magazine.

(Conventional method 2)
Use the “ePub format conversion function” of the typesetting software (for example, InDesign (registered trademark)) used in magazine production sites. ePub is one of the standards for e-books, mainly XHTML (Extensible), a technology used on the Web.
HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading)
This is a standardized package centering on Style Sheets. As a method similar to the ePub format conversion function, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for automatically extracting layout information as XML via PDF.

JP 2006-92462 A

  However, the technique of the conventional method 1 has a problem that it is difficult for the user to read because the size of the magazine paper surface and the size of the terminal for displaying the electronic magazine are not the same.

In the conventional method 2, elements (text and images) arranged on the paper surface can be taken out as a material. However, simply applying the “ePub format conversion function” causes the layout to be greatly shifted. In other words, if you simply use the “ePub format conversion function” to mechanically output each element as tagged text (XHTML) and display it as it is, each element will not be placed in line with the terminal, making it extremely readable. The layout will be low. Therefore, it is necessary to create CSS according to the terminal.
However, in order to create CSS, each element had to be named, which was cumbersome. In particular, in the case of a magazine in which a standard layout is repeated, the same naming operation must be repeated on many pages, and the burden on the content creator is very large.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide readability using format data used when producing a paper magazine without imposing a burden on the content creator. It is to provide a content generation device or the like that generates new electronic magazine content with high cost.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the first invention is a content generation device for generating electronic magazine content of a paper magazine in which a fixed layout is repeated, display means for displaying typesetting data of the paper magazine, and the typesetting A plurality of elements included in the data as a group, and a first assigning unit that assigns a first attribute name to each element included in any one of the plurality of designated groups; A second assigning unit that assigns a predetermined second attribute name to an element to which the first attribute name is not given, and the typesetting that the attribute name is given by the first and second assigning units Conversion means for converting data into a tagged text format and a style format, and before the data is included in the style format converted by the conversion means A registration unit that compares the style information of the first attribute name and the style information of the second attribute name and, if they match, registers the attribute names in association with each other in the attribute name replacement table; A content generating device comprising: a changing unit configured to change the second attribute name included in the tagged text format to the first attribute name according to the attribute name replacement table registered in the unit. It is.
According to the first invention, it is possible to generate new electronic magazine content with high readability by using the format data used when producing a paper magazine without burdening the content creator.

After the change is made by the change means, the apparatus further comprises a first deletion means for deleting the second attribute name remaining in the tagged text format.
As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of manually editing the tagged text format.

The image processing apparatus further includes second deletion means for deleting the second attribute name from the style format.
Thereby, it is possible to save the trouble of manually editing the style format.

The image processing apparatus further includes correction means for correcting the style information of the style format in accordance with display conditions of a terminal that displays the electronic magazine content.
This makes it possible to provide electronic magazine content with high readability that is optimal for the terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the content generation method of the content generation apparatus for generating the electronic magazine content of the paper magazine in which the standard layout is repeated , the control unit of the content generation apparatus displays the format data of the paper magazine. When the control unit, together with the designated plurality of elements included in the composition data as a group, the first attribute name to elements included in any one group of the specified plurality of groups Once applied, the first attribute name is not imparting element, the steps given with to grant second attribute name predetermined, the control section, attribute names given to front Stories step There a conversion step of converting the tagged text format and style format from the composition data attached, the control unit, in said converting step The style information of the first attribute name and the style information of the second attribute name included in the converted style format are compared, and if they match, the attribute names are associated with each other and the attribute names are replaced. A registration step of registering in the table, and the control unit changes the second attribute name included in the tagged text format to the first attribute name according to the attribute name replacement table registered in the registration step A content generation method comprising: a changing step.
According to the second invention, it is possible to generate new electronic magazine content with high readability by using the format data used when producing a paper magazine without imposing a load on the content creator.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display step of displaying format data of a paper magazine in which a standard layout is repeated on a computer, a plurality of elements included in the format data are specified as a group, and a plurality of specified groups A first assigning step of assigning a first attribute name to each element included in any one of the groups, and a second attribute name predetermined for the element to which the first attribute name is not assigned Are converted by the conversion step, the conversion step for converting the formatted data to which the attribute name is assigned in the first and second assignment steps into the tagged text format and the style format, and the conversion step. The style information of the first attribute name included in the style format is compared with the style information of the second attribute name. If the two match, the registration step of associating and registering the attribute names of the two in the attribute name replacement table, and the attribute name replacement table registered in the registration step, the first text included in the tagged text format And a change step of changing the attribute name of 2 to the first attribute name.
By installing the program according to the third invention on a general-purpose computer, the content generation device according to the first invention can be obtained.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content generation device or the like that generates new electronic magazine content with high readability by using format data used when producing a paper magazine without imposing a burden on the content creator. it can.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware of the content generation apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining an annotation process. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of typesetting data. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example in which group setting data of FIG. 3 is specified as a group. It is a figure which shows the example to which the annotation was provided with respect to each element of the group G1. It is a figure which shows the data structure example of XHTML converted from typesetting data. It is a figure which shows the data structure example of CSS converted from typesetting data. It is a figure which shows an example of an attribute name replacement table. It is a flowchart explaining a format conversion process. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure which changed the automatic assignment | providing attribute name contained in XHTML into the annotation attribute name. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure which deleted the removal candidate attribute contained in XHTML. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure which deleted the style information of the attribute of the automatically provided attribute name from CSS. It is an example of a display of the content for electronic magazines.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiments of the present invention]

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the content generation device 1. Note that the hardware configuration in FIG. 1 is an example, and various configurations can be adopted depending on the application and purpose.

  A computer that implements the content generation device 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a media input / output unit 13, a communication control unit 14, an input unit 15, a display unit 16, a peripheral device I / F (interface) unit 17, and the like. Connection is made via a bus 18.

The control unit 11 is a CPU (Central
Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only
Memory), RAM (Random Access)
Memory) and the like. The CPU calls a program stored in the storage unit 12, ROM, recording medium, etc. to a work memory area on the RAM and executes it, drives and controls each device connected via the bus 18, and the content generation device 1 The process to be described later is realized. The ROM is a non-volatile memory, and permanently stores programs such as computer boot programs, BIOS (Basic Input / Output System), data, and the like. The RAM is a volatile memory, and temporarily stores a program, data, and the like loaded from the storage unit 12, ROM, recording medium, and the like, and includes a work area used by the control unit 11 to perform various processes.

The storage unit 12 is an HDD (Hard
Disc Drive), and stores a program executed by the control unit 11, data necessary for program execution, an OS (operating system), and the like. As for the program, a control program corresponding to the OS and an application program for causing the content generation apparatus 1 to execute processing to be described later are stored. Each of these program codes is read by the control unit 11 as necessary, transferred to the RAM, read by the CPU, and executed as various means.

  The media input / output unit 13 (drive device) inputs / outputs data, for example, media such as a CD drive (-ROM, -R, -RW, etc.), DVD drive (-ROM, -R, -RW, etc.) Has input / output devices. The communication control unit 14 includes a communication control device, a communication port, and the like, and is a communication interface that mediates communication between the content generation device 1 and the network, and is connected via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet. Control communication with other computers.

  The input unit 15 inputs data and includes, for example, a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, and an input device such as a numeric keypad. An operation instruction, an operation instruction, data input, and the like can be performed on the content generation device 1 via the input unit 15.

  The display unit 16 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal panel, and a logic circuit (such as a video adapter) for realizing the video function of the content generation device 1 in cooperation with the display device.

The peripheral device I / F unit 17 is a port for connecting a peripheral device to the content generation device 1, and the content generation device 1 transmits and receives data to and from the peripheral device via the peripheral device I / F unit 17. The peripheral device I / F unit 17 is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) or IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers) 1394, RS (Recommended Standard) -232C, etc., and usually has a plurality of peripheral devices I / F. The connection form with the peripheral device may be wired or wireless. The bus 18 is a path that mediates transmission / reception of control signals, data signals, and the like between the devices.

  The content generating apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration is processed from the typesetting data (layout data) for paper magazines to typesetting software (for example, InDesign (registered trademark)) by the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. )) “EPub format conversion function” is used to generate new content for electronic magazines with high readability.

  First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the annotation processing of the formatted data executed by the content generation device 1 will be described. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8. FIG.

  Annotation is to add information (metadata) related to certain data as an annotation. Annotation processing in FIG. 2 is to add annotation to an object (title, description, image, etc.) included in one group of formatting data for a paper magazine, style information of the object to which the annotation is attached, This refers to a series of processes that compare the style information of objects that are not annotated and associate the same style information. The object is a generic term for a title, an explanatory text box, and an image included in the formatted data.

  In step S <b> 1, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 receives an input signal supplied in response to a user input from the input unit 15, reads out the format data of the paper magazine stored in the storage unit 12, and displays it. This is displayed on the part 16. Thereby, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, typesetting data for one page of the gourmet magazine is displayed on the display unit 16.

  In the example of FIG. 3, information about “Recommended A store” is displayed at the top of the right page of the page, information about “Ichioshi B store” is displayed at the bottom of the right page of the page, and the top of the left page of the page. Information on “Popular C Store” is displayed on the left side of the page, and information on “New Store D Store” is displayed at the bottom of the left page.

  The information related to “Recommended A Store” includes detailed information about the store (price, opening hours, address, TEL, etc.), images with file names “A1.png”, “A2.png”, “A3.png” Is displayed.

  In the information related to “Ichioshi B store”, detailed information of the store, images having file names “B1.png”, “B2.png”, and “B3.png” are displayed.

  In the information related to “Popular C Store”, detailed information about the store and images having file names “C1.png”, “C2.png”, and “C3.png” are displayed.

  In the information related to “D store newly opened”, detailed information of the store and an image having a file name “D1.png” are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the format data of the paper magazine used in the present embodiment has a standard layout in which a title, an image, a description, etc. are repeated a plurality of times on one page of the magazine paper.

  Text box objects including titles such as “Recommended A store” and “Ichioshi B store”, “Delicious yakiniku ...”, “A1.png”, “A2.png”, etc. Each object included in the composition data such as the image object is referred to as an “element”. Each element has position information.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S2, the user designates a group (one fixed pattern) using the input unit 15 on the screen displayed on the display unit 16 (FIG. 3). For example, the user can specify the group by clicking and dragging the start point (upper left) of the display area to be specified with the mouse of the input unit 15 and releasing the click at the end point (lower right). it can.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the typesetting data in FIG. 3 is specified as a group.

  In the example of FIG. 4, information related to “Recommended A store” is designated as group G1, information related to “Ichioshi B store” is designated as group G2, and information related to “popular C store” is designated as group G3. , Information related to “D store newly opened” is designated as group G4. Group names are automatically assigned in the specified order such as G1, G2, G3.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S3, the user assigns an annotation as a name (attribute name) to one group (the first group on the paper) on the screen displayed on the display unit 16 (FIG. 4). In this process, a name is assigned to each element (image, explanatory text, information text, etc.) included in a certain group. The annotation assignment method may be selected by the user from the selection column or may be directly input.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which annotations are given to each element of the group G1.

  The element “A1.png” is given the attribute name “Picture”, the element “Recommended A store” is given the attribute name “Title”, and the element “Yakiniku is delicious ...” Is given the attribute name “Comment”, and the attribute name “Information” is given to the element “price: from 3000 yen ...”.

  Hereinafter, an annotation given as an attribute name is referred to as “annotation attribute name”.

  Note that images (elements) such as “A2.png” and “A3.png” that are not annotated, and text (elements) such as “Left: Inside the store / →: Entrance to the store” are “removable elements”. Called.

Returning to the description of FIG. In step S4, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 uses XHTML (Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language) (tagged text format) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) (style) from the formatted data that has undergone the processing in steps S2 and S3. Format). XHTML refers to HTML (eXtensible) that is used to describe Web pages.
It has been redefined to conform to the Markup Language) specification. CSS is a standard that defines the layout of Web pages.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of XHTML converted from the formatted data.

  In the XHTML data example shown in FIG. 6, the contents of the group G1 composition data are described in the 2nd to 10th lines, the contents of the group G2 composition data are described in the 11th to 19th lines, The contents of the composition data of the group G3 are described in the lines from the 28th line to the 28th line, and the contents of the composition data of the group G4 are described in the 29th line to the 35th line.

  In FIG. 5, the content of the element with the attribute name “Picture” is described in the third line, and the content of the element with the attribute name “Title” is described in the fourth line. The content of the element with the attribute name “Comment” is described in the fifth line, and the content of the element with the attribute name “Information” is described in the sixth line. Yes.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 5, “no-styleN (N = serial number)” is automatically assigned as an attribute name to an element to which no annotation is attached, and the contents are described in the seventh to ninth lines. Has been. For example, in the typesetting data, attribute names are automatically assigned in order from the element located at the upper right to the element located at the lower left among the elements not annotated. Here, the same attribute name is automatically assigned to an element having the same style information as an element that has already been automatically assigned an attribute name. That is, “no-style1” is automatically given to the elements “A2.png” and “A3.png” having the same style information.

  Hereinafter, an automatically assigned attribute name is referred to as an “automatically assigned attribute name”. Note that an object included in the formatted data is referred to as an “element”, but each element converted into XHTML is hereinafter referred to as an “attribute”. Each attribute does not have position information.

  In addition, “no-styleN (N = serial number)” is automatically given as an attribute name to each attribute of the groups G2 to G4 to which no annotation is given, and the contents thereof are added to the 12th and subsequent lines. Have been described. However, as described above, the same attribute name is assigned to the attribute having the same style information.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the CSS data structure converted from the formatted data.

  In the CSS data example illustrated in FIG. 7, “color (font color)” is described as style information of the attribute “Picture” in the second line. As the style information of the attribute “Title” on the 5th to 8th lines, the style information of the attribute “Comment” on the 11th to 14th lines, and the attribute information “Information” on the 17th to 20th lines As style information, “font-family (font name)”, “font-style (font style)”, “font-size (font size)”, and “color” are described, respectively.

  Similarly, “color” is described as the style information of the attributes “no-style1” and “no-style3”, and “no-style2”, “no-style4”, “no-style5”, “no-style6” As the style information of the attribute, “font-family”, “font-style”, “font-size”, and “color” are described, respectively.

  For example, the style information of the attribute “Title” represents an element of “recommended A store” in the group G1 of the composition data in FIG. For example, the style information of the attribute of “no-style1” is “A2.png” and “A3.png” in the group G1 of the formatted data in FIG. 4 and “B2.png” and “B3.png” in the group G2. , Elements “c2.png” and “C3.png” in the group G3 are shown.

Returning to the description of FIG. In step S 5, the control unit 11 of the content generation apparatus 1, the attribute name selects one as the comparison reference attribute from the attribute of the group annotated. For example, one of “Picture”, “Title”, “Comment”, and “Information” is selected. In step S <b> 6, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 selects one as a comparison target attribute from the attributes of the group to which the attribute name is automatically assigned. For example, one of “no-style1” to “no-style6” is selected.

  In step S7, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 determines whether or not the style information of the comparison reference attribute selected in the process of step S5 matches the style information of the comparison target attribute selected in the process of step S6. judge. For example, the CSS data of FIG. 7 is analyzed, and the style information (font-family, font-style, font-size, color) of “Title” that is a comparison reference attribute and “no-style4” that is a comparison target attribute. It is determined whether the style information (font-family, font-style, font-size, color) matches. At this time, it is good also as "matching" only when all are the same, and it is good also as "matching" also when 1-3 are the same. This determination level can be arbitrarily changed by the user.

  In step S7, when the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 determines that the style information of the comparison reference attribute matches the style information of the comparison target attribute, the process proceeds to step S8. In step S <b> 8, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 associates the matched comparison reference attribute with the comparison target attribute and registers them in the attribute name replacement table in the storage unit 12. Thereby, for example, an attribute name replacement table T as shown in FIG. 8 is registered (stored) in the storage unit 12.

  In the example of FIG. 8, the information of “Picture = no-style3”, “Title = no-style4”, “Comment = no-style5”, “Information = no-style6” is registered in the attribute name replacement table T. .

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S9, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 determines whether all comparison target attributes have been selected. If it is determined that there is a comparison target attribute that has not yet been selected, the process returns to step S6, and Repeat the process. If it is determined in step S9 that all comparison target attributes have been selected, the process proceeds to step S10.

  In step S10, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 determines whether or not all comparison reference attributes have been selected. If it is determined that there is a comparison reference attribute that has not been selected, the control unit 11 returns to step S5, and Repeat the process. If it is determined in step S10 that all comparison reference attributes have been selected, the process ends.

  As described above, the attribute name annotated in the formatting data of the paper magazine is compared with the automatically given attribute name, and when the same style is determined, the attribute name is associated with the attribute name replacement table. T can be registered. Thereby, the attribute name automatically given can be replaced with the attribute name given the annotation by the process described later.

  In the above, the processing is performed in the order of step S3 and step S4. However, this order may be reversed. That is, the attribute name may be annotated by directly editing the converted XHTML.

  Next, the format conversion process executed by the content generation device 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the description of FIG. 9, specific processing contents will also be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12. The format conversion process of FIG. 9 indicates a series of processes for changing the automatically assigned attribute name to the annotation attribute name based on the attribute name replacement table T (FIG. 8).

  In step S <b> 21, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 acquires the attribute name replacement table T (FIG. 8) stored in the storage unit 12. In step S22, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 changes the automatically assigned attribute name included in XHTML (FIG. 6) to the annotation attribute name in accordance with the attribute name replacement table T acquired in the process of step S21. Further, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 stores the attribute as the automatically assigned attribute name that has not been changed to the annotation attribute name as “removal candidate attribute”.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure in which an automatically assigned attribute name included in XHTML is changed to an annotation attribute name.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the automatically assigned attribute names in the 12th to 15th lines, the 21st to 24th lines, and the 30th to 33rd lines are “Picture”, “Title”, The annotation attribute names of “Comment” and “Information” have been changed.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S23, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 stores the attribute that has been stored as “removal candidate attribute” in the process of step S22 and that has not been changed to the annotation attribute name as the automatically assigned attribute name. Delete from.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure in which a removal candidate attribute included in XHTML is deleted.

  As shown in FIG. 11, “no-style1” in the seventh to ninth lines, the sixteenth to eighteenth lines, the twenty-fifth to twenty-seventh lines, and the thirty-fourth line in FIG. ”And“ no-style2 ”attributes have been removed.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S <b> 24, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 stores the XHTML that has undergone the processing in steps S <b> 22 and S <b> 23 in the storage unit 12. In step S25, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 deletes the attribute style information of the automatically assigned attribute name from the CSS (FIG. 7).

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure in which style information of an attribute with an automatically assigned attribute name is deleted from CSS.

  As shown in FIG. 12, only the style information of the attributes “Picture”, “Title”, “Comment”, and “Information” remains, and the style information of the attributes “no-style1” to “no-style6” in FIG. Has been deleted.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S26, the control unit 11 of the content generation apparatus 1 acquires display conditions of a predetermined terminal for browsing the electronic magazine stored in the storage unit 12 in advance, and the CSS (FIG. 12) of the CSS is matched with the display conditions. Correct the style information of the annotation attribute name. In step S <b> 27, the control unit 11 of the content generation device 1 stores the CSS corrected in the process of step S <b> 26 in the storage unit 12.

  As described above, XHTML and CSS are changed to match the display conditions of the terminal, and new electronic magazine content with high readability corresponding to the terminal can be generated.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example in which electronic magazine content generated by the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 9 is displayed on the terminal 30.

  The display unit 31 of the terminal 30 displays information related to the “recommended A store” designated as the group G1. The user can turn pages by performing an operation of tracing from the right side of the screen to the left side of the screen on the display unit 31 having a touch panel function. As a result, as indicated by the tip of the arrow A1, the display unit 31 of the terminal 30 switches the display to information relating to “Ichioshi B store” designated as the group G2.

[Effects of the embodiment of the invention]
1. As described above, according to the content generation device 1 in the embodiment of the present invention, an annotation is given to a plurality of elements included in one group of typesetting data, and the elements having the same style information of other groups are added. On the other hand, it is possible to give the same attribute name (see steps S7 and S8 in FIG. 2 and step S22 in FIG. 9). As a result, the amount of work for manually assigning attribute names can be greatly reduced, and the content production cost can be reduced.

  2. Because electronic magazine content is composed of XHTML and CSS, it is possible to provide highly readable electronic magazine content that is optimal for the terminal by simply replacing CSS style information on terminals of different sizes. .

  3. In a terminal with a limited screen size, such as a smartphone (registered trademark), store information is often displayed one by one as shown in FIG. In many cases, only the minimum necessary information is extracted from a paper-based magazine and displayed. Therefore, by applying the present invention, attributes that are not annotated are automatically deleted (see step S23 in FIG. 9), so that only the minimum necessary information remains in XHTML, and XHTML is manually created. It becomes possible to save the trouble of editing.

  The preferred embodiments of the content generation device and the like according to the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ......... Content production apparatus 11 ......... Control part 12 ......... Storage part 15 ......... Input part 16 ......... Display part

Claims (6)

In a content generation apparatus that generates electronic magazine content for a paper magazine in which a fixed layout is repeated,
Display means for displaying typesetting data of the paper magazine;
A first assigning unit that designates a plurality of elements included in the formatted data as a group and assigns a first attribute name to each element included in any one of the plurality of designated groups; ,
Second assigning means for assigning a predetermined second attribute name to an element to which the first attribute name is not assigned;
Conversion means for converting from the typesetting data to which the attribute name is assigned by the first and second assigning means into a tagged text format and a style format;
The style information of the first attribute name included in the style format converted by the conversion means is compared with the style information of the second attribute name, and if the two match, the attribute names are associated with each other Registration means for registering in the attribute name replacement table,
Changing means for changing the second attribute name included in the tagged text format to the first attribute name according to the attribute name replacement table registered in the registration means;
A content generation apparatus comprising: 2. The content generation according to claim 1, further comprising: a first deletion unit that deletes the second attribute name remaining in the tagged text format after being changed by the changing unit. apparatus. The content generation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a second deletion unit that deletes the second attribute name from the style format. The content apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising correction means for correcting style information of the style format in accordance with display conditions of a terminal that displays the electronic magazine content. In a content generation method of a content generation apparatus that generates electronic magazine content of a paper magazine in which a fixed layout is repeated,
A display step in which the control unit of the content generation device displays the format data of the paper magazine;
Wherein the control unit, together with the designated plurality of elements included in the composition data as a group, the first attribute name is assigned to elements included in any one group of the specified plurality of groups If that, the first attribute name is not imparting element, the steps given with to grant second attribute name predetermined,
And a conversion step of the control unit, to convert from the attribute names given with the previous Symbol step has been granted typesetting data to a tagged text format and style format,
The control unit compares the style information of the first attribute name and the style information of the second attribute name included in the style format converted in the conversion step, and if both match, A registration step for associating attribute names with the attribute name replacement table,
The control unit changes the second attribute name included in the tagged text format to the first attribute name according to the attribute name replacement table registered in the registration step;
A content generation method comprising: On the computer,
A display step for displaying format data of a paper magazine in which a fixed layout is repeated;
A first assigning step of designating a plurality of elements included in the formatted data as a group and assigning a first attribute name to each element included in any one of the designated groups; ,
A second assigning step of assigning a predetermined second attribute name to an element to which the first attribute name is not given;
A conversion step of converting the typesetting data to which the attribute name is assigned in the first and second giving steps into a tagged text format and a style format;
The style information of the first attribute name included in the style format converted in the conversion step is compared with the style information of the second attribute name, and if the two match, the attribute names are associated A registration step for registering in the attribute name replacement table,
Changing the second attribute name included in the tagged text format to the first attribute name according to the attribute name replacement table registered in the registration step;
A program for running

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