JPH0715680B2 - Attribute Information Protection Processing Method in Structured Document Processing System - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Outline] In performing processing including document creation for one or more types of documents, a plurality of document processing software including a Japanese document processing mechanism is used and the document processing is performed. Regarding a print processing method in a structured document processing system capable of protecting attribute information of a structured document in which a hierarchical structure of the individual document created while using software is held as a structure , It was created by each document processing software for the purpose of making it possible to create a desired individual document while using the document processing software and individually instructing protection of attribute information about the created document. The contents of the document file should be integrated by the structured document corresponding to the hierarchical structure in the individual document above. In addition to providing the structured document file described above, the information regarding protection of the attribute information is described in the attribute information in the structure document, and it is possible to instruct whether the protection is necessary or not when creating the structure document.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an attribute information protection processing method in a structured document processing system, and particularly to a plurality of document processing software including a Japanese document processing mechanism in performing processing including document creation for one or more types of documents. Structured so that the attribute information of a structured document can be protected by holding the hierarchical structure of the document as a structure for an individual document created while using the document processing software. The present invention relates to an attribute information protection processing method in a document processing system.

Currently, OA systems are being used generally, and OA resources such as software and document files are increasing. Therefore, it is demanded that various documents be easily created and managed as structured documents while utilizing these resources. When creating a structured document, it is desirable to individually instruct protection of attribute information.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional OA processing system, the software is created for each of the objects to be created (Japanese sentences, line drawings, images, graphs, English sentences, etc.) and processed individually.

However, recently, it has been considered to make a document processing system in such a manner that the above individual processes can be appropriately called and processed as needed. Such a document processing system will be referred to as a structured document processing system in the present specification. However, in the structured document processing system, the protection of the attribute information of the created structured document is individually instructed. Is desired.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

As described above, in the conventional case, the accumulated OA resources can be used only by the system corresponding to each purpose, and the existing OA resources such as existing software and document files can be used.
It was not possible to use resources as needed. Therefore, it was not necessary to consider protection of attribute information for structured documents. Furthermore, in a structured document in which a logical structure corresponding to the hierarchical structure of an individual document is described as a structure (this will be apparent in the description below), protection of attribute information set for each node is protected. I had no idea to try.

In the structured document processing system, a logical structure common to individual documents is created, and based on that, a logical structure unique to individual documents is created. At this time, a function for standardization and standardization common to all logical structures specific to individual documents is required. For this reason, it is necessary to have a function that makes it impossible to change the attribute information of the logical structure that should be standardized and standardized. That is, when the attribute information of the common logical structure is changed when the logical structure unique to the individual document is created, the standardization and standardization of the document may not be realized.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to create a desired individual document while using the document processing software, and to individually instruct protection of attribute information about the created document.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. Reference numeral 1-i in the figure
Is an individual document, 2-1, 2-2, ... is a document file that holds the contents of the individual document, 5 is a document processing function unit that executes individual document processing, 6 is a common structural document, and 7 is the document contents Document holding function unit, 5-1 is creation processing function, 5-2 is creation output, 5-11 is attribute information decoding unit, 5-12 is attribute information setting / changing unit, 5-13 is individual document content reading unit Is represented.

A desired individual document 1-i, such as an individual document such as an office document, a technical document, a report, a guidebook, a manual, and a technical manual, which is actually to be created, is generally a document name, a cover, a chapter 1, It has a hierarchical structure like Section 1.1, Section 1.2 ..., Chapter 2 ,. In the case of the present invention, paying attention to the hierarchical structure (tree structure) of the individual document 1-i, the structural document 6-for the individual document 1-i in which the logical structure corresponding to the hierarchical structure is described as a structure. to have i. And
The structural document 6-i is used to designate the document files 2-1, 2-2, ... In which the contents of the individual document 1-i are stored.

The document processing function unit 5 has a creation processing function 5-1 for creating and modifying the individual document by using a document processing software group such as a Japanese document processing mechanism and a graph processing mechanism. .

In creating the individual document, the illustrated structural document 6-i
For example, when creating the contents of node (cover) # 2, ..., etc., it is desirable to give each node an instruction such that the “cover” should be common to all individual documents. Be done. For this purpose, in the attribute information in the illustrated nodes # 2 to # 9 in the structural document 6-i, information on whether or not the attribute information needs to be protected, that is, whether or not the attribute information can be changed is described. To be

The attribute information decoding unit 5-11 in the creation processing function 5-1
Decode the above attribute information. Attribute information setting / changing section 5-12
Indicates that, for example, when the attribute information should be protected, that protection is necessary, that is, the attribute information cannot be changed. The individual document content reading unit 5-13 reads the document contents from the document holding function unit 7 and obtains a creation output 5-2.

[Action]

The structural document 6-i prepared as described above includes, for each node, (i) information indicating in what hierarchical structure the own node occupies, and (ii) own node. Information about which document processing software the node is associated with, (iii) Information about which document file 2-1 and 2-2, ... the node own node is associated with However, the attribute information regarding the own node is also described. In the case of the present invention, information regarding protection of attribute information is described as one of the attribute information.

The attribute information decoding unit 5-11 shown in the figure decodes the attribute information,
Whether or not the attribute information needs to be protected is determined by the attribute information setting / changing unit 5-.
12 will be notified. The attribute information setting / changing unit 5-12 gives an instruction to set / change the attribute information such as the format and contents of the corresponding node based on the contents of the notification. Creation processing function 5
-1 outputs the document content read by the individual document content reading unit 5-13 as the creation output 5-2,
At this time, the instruction from the attribute information setting / changing unit 5-12 is used. Therefore, if protection is needed,
Even if the user desires to change the attribute information, the change is not made and the original attribute information is retained. By this,
The format, contents, etc. of the corresponding node (for example, node # 2 on the "cover") of the attribute information are not changed, and the format, etc. of the desired portion can be unified for all individual documents 1-i. That is, the standardization and standardization of the individual document 1-i can be realized.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Symbols 2A, 2 in the figure
B, ..., 2X are document files that hold the contents of individual documents, 3 is a document processing software group, and 5 is a document processing function unit. Further, 10 is a structured document processing system for controlling the whole, and 11 is a whole structured document file. In the document processing software group 3, 3-1 is a Japanese document processing mechanism, 3-2 is a line drawing processing mechanism, 3-3 is an image processing mechanism, 3-4 is a tabulation calculation processing mechanism, and 3-5 is graph processing. Reference numeral 3-6 indicates a list processing mechanism, and reference numeral 3-7 indicates an English document processing mechanism. The structured documents referred to in the present invention are present in the structured document file 11, respectively.

The document processing software group 3 may be, for example, an existing software group that has existed individually from the past. Then, each existing file (document file shown in the figure) existing corresponding to the existing software group is present.
2A, line drawing file 2B, etc.) are integrated under the structured document file 11. It can be considered that the structural document prepared corresponding to the individual document plays the role of the integration for the integration.

Under the control of the structured document processing system 10, the document processing function unit 5 has a Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1 and a line drawing processing mechanism 3-.
2 is called as appropriate to create, modify, or delete a desired document (the desired document is called an individual document). At this time, for example, when the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1 operates to create a Japanese sentence in the contents of the individual document, the created Japanese sentence is created in the illustrated document file 2A, for example. . When creating a line drawing in the content of the individual document, the line drawing processing mechanism 3-2 is activated and created in the line drawing file 2B.

The individual document is, for example, (i) cover page, (ii) chapter 1,
(Iii) Chapter 2, ..., (iv) Items are roughly divided into items such as references, and further, for example, when the content of Chapter 2 includes a Japanese sentence and a line drawing, the hierarchical structure of the individual document is A “structured document” given as a structure is created and held in the structured document file 11 shown in the figure, and based on the contents of the document, predetermined storage locations such as the document file 2A, line drawing file 2B, ... Are linked. Be attached.

In this way, the documents created by using the existing document processing function are integrated for each individual document based on the contents of the structural document. Further, it becomes possible to appropriately access the individual document files 2A, 2B, ... Based on the contents of the structural document.

FIG. 3 is a partial schematic diagram of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 in the figure
Is a document, 1-i is an individual document, 2-1, 2-2, ... Is a document file that holds the contents of the individual document, 3-1, 3-2 ,. A structural document definition used as a template for creating a structural document corresponding to an individual document, 5 is a document processing function unit that executes individual document processing, 6 is a structural document, and 7 is a document holding function that holds the document contents. Represents a part.

As Document 1, for example, there are papers, reports, letters, technical manuals, etc., but for a certain type of document, for example, a paper, a typical hierarchical structure of the paper was described as a structure. A structural document definition 4 is prepared.

It can be considered that the structural document definition 4 is prepared for each of various documents. For example, the illustrated document, cover, chapter 1, section 1.1, ...
It has nodes (# 1, # 2, ...) Expanded into a tree structure like this. As will be described later, each node (# 1, # 2, ...) Describes attribute information such as information about a tree structure, software used, and information about a print position at the time of printing.

The document processing software group 3-1, 3-2, ... Holds software used for executing the processing corresponding to each node.

When creating the individual document, the document processing function unit 5 creates the contents corresponding to the individual document 1-i and stores the contents in the document files 2-1, 2-2 ,. At this time, the document content is created in association with the node indicated by the content of the one structural document definition 4-j. At this time, the nodes shown in the structural document definition 4-j may be partially modified, if necessary. And created individual document 1
Create and hold a structural document 6-i for -i. For example, in the terminal node of the tree structure of the structure document 6-i,
The document name of the corresponding document file 2 is described, and the structural document 6-i and the individual document 1-i are linked by this.

FIG. 4 shows the contents of one embodiment of the structural document shown in FIG. Reference numeral 12-1 in the drawing is a self ID, which represents a node ID of each node in the structural document 6-i shown in FIG. 12-2 is a parent ID, which is the ID of the node that is the parent of the node of interest, 12-3 is the head child ID, which is the ID of the node located at the head among the nodes that are children of the node of interest, 12- Four
Is an ID of an upper ID that belongs to the same layer as the node of interest and is located directly above, 12-5 is an ID of a node that also belongs to the same hierarchy and located immediately below
D, 12-6 is content setting information that indicates whether or not the content has already been set for the node of interest, and 12-7 is content type information that indicates the software used for the node of interest. 12-8 is a document file name and indicates a document file that stores the content of a target node when the content is set for the node of interest. 12-9 is attribute information of the node of interest. In this case, the information indicating whether or not protection is required according to the present invention when creating is given as attribute information.

In addition, in FIG. 4, a portion in parentheses indicates that the structural document 6-i corresponding to the individual document 1-i is created with respect to the definition given in the structural document definition 4-j shown in FIG. It shows the places where additions and modifications were made.

Regarding the own ID # 3 in FIG. 4, the node #
3, (i) the parent node is the node # 1, (ii) the leading child node is the node # 5, (iii) the immediate upper node is the node # 2, and (iv) the immediate subordinate node is the node. # 4
And (v) the content has not been set yet, (vi) the software used is the Japanese document processing mechanism, and (vi)
It has been clarified that i) the document file has not been prepared yet, and (viii) predetermined attribute information is described.

The "file name" 12-8 shown in FIG. 4 links the structural document 6-i and the corresponding individual document 1-i (its contents).

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

The document processing function unit 5 selects a node targeted for content processing in the structural document 6-i (processing). For example, if the creation of contents is instructed (processing),
The content of "content type" 12-7 for the node is checked (processing). If the software used is, for example, the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1, the software is used to perform the processing. That is, in this case, the document is created, and the name of the file storing the document contents is described in the "file name" 12-8 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an attribute information protection processing flow in the creation processing function.

(1) For example, node (cover) # 2 or node (section 1.1) shown in FIG. 1 in the individual document to be created in the process
The attribute attribute decoding section 5-11 examines the protection attribute described in the attribute information such as # 5 (information regarding the necessity of protection when creating).

If the protection is not necessary, the attribute information decoding unit 5-11
Notifies the attribute information setting / changing unit 5-12. In response to this, the attribute information setting / changing unit 5-12 sets / sets the attribute information.
Allow changes. That is, an input screen for these is provided so that the format and contents of the document can be set / changed.

(2) If protection is necessary, the attribute information decoding unit 5-11 notifies the attribute information setting / changing unit 5-12 in the processing. In response to this, the attribute information setting / changing unit 5-12
Make it impossible to set / change attribute information. That is, for example, the input screen for these is masked so that the format and contents of the document cannot be set / changed.

7 and 8 show an example of protection of attribute information.

As shown in the figure, the individual document 1-i and the corresponding structural document 6-i are created for the document “Paper A” having a predetermined structure. This structural document 6-i has node #
1 to node # 7, and attribute information protection is set for node # 2, node # 3, node # 4, and node # 6. In the figure, this is indicated by "*". Node # 2
Also, by protecting the attribute information of the node # 3, the "paper size" cannot be changed and is standardized. Also,
By protecting the attribute information about the nodes # 4 and # 6, the "title (title 1 and title 2)" cannot be changed and is standardized.

The individual documents of "Paper A" must all have a common structure. The common structural document 6 for “Paper A” is provided in advance by the system, for example. The common structural document 6 is used to set the necessity of protection of attribute information for each node.
Or in the structural document 6-i.

After creating the individual document 1-i and the structural document 6-i as described above, another individual document 1-i 'of "Paper A" is created. At this time, since it is already set that the attribute information of the nodes # 2 and # 3 needs to be protected, the size of the paper is fixed. Also, node # 4 and node # 5
Since the attribute information of is also protected, the titles of “Chapter 1 Invention” and “Chapter 2 Conventional Technology” are displayed on the input screen but are masked and cannot be input (changed).
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the form and title are not changed, while the contents of the text can be freely set / changed.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the contents of document files created by a plurality of respective document processing functions are integrated in the form of a structural document, and existing OA resources can be used appropriately. Is possible. Then, it becomes possible to individually instruct whether or not the protection of the attribute information corresponding to each node is necessary.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partial block diagram of the present invention, and FIG. Content of one embodiment, FIG. 5 is a processing mode of a portion using the document processing software of the document processing function unit, FIG. 6 is an attribute information protection processing flow in the creation processing function, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are attribute information. Shows an example of the protection of. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a document, 1-i is an individual document, 2 is a document file, 3 is a document processing software group, 4 is a structural document definition, 5 is a document processing function unit, 5-1 is a creation processing function, 5− 11 is an attribute information decoding unit, 5-12 is an attribute information setting / changing unit, 5-13 is an individual document content reading unit, 6 is a structure document, 7 is a document holding function unit, 10 is a structured document processing system, and 11 is Represents a structured document file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing system having a document processing software group (3) for storing the contents of one or a plurality of types of documents in a document file (2) and processing the documents. In the above, as the document processing software group (3), a plurality of document processing software (3-i) including the Japanese document processing mechanism (3-1) is used and created by the document processing software (3-i). Each of the created documents is stored in the document file (2) and used, and the individual document (1-i) is read while using at least one of the document processing software group (3). The document processing function unit (5) for executing individual document processing including the processing to be created is provided, and the hierarchical structure in the individual document is supported corresponding to each of the individual documents. It has a structured document file (11) that holds a structure document that describes a logical structure as a structure, and describes link information that links the structure document with a document file (2) that holds the individual document (1-i). The structural document (6-i) and the individual document (1-i) are held in association with each other, and information about each document is described as attribute information. A structured document characterized by describing information regarding protection of information, wherein the document processing function section (5) decodes the above-mentioned attribute information and indicates whether or not the protection of the attribute information is necessary. Attribute information protection processing method in processing system.