JPH0715685B2 - Print processing method in structured document processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [General Description] 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 When printing out a structured document in which the hierarchical structure of the individual document created while using the processing software is retained as a structure, it is possible to issue an omission / cancellation instruction for each document Regarding the print processing method in the structured document processing system as described above, it is possible to create a desired individual document while using the document processing software, and to print the content of the created document file, print the individual document. It is created by individual word processing software for the purpose of giving instructions that can be omitted / cancelled as necessary. A structured document file that integrates the contents of the document file with a structure document corresponding to the hierarchical structure of the individual document is provided, and whether or not to omit it can be specified when printing out in the attribute information of the structure document. The information about the information is described as attribute information, and the information for printing can be decoded to instruct the omission / cancellation of the omission of the individual document contents.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention utilizes a plurality of document processing software including a Japanese document processing mechanism in a print processing method in a structured document processing system, and particularly in performing processing including document creation for one or more types of documents. At the same time, when printing out a structured document in which the hierarchical structure of the individual document created while using the document processing software is retained as a structure, omitting / eliminating omission of individual documents The present invention relates to a print processing method in a structured document processing system capable of issuing the instruction.

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. Then, in printing out the created structured document, it is desirable to instruct to print by omitting / releasing the units of individual sentences and the like.

[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, when the structured document created is printed out, individual texts are written. It is desirable to instruct printing by omitting / releasing units such as.

[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 existing OA resources such as existing software and document files are used.
It was not possible to use resources as needed.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention enables a desired individual document to be created while using the document processing software, and when printing the content of the created document file, the printing of each document can be omitted / cancelled from omission as necessary. The purpose is to be able to give such instructions.

[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 structural document, and 7 is a document that holds the document contents A holding function unit, 5-1 is a print processing function, 5-2 is a print output, 5-11 is an attribute information decoding unit, 5-12 is an omission / elimination canceling unit, and 5-13 is an individual document content reading unit. ing.

The desired individual documents, such as individual office documents, technical documents, reports, guides, manuals, technical manuals, etc., which are actually to be created, are generally referred to by the document name, cover,
It has a hierarchical structure as in Chapter 1, Section 1.1, Section 1.2, ..., Chapter 2 ,. In the case of the present invention, attention is paid to the hierarchical structure (tree structure) of the individual document, and the structured document 6-i is described in which the logical structure corresponding to the hierarchical structure is described as a structure. Then, according to the structure document 6-i, the document files 2-1 and 2 in which the contents of the individual document are stored
−2,… is instructed.

The document processing function unit 5 uses a group of document processing software such as a Japanese document processing mechanism and a graph processing mechanism to perform processing for creating and modifying the individual document. Print function 5 to print out
It has -1.

When printing out individual documents, the structure document 6 shown
For example, node (section 1.1) # 5 or node (1.2
When printing the contents of Section) # 6 and nodes (Section 2.1) # 7, ..., for example, printing node (Section 1.2) # 6,
Alternatively, it is desirable to omit printing. For this,
In the attribute information of the illustrated node # 5, node # 6, node # 7, node # 8, etc. in the structural document 6-i, information regarding omission / cancellation upon printing is described.

The attribute information decoding unit 5-11 in the print processing function 5-1
Decode the above attribute information. Omission / Omission cancellation instruction section 5-12
Specifies not to print node (section 1.2) # 6, for example. The individual document content reading unit 5-13 reads the document contents from the document holding function unit 7 and obtains a print output 5-2.

[Work]

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. Describes information about which document processing software the node is associated with, (iii) Information about which document file 2-1-2-2, ... is associated with the document content of its own node. However, the attribute information regarding the own node is also described. As one of the attribute information, in the case of the present invention, information on whether to print or omit the print output is described.

The attribute information decoding unit 5-11 shown in the figure decodes the attribute information,
Whether or not to print the node is omitted / elimination canceling instruction section 5
−12 will be notified. The omission / abbreviation cancellation instruction unit 5-12 instructs the content of the notification. The print processing function 5-1 outputs the document content read by the individual document content reading unit 5-13 as the print output 5-2. At this time, the instruction from the omission / elimination cancel instruction unit 5-12 is used. To be done.

〔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. This indicates that information such as whether or not to print, or printing position 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.

Next, a specific printing example, for example, a case of printing an individual document regarding a test will be described.

When you do a test, you must have a question and an answer.
Then, when the test is conducted, it is required that the answer and the answer are not printed, and that the question and the answer are printed after the test is completed.

In such a case, the structural document 6 as shown in FIG. 3 is created, and the omission / non-absence designation is given to the documents corresponding to the question and the answer. For example, in FIG. 6, node # 1 is the ID of the test question, node # 2 is the cover of the test question, node # 3
Is the problem, and node # 4 is the answer to the problem. Since node # 4 is the answer to the question, "<
> ”Is attached to the control symbol. Therefore, the printed output is only a test question.

After that, when the test is completed and the control signal indicating the omission state of the node # 4 is deleted, the control symbol of "<<>>" indicating the omissible state remains in the node. Therefore, the printed output is a question and an answer.

FIG. 7 shows a flow explanatory diagram of a process of omitting / eliminating printing in the present invention.

The document processing function unit 5 searches whether or not there is a node targeted for content processing in the structural document 6-i (processing). Next, if there is a print omission / non-omission specification in the attribute information of the node, it is checked whether it is in the omission status or the omission cancellation status. If the state is omitted, the process proceeds to search for the next node without printing (processing).

If omitted, print the contents of the document (process)
Then, the search for the next node is started, and if there is no node, printing ends.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, information indicating the entire structure of an individual document is held in the form of a structure document separately from the document contents,
Since this is appropriately used, it is easy to grasp and manage the entire document, and for example, it becomes easy to omit / cancel the printing of the document only for a desired node portion.

Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to print in page units, and only desired contents can be printed easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a partial main part of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 shows a processing mode of the document processing function unit, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a printing omission state / cancellation cancellation state, and FIG. 7 is a flow explanatory diagram of the printing omission / elimination cancellation process according to the present invention. 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 print processing function, 5− 11 is an attribute information decoding unit, 5-12 is an omission / elimination canceling unit, 5-13 is an individual document content reading unit, 6 is a structural document, 7 is a document holding function unit, and 10 is a structured document processing system.

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 at least one of the document processing software group (3) is used.
A document processing function unit (5) for executing an individual document process including a process for creating an individual document (1-i) while using each of them, and corresponding to each of the individual documents, a hierarchy in the individual document. The structured document has a structured document file (11) holding a structured document in which a logical structure corresponding to the structure is described as a structure, and the structured document is linked with a document file (2) holding the individual document (1-i). Link information is described,
The structural document (6-i) and the individual document (1-i) are held in association with each other, and the information about the omission / non-absence designation in printing out the individual document contents is described as attribute information. Therefore, the document processing function unit (5) causes the individual document (1-i) to
A print processing function (5-1) for printing a document is provided, and the print processing function (5-1) decodes the attribute information and instructs the omission / cancellation of the individual document contents. Print processing method in structured document processing system.