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XML document frameworks

  • US 20030066028A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2002
  • Published: 04/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Computer processing apparatus for generating document data representing a document for use in providing a service comprising a number of different activities that are to be carried out in providing the service, the apparatus comprising:

  • a data store storing activity data for a plurality of activities that may be carried out in providing a service, the data store storing, for each activity, activity data associating the activity with at least one service element forming a component of the activity and storing service element data associating the service element with data defining text describing that component of the activity;

    a service representation provider operable to provide a service representation defining the activities that are to be carried out in providing a service;

    a service representation store configured to store service representations defined by the service representation provider;

    a document framework store storing a plurality of document frameworks each for a respective different document and each defining the service elements for which text is to be included in that document;

    a service selector operable to select a service representation from the service representation store;

    a document framework selector operable to select a document framework from the document framework store;

    an identifier operable to identify from the activity data associated with the selected service representation any service element defined by the selected document framework; and

    a document data producer operable to produce document data incorporating the text associated with the defined service element or service elements identified by the identifier.

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