Pre-production processing of an electronic document
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1. A method for pre-production processing of an electronic document, comprising:
- creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating a particular element when the composition is processed.
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Abstract
Pre-production processing an electronic document in which programming responsible for processing the composition need not have any inherent knowledge of programming responsible for manipulating one or more of the elements. A method embodying the invention includes creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document. One of the composition'"'"'s directions is then edited by adding data identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating a particular element when the composition is processed.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for pre-production processing of an electronic document, comprising:
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creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating a particular element when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for pre-production processing of an electronic document, comprising:
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creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating all elements of a specified type when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for pre-production processing of an electronic document, comprising:
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creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding to the composition a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating assembled elements when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium having instructions for:
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creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding a directions identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating a particular element when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium having instructions for:
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creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating all elements of a specified type when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer readable medium having instructions for:
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creating a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more elements from one or more data stores and assembling those elements into a document; and
adding to the composition a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating assembled elements when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. In a computer network, a system for pre-production processing of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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an imaging repository operable to manage one or more elements and a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more of the elements and assembling those elements into a document;
a composition editor operable to communicate with the imaging repository to create and/or edit a composition;
a manipulator operable to communicate with the imaging repository to edit a composition adding directions that the manipulator is responsible for manipulating a specified element when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. In a computer network, a system for pre-production processing of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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an imaging repository operable to manage one or more elements and a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more of the elements and assembling those elements into a document;
a composition editor operable to communicate with the imaging repository to create and/or edit a composition;
a manipulator operable to communicate with the imaging repository to edit a composition adding directions that the manipulator is responsible for manipulating a group of elements of a specified type when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. In a computer network, a system for pre-production processing of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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an imaging repository operable to manage one or more elements and a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more of the elements and assembling those elements into a document;
a composition editor operable to communicate with the imaging repository to create and/or edit a composition;
a manipulator operable to communicate with the imaging repository to edit a composition adding directions that the manipulator is responsible for manipulating assembled elements when the composition is processed. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. In a computer network, a system for establishing and managing a workflow for pre-production processing of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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an imaging repository operable to manage one or more elements and a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more of the elements and assembling those elements into a document;
a composition editor operable to communicate with the imaging repository to create or edit a composition;
a manipulator operable to communicate with the imaging repository to edit a composition adding directions that the manipulator is responsible for manipulating a specified element when the composition is processed, to edit a composition adding directions that the manipulator is responsible for manipulating a group of elements of a specified type when the composition is processed, and to edit a composition adding directions that the manipulator is responsible for manipulating assembled elements when the composition is processed; and
a composition processor operable to communicate with the imaging repository and to assemble an electronic document by processing a composition according to each direction.
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40. In a computer network, a system for pre-production processing of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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a means for managing one or more elements and a composition comprising a series of directions for retrieving one or more of the elements and assembling those elements into a document;
a means for editing a composition adding directions that a specified manipulator is responsible for manipulating a specified element when the composition is processed;
a means for editing a composition adding directions that a specified manipulator is responsible for manipulating a group of elements of a specified type when the composition is processed;
a means for editing a composition adding directions that a specified manipulator is responsible for manipulating assembled elements when the composition is processed; and
a means for assembling an electronic document by processing a composition according to each direction.
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41. An electronic composition for representing a document, the composition comprising:
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a direction for acquiring an element of the document;
a direction for placing the element; and
a direction identifying an imaging service responsible for manipulating the element. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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