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Apparatus and method for adaptably acquiring attribute information

  • US 20040267789A1
  • Filed: 06/09/2004
  • Published: 12/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An attribute information acquisition apparatus for acquiring, from tabulated data having multiple sets of attribute information comprising multiple pieces of attribute information recorded in a tabulate form, said multiple pieces of attribute information recorded in each of said sets, said apparatus comprising:

  • a set attribute storing section for storing, for each of multiple set attributes preset in advance, the name of the set attribute;

    an attribute name specifying portion selecting section for selecting an attribute name specifying portion which is a row or a column of said tabulated data in which, for each of said multiple attributes recorded in said tabulated data, the name of the recorded attribute is recorded;

    an attribute name comparing section for comparing the names of said multiple recorded attributes included in said attribute name specifying portion with the names of said multiple set attributes, and associating each of said recorded attributes with one of said multiple set attributes based on a result of the comparison; and

    an attribute information acquiring section for acquiring, for each of said multiple sets recorded in said tabulated data, each of said multiple pieces of attribute information belonging to the set as attribute information corresponding to said set attribute associated with said recorded attribute of the attribute information.

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