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Method and system for inferring a schema from a hierarchical data structure for use in a spreadsheet

  • US 20060117250A1
  • Filed: 01/06/2006
  • Published: 06/01/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for inferring a schema from hierarchical data comprising:

  • in an application program, receiving the electronic document containing the hierarchical data, wherein the hierarchical data includes one or more fields;

    (a) discovering one of the fields in the hierarchical data;

    (b) saving content associated with the discovered field;

    (c) repeating tasks (a)-(b) until the content for each discovered field has been saved; and

    generating the schema based on the content saved for each discovered field.

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