Electronic publishing system and method for managing publishing requirements in a neutral format
First Claim
1. A method of publishing, comprising:
- extracting a design specification from a document of a user, the design specification including at least one of page size, page margins, paragraph style, and font style; and
creating a master format specification from the design specification, the master format specification being content neutral and unique to the user.
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Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of publishing that includes extracting a design specification from a document of a user, the design specification including at least one of page size, page margins, paragraph style, and font style. The method further includes creating a master format specification from the design specification, the master format specification being content neutral and unique to the user. A master format specification is provided that includes a design specification extracted from a document. The master format specification is adapted to generate a first requirements file unique to a user, and the first requirements file is adapted to process a composition file including content from the document to create a first output file. The first output file is adapted to be processed by a first publisher'"'"'s formatting engine to create the document. A system for publishing documents is also provided.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of publishing, comprising:
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extracting a design specification from a document of a user, the design specification including at least one of page size, page margins, paragraph style, and font style; and
creating a master format specification from the design specification, the master format specification being content neutral and unique to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A master format specification, comprising:
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a design specification extracted from a document, the design specification including at least one of page size, page margins, paragraph style, and font style;
wherein the master format specification is adapted to generate a first requirements file unique to a user, the first requirements file being based on a first publisher'"'"'s requirements; and
wherein the first requirements file is adapted to process a composition file including content from the document to create a first output file, the first output file being adapted to be processed by a first publisher'"'"'s formatting engine to create the document. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for publishing documents, comprising:
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a first arrangement for extracting a design specification from the document, the design specification including at least one of page size, page margins, paragraph style, and font style;
a second arrangement for creating a master format specification from the design specification, the master format specification including an XML data file and being content neutral;
a third arrangement for extracting a content from the document and creating a composition file from the content; and
a fourth arrangement for transforming the XML data file into a first publisher'"'"'s requirements to create a first requirements file unique to the user. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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