Division program, combination program and information processing method

• US 20070150809A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshida, Shigeru
• Granted Patent: US 8,418,053 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets

Abstract

The present invention provides an information processing method converting a format of a structured document, comprising: a first step copying, a first storage unit, information of a pre-converted first structured document sequentially by a predetermined amount beginning from the head; a second step adding start tags and/or end tags, and an identifier tag for identifying the aforementioned start and/or end tags so that the information copied to the first storage unit becomes one complete second structured document; a third step converting the second structured document built up in the first storage unit to a target format and outputting it to a second storage as a third structured document; and a fourth step removing the start tags and/or end tags and the identifier tag added to in the second step from the third structured document retained by the second storage unit and merging with a fourth structured document.

Claims

1. A signal for carrying a division program for dividing information contained in a first structured document into a plurality of second structured documents, wherein the division program makes a computer execute

first processing for copying the information of the first structured document in each of the second structured documents, which has a proper name corresponding to a sequence of division, sequentially by a predetermined amount beginning from the head, and

second processing for adding a start tag and/or an end tag to the second structured documents so that each of the second structured documents has the same hierarchical structure as the first structured document.

2. The signal for carrying a division program according to claim 1, wherein the division program further makes a computer execute

third processing for adding an identifier tag in order to identify said start tag and/or end tag which are added to each of said second structured documents.

3. The signal for carrying a division program according to claim 1, wherein

said first and second structured documents are XML documents described by the extensible markup language (XML).

4. A signal for carrying a combination program, wherein

the program makes a computer execute

first processing for reading information in a sequence based on a proper name given to each of first structured documents in a manner to indicate a combination sequence from each of a plurality of the aforementioned first structured documents having a common hierarchical structure, and

second processing for merging with the second structured document having the same hierarchical structure as the first structured document following removal of a redundant start tag and/or end tag which are included in the information.

5. The signal for carrying a combination program according to claim 4, wherein

said second processing is for identifying and removing a redundant said start tag and/or end tag based on an identifier tag added to each of said first structured documents in order to identify the aforementioned redundant start tag and/or end tag.

6. The signal for carrying a combination program according to claim 4, wherein

said first and second structured documents are XML documents described by the extensible markup language (XML).

7. An information processing method for converting a format of a structured document, comprising:

a first step for copying, in a first storage unit, information of a pre-converted first structured document sequentially by a predetermined amount beginning from the head;

a second step for adding a start tag and/or an end tag, and an identifier tag for identifying the aforementioned start and/or end tags so that the information copied to the first storage unit becomes one complete second structured document;

a third step for converting the second structured document built up in the first storage unit to a target format and outputting it to a second storage as a third structured document; and

a fourth step for removing the start tag and/or end tag and the identifier tag added to in the second step from the third structured document retained by the second storage unit and merging with a fourth structured document.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein

said third step is for carrying out a CSV compaction conversion which assembles a plurality of elements contained in said second structured document by lining them up in a CSV (Comma Separated Values) style.

9. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein

said structured document is an XML document described by the extensible markup language (XML).