Correlation, Association, or Correspondence of Electronic Forms
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that perform the following acts when executed by a computer:
- receiving a first schema of a first electronic form and a second schema of a second electronic form; and
determining, based on the first schema of the first electronic form and the second schema of the second electronic form, that a node of the first electronic form corresponds to a node of the second electronic form.
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Abstract
Determining correspondence, association, and/or correlation between nodes of electronic forms based on schemas of those forms is described. Importing, merging, and/or annotating data from one electronic form into another electronic form based on correspondence, association, and/or correlation between nodes is also described.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that perform the following acts when executed by a computer:
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receiving a first schema of a first electronic form and a second schema of a second electronic form; and
determining, based on the first schema of the first electronic form and the second schema of the second electronic form, that a node of the first electronic form corresponds to a node of the second electronic form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, associate, without user interaction, a node of a first electronic form and a node of a second electronic form if a first schema of the first electronic form and a second schema of the second electronic form indicate that the two nodes are capable of association.
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15. A method implemented at least in part by a computer comprising:
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determining a correlation between a first node of a first electronic form and a node of a plurality of nodes of a second electronic form based on an annotation to the first node of the first electronic form, the annotation indicating that a first schema fragment governing the first node and a second schema fragment governing the node of the plurality of nodes of the second electronic form indicate that the first node and the node of the plurality of nodes are capable of association; and
providing this correlation between the first node of the first electronic form and the node of the plurality of nodes of the second electronic form effective to enable importation of data between the first node of the first electronic form and the node of the plurality of nodes of the second electronic form. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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