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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

  • US 20120147426A1
  • Filed: 12/02/2011
  • Published: 06/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

  • a receiving unit configured to receive from a user an instruction for merging first and second print documents having a hierarchical structure including layers to which metadata are attached;

    a determination unit configured to, in response to the instruction received by the receiving unit, determine whether a combination of keys included in metadata of the first print document coincides with a combination of keys included in metadata of the second print document with respect to each of the layers in the hierarchical structures of the first and second print documents;

    a changing unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the combination of keys included in the metadata of the first print document does not coincide with the combination of keys included in the metadata of the second print document, change at least one of the metadata of the first print document and the metadata of the second print document so that the combination of keys included in the metadata of the first print document coincides with the combination of keys included in the metadata of the second print document with respect to each of the layers in the hierarchical structures of the first and second print documents; and

    a merging unit configured to merge the first and second print documents based on the metadata obtained through change processing by the changing unit.

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