Table generating apparatus employing heading, layout, and table script data
First Claim
1. A table generating apparatus comprising:
- logical structure retaining means for retaining a correspondence between heading information which is a set of headings of a table and table data representing a content of the table;
table form retaining means for retaining parameters which determine a layout form of the table, including a heading parameter which specifies a set of headings to be laid out in the table;
table generating means for generating a layout of the table comprising;
heading structure determining means for determining a structure of headings of the table by judging whether any subset of the set of headings specified by the heading parameter corresponds to the table data in accordance with the correspondence retained by said logical structure retaining means and the heading parameter retained by said table form retaining means;
heading layout means for generating a layout of the headings specified by the heading parameter in accordance with the structure of headings and the parameters retained by said table form retaining means, andtable data allocating means for allocating the table data in accordance with the correspondence retained by the logical structure retaining means, the parameters retained by said table form retaining means, and the layout of the headings.
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Abstract
A logical structure retaining device retains a corresponding relationship between heading information and table data, such as attributes used to search a data base and data obtained by the search. A table form retaining device retains one or plural sets of parameters that determine respective table forms. The parameters can be edited by a table form editing device. A table generating device generates a table by receiving information including the corresponding relationship between the heading information and the table data, referring to the parameters of the table form retaining device, calling, if necessary, a parameter designating device to input parameter values, and generating row heading items, column heading items and data items based on the above information.
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6 Claims
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1. A table generating apparatus comprising:
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logical structure retaining means for retaining a correspondence between heading information which is a set of headings of a table and table data representing a content of the table; table form retaining means for retaining parameters which determine a layout form of the table, including a heading parameter which specifies a set of headings to be laid out in the table; table generating means for generating a layout of the table comprising; heading structure determining means for determining a structure of headings of the table by judging whether any subset of the set of headings specified by the heading parameter corresponds to the table data in accordance with the correspondence retained by said logical structure retaining means and the heading parameter retained by said table form retaining means; heading layout means for generating a layout of the headings specified by the heading parameter in accordance with the structure of headings and the parameters retained by said table form retaining means, and table data allocating means for allocating the table data in accordance with the correspondence retained by the logical structure retaining means, the parameters retained by said table form retaining means, and the layout of the headings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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