Information-processing apparatus and method for processing document

• US 7,778,969 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2005
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Oi, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Mahmoudi; Tony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Truong; Dennis
• Application Number:
  US11/143,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20050273699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,902 Days
• Field of Search: 707/200, 707/104.1, 707/613, 709/221, 709/206, 1/1, 717/173
• US Class Current: 707/613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A document processing apparatus is provided to facilitate document management concerning update and registration of documents. The document processing apparatus includes a destination-obtaining unit for analyzing a document and obtaining destination information from the analyzed document and a notification unit for notifying a destination based on the obtained destination information. The destination is notified about a registration or an update of the document stored in a storage device.

Claims

1. A document-processing apparatus comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to analyze a XML document having destination information embedded therein;

a storage device;

a destination-obtaining unit included in the CPU and configured to obtain the destination information from the analyzed XML document, wherein the destination information indicates a destination where to notify changes implemented by CPU in the analyzed XML document;

a determining unit included in the CPU and configured to determine whether a pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is stored in the storage device;

a comparing unit included in the CPU and configured to compare each element in the analyzed XML document with each element in the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document for detecting the changes in the analyzed XML document, if the determination unit determines that the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is stored in the storage device; and

a notification unit included in the CPU and configured to a send an e-mail to the destination indicated by the obtained destination information, wherein the e-mail includes a notification about a registration or an update of the analyzed XML document,

wherein the notification unit is configured to notify the destination about the update of the analyzed XML document when the determining unit determines that the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document has been stored in the storage device, and

wherein the notification unit is configured to notify the destination about the registration of the analyzed XML document when the determining unit determines that the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is not stored in the storage device.

2. The document-processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification-condition obtaining unit configured to obtain a notification condition for notifying the destination embedded in the analyzed XML document; and

a condition-determining unit configured to determine whether an updated portion of the analyzed XML document determined by comparing the analyzed XML document to the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document satisfies the notification condition for notifying the destination;

wherein the notification unit is configured to notify the destination when the condition-determining unit determines that the notification condition has been satisfied.

3. The document-processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed XML document is a file linked to the analyzed XML document.

4. The document-processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed XML document is a range indicated in the analyzed XML document.

13. The document-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination-obtaining unit further obtains attribute information from the analyzed XML document, and the notification unit notifies the destination of the update of the analyzed XML document based on the attribute information obtained.

5. A method for processing a XML document using a document-processing apparatus, the method comprising steps of:

analyzing a XML document having destination information embedded therein;

obtaining the destination information from the analyzed XML document, wherein the destination information indicates where to notify changes in the analyzed XML document;

determining whether a pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is stored in a storage device included in the document processing apparatus;

comparing each element in the analyzed XML document with each element in the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document for detecting the changes in the analyzed XML document, if the determining step determines that the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is stored in the storage device; and

notifying the destination indicated by the obtained destination information about a registration or an update of the analyzed XML document,

wherein the analyzing, the obtaining, the determining, the comparing and the notifying are executed by a central processing unit (CPU) included in the document-processing apparatus,

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the analyzed XML document in the notifying step when the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is determined to be stored in the storage device in the determining step, and

wherein the destination is notified about the registration of the analyzed XML document in the notifying step when the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is determined not to be stored in the storage device in the determining step.

6. The method for processing a document according to claim 5, further comprising steps of:

obtaining a notification condition for notifying the destination embedded in the analyzed XML document; and

determining whether an updated portion of the analyzed XML document determined by comparing the analyzed XML document to the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document satisfies the notification condition for notifying the destination;

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the analyzed XML document when the notification condition has been determined to satisfy the notification condition in the determining step.

7. The method for processing a document according to claim 6, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed XML document is a file linked to the analyzed XML document.

8. The method for processing a document according to claim 6, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed XML document is a range indicated in the analyzed XML document.

14. The method for processing a document according to claim 5, wherein the obtaining step further obtains attribute information from the analyzed XML document, and the notifying step notifies the destination of the update of the analyzed XML document based on the attribute information obtained.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a document processing program for causing a document-processing apparatus to carry out a method for processing a document, the method comprising:

analyzing a XML document having destination information embedded therein;

obtaining the destination information from the analyzed XML document, wherein the destination information indicates where to notify changes in the analyzed document;

determining whether a pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is stored in a storage device included in the document processing apparatus;

comparing each element in the analyzed XML document with each element in the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document for detecting the changes in the analyzed XML document, if the determining step determines that the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is stored in the storage device; and

notifying the destination indicated by the obtained destination information about a registration or an update of the analyzed XML document,

wherein the analyzing, the obtaining, the determining, the comparing and the notifying are executed by a central processing unit (CPU) included in the document-processing apparatus,

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the analyzed XML document in the notifying step when the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is determined to be stored in the storage device in the determining step, and

wherein the destination is notified about the registration of the analyzed XML document in the notifying step when the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document is determined not to be stored in the storage device in the determining step.

10. The computer-readable storage medium storing the document processing program according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining a notification condition for notifying the destination embedded in the analyzed XML document; and

determining whether the updated portion of the analyzed XML document determined by comparing the analyzed XML document to the pre-update version of the analyzed XML document satisfies the notification condition for notifying the destination;

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the analyzed XML document when the notification condition has been determined to satisfy the notification condition in the determining step.

11. The computer-readable storage medium storing the document processing program according to claim 10, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed XML document is a file linked to the analyzed XML document.

12. The computer-readable storage medium storing the document processing program according to claim 10, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed XML document is a range indicated in the analyzed XML document.

15. The computer-readable storage medium storing the document processing program according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining step further obtains attribute information from the analyzed XML document, and the notifying step notifies the destination of the update of the analyzed XML document based on the attribute information obtained.