XML system
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to receive an extensible markup language (XML) data stream,wherein the processor is configured to obtain a stylesheet either from the XML data stream or a stylesheet repository, and further, to transform the data in the XML data stream based upon the stylesheet, the data being transformed for subsequent generation of at least one of a printable representation of at least a portion of a media, or encoding information for an RFID device, based thereon.
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Abstract
An XML system is configured to print bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The XML system includes a computer system having a memory subsystem, a communication interface operatively coupled to a network, an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream, and an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository. The XSLT processor transforms data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained. Also included is an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet, and a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to receive an extensible markup language (XML) data stream, wherein the processor is configured to obtain a stylesheet either from the XML data stream or a stylesheet repository, and further, to transform the data in the XML data stream based upon the stylesheet, the data being transformed for subsequent generation of at least one of a printable representation of at least a portion of a media, or encoding information for an RFID device, based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving an extensible markup language (XML) data stream; obtaining a stylesheet either from the XML data stream or a stylesheet repository; and transforming the data in the XML data stream based upon the stylesheet, the data being transformed for subsequent generation of at least one of a printable representation of at least a portion of a media, or encoding information for an RFID device, based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to receive and process an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream based in part upon a stylesheet identified from the XML input data stream, the stylesheet comprising at least; an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) for formatting data in the XML input data stream, and a barcode-type or RFID-type instream foreign object defining communication with the barcode or RFID apparatus, wherein the processor is configured to generate at least one of a printable representation of a media, or encoding information for an RFID device, based on the processed XML input data stream. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving and processing an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream based in part upon a stylesheet identified from the XML input data stream, the stylesheet comprising at least; an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) for formatting data in the XML input data stream, and a barcode-type or RFID-type instream foreign object defining communication with the barcode or RFID apparatus; and generating at least one of a printable representation of a media, or encoding information for an RFID device, based on the processed XML input data stream. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification