Generating formatted documents
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1. A method for generating one or more formatted documents, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving content from one or more data sources;
enabling specification of one or more formatting elements to be used in one or more generated formatted documents;
enabling specification of a structure to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents;
enabling specification of a style of the one or more formatting elements to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; and
generating a template used to generate one or more formatted documents based on the specifications, wherein generating a template comprises automatically determining a formatting element used to render each data model element from information hidden in a schema from the received content and reverse-engineering one or more styles of one or more formatting elements from existing documents.
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Abstract
Techniques for generating one or more formatted documents are provided. The techniques include receiving content from one or more data sources, enabling specification of one or more formatting elements to be used in one or more generated formatted documents, enabling specification of a structure to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents, enabling specification of a style of the one or more formatting elements to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents, and generating one or more formatted documents based on the specifications.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for generating one or more formatted documents, wherein the method comprises:
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receiving content from one or more data sources; enabling specification of one or more formatting elements to be used in one or more generated formatted documents; enabling specification of a structure to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; enabling specification of a style of the one or more formatting elements to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; and generating a template used to generate one or more formatted documents based on the specifications, wherein generating a template comprises automatically determining a formatting element used to render each data model element from information hidden in a schema from the received content and reverse-engineering one or more styles of one or more formatting elements from existing documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable recordable storage medium including computer useable program code for generating one or more formatted documents, the computer program product including:
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computer useable program code for receiving content from one or more data sources; computer useable program code for enabling specification of one or more formatting elements to be used in one or more generated formatted documents; computer useable program code for enabling specification of a structure to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; computer useable program code for enabling specification of a style of the one or more formatting elements to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; and computer useable program code for generating a template used to generate one or more formatted documents based on the specifications, wherein generating a template comprises automatically determining a formatting element used to render each data model element from information hidden in a schema from the received content and reverse-engineering one or more styles of one or more formatting elements from existing documents. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for generating one or more formatted documents, comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative to; receive content from one or more data sources; enable specification of one or more formatting elements to be used in one or more generated formatted documents; enable specification of a structure to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; enable specification of a style of the one or more formatting elements to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents; and generate a template used to generate one or more formatted documents based on the specifications, wherein generating a template comprises automatically determining a formatting element used to render each data model element from information hidden in a schema from the received content and reverse-engineering one or more styles of one or more formatting elements from existing documents. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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