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Document data processing device

  • US 8,768,941 B2
  • Filed: 07/23/2010
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A document data processing device that manages documents using metadata within the documents, the document data processing device comprising:

  • a memory which stores document data to be processed; and

    a processor which acquires the document data to be processed, from the memory, for which a type of metadata included in the documents is specified; and

    an output device which outputs a first determination result by the processor,wherein the processor determines whether or not a layout feature that metadata to be processed within the document data to be processed has is effective in extracting the metadata to be processed, to generate the first determination result, by checking whether or not the layout feature that the metadata to be processed has is manifested in a text string other than the metadata in the document data to be processed, and, based on a result of the check, determines whether or not the layout feature is effective in extracting the metadata.

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