Method and apparatus for viewing electronic commerce-related documents
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1. A method of making tagged documents viewable including:
- receiving a document having a plurality of tagged fields that contain transaction data;
storing the document in machine readable memory;
applying rules for selecting one of a plurality of style sheets based on content of one or more of the tagged fields of the document that contain transaction data;
applying the selected style sheet to the document to generate a result; and
outputting the result for display.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method of providing users with formatted access to XML and similar documents received from trading partners using a general purpose viewer or browser. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
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1. A method of making tagged documents viewable including:
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receiving a document having a plurality of tagged fields that contain transaction data; storing the document in machine readable memory; applying rules for selecting one of a plurality of style sheets based on content of one or more of the tagged fields of the document that contain transaction data; applying the selected style sheet to the document to generate a result; and outputting the result for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making tagged documents available for viewing by a user, including:
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receiving a document having a plurality of tagged fields; storing the document to machine readable memory; and applying a style sheet to the document to generate a result, and outputting the result for display; wherein the tagged fields have types that conform to a schema, one or more of the tagged fields has a particular type that is not used in the selected style sheet, and the applying of the selected style sheet further includes accessing the schema to determine a supertype of the particular type. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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