Structural Context for Fixed Layout Markup Documents

• US 20070180358A1
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Foehr, Oliver H., Lopez, Rodrigo, Sedky, Khaled S., Liu, Ming, Leese, Eric S., Gurcan, Ahmet, McGatha, Jesse D., Dunietz, Jerry
• Granted Patent: US 7,676,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

Techniques relating to structural context for fixed layout markup documents are described. In one instance, a process defines content and associated positional information of a document with a set of content markup. The process also specifies a structural configuration for the document relative to at least some of the content markup, such that the structural configuration is separate from the content markup.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

defining content and associated positional information of a document with a set of content markup; and

,

specifying a structural configuration for the document relative to at least some of the content markup, such that the structural configuration is separate from the content markup.

2. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the defining comprises defining a fixed layout markup document with the content markup.

3. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the specifying comprises generating structural markup which is separate from and references the content markup.

4. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the specifying comprises specifying a reading order of markup elements of the content markup.

5. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the specifying comprises specifying relative relationships of at least some markup elements of the content markup.

6. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 5, wherein the specifying relative relationships of the at least some of the markup elements comprises defining one or more of sections, paragraphs, tables, figures, and list items having content defined by specific named markup elements.

7. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the defining comprises defining a plurality of markup elements of the content markup such that individual markup elements are uniquely identified, and wherein said specifying comprises referencing individual uniquely identified markup elements according to an intended reading order of the document.

8. A computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform acts, comprising:

identifying content markup of a fixed layout markup document which allows a representation of the document to be generated; and

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determining a structural relationship of the fixed layout markup document by referencing the content markup.

9. The computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the identifying comprises identifying specific markup elements of the content markup.

10. The computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the determining a structural relationship comprises determining a reading order of specific markup elements.

11. The computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the determining comprises accessing a structural markup which references the content markup.

12. The computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the identifying comprises accessing uniquely named markup elements of the content markup.

13. The computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the determining comprises determining whether any of the uniquely named markup elements are organized into a structure comprising one or more of:

a list, a table, and a story fragment.

14. The computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the identifying and the determining occur in an accessibility scenario.

15. A system, comprising:

a programmed application configured to generate a fixed layout markup document comprising content markup which specifies the document'"'"'s content and a location for the content in a document representation; and

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a document structure module configured to define a structure of the document by referencing the content markup.

16. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the structure comprises at least one of:

a reading order, a list, and a table structure.

17. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the programmed application is configured to generate the fixed layout markup document as one or more fixed pages.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the document structure module is configured to define a structure of individual fixed pages of the document.

19. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the document structure module is configured to define a structure of an individual fixed page via an individual fixed page document structure.

20. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the document structure module is configured to define an overall document structure in one section of the document and to define a structure of an individual fixed page via an individual fixed page structure section which references the content markup of the individual fixed page.