Patent ID: 6393442
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for converting a source document into a plurality of documents, each document being defined by a corresponding version, wherein the source document contains information about all of the versions of the plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents having one of a plurality of formats, the method comprising the steps of:a) providing a document type definition (DTD) for formatting the source document; and b) providing a plurality of transforms to convert the source document into the plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents being created by filtering out all the versions except the corresponding version, wherein at least one of the plurality of documents is a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) formatted version for on-line help, at least one of the plurality of documents is a printable book in a postscript format, and at least one of the plurality of documents is a binary code formatted version for system messages, wherein the binary code formatted version is embedded in an Operating System Service (OSS), and whereby the plurality of documents are consistent with each other.