Patent ID: 6681372
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A method for use in an information processing apparatus for data managing with a document, said method comprising:entering first written signs in the form of characters, symbols, and/or graphicals additionally written in a source document such that an attribute of the first written signs is distinct from that of an ordinary writing in the source document, the entered first written signs specifying a data item name and a field with a desired field attribute and a desired field format at a desired location in predetermined rules so that a combination of the data item name and the field defines a first descriptor indicating that one or more data values of the data item are to be filled in the field with the desired field attribute and the desired field format; wherein the source document is unrestricted by rules applicable to the entered first written signs; wherein the first written signs comprise a first descriptor element for designating, as the data item name, a character or character string that is originally written to be literally representative of the data item as an ordinary writing in the source document; and wherein the first written signs comprise another descriptor element having its written position indicating a location or boundary of the field in the source document; recognizing the first descriptor on a basis of the entered first written signs to produce a corresponding first descriptor record; fetching a data record containing a data value of the data item name from a source data file; converting the data value of the data item name in the data record to a corresponding document element in accordance with the first descriptor record; and outputting writings of the document element so as to be filled in the field specified by the first descriptor record in the output document.