Patent ID: 6655593
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
An XML system adapted for printing bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards or other media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the XML system comprising:a computer system having a menmory subsystem; a communication interface operatively coupled to a network; an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream; an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository, the XSLT processor transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained; an extensible style sheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and a barcode rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card or, other media.