Patent ID: 7565603
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for representing style information in a markup language document, comprising: at a computing device, internally representing an application document in a word-processing application, wherein the internal representation is in a non-markup language format that is native to the application and the internal representation comprises unique properties for describing styles within the document, wherein the unique properties are defined by the application; at the computing device, determining one or more unique properties corresponding to a style that relates to at least one section of the application document; at the computing device, mapping the determined properties of the style into at least one of a markup language element, an attribute, and a value; and at the computing device, storing the mapped properties of the style in the markup language document separate from the internal representation, wherein the markup language document is manipulable on a system including one of a server and another system configured to understand the markup language and to substantially reproduce the style without using the application that generated the markup language document and the style is not native to the system.