Patent ID: 6725423
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A structured document visual output method for a structured document processing system separately processing markup-language structured document information, and style information defining display style of the structured document information in terms of the markup language, said structured document visual output method comprising:determining whether paragraph-forming elements are contained in structured document information being processed for visual output in a display sequence by the structured document processing system, the paragraph-forming elements defining paragraph formation in corresponding style information available to the structured document processing system; obtaining display information for a current paragraph-forming element, and carrying out a paragraph internal layout routine that determines positional relationships between items of the obtained display information independently for each paragraph-forming element, the paragraph internal layout routine being completed for the current paragraph-forming element and for all paragraph-forming elements that are higher in rank in the display sequence than the current paragraph-forming element; determining absolute display positions, on a structured document processing system-associated display device, for the display information contained in each paragraph-forming element up to the current paragraph-forming element, and for each paragraph-forming element, determining the absolute display positions for the display information after determining the positional relationships, the display position of a particular paragraph-forming element being determined according to a display area of an immediately preceding paragraph-forming element; and outputting information processed by the structured document processing system in said determining whether paragraph-forming elements are contained in structured document information, in said obtaining display information for a current paragraph-forming element, and in said determining absolute display positions, as visual output to the system-associated display device.