Patent ID: 7139975

Claim:
A document conversion system for converting a first structured document conforming to a first document schema which defines a description method of a structured document into a second structured document conforming to a second document schema which differs from the first structured document, the first structured document having a first character string structure including a character string and a document tag adapted for sandwiching the character string, the document tag defining the character string as a prescribed element of the first structured document, the document conversion system comprising: a correspondence table storing unit configured to store a correspondence table including at least the document tag, a conversion condition indicating whether or not the first character string structure needs to be converted, and a conversion content for converting the first character string structure to a second character string structure conformed to the second document schema; a conversion template generator configured to generate a conversion template corresponding to a conversion method for a conversion of the first character string structure to the second character string structure based on the correspondence table; and a document structure converter configured to convert the first character string structure to the second character string structure using the conversion template.