Method and Apparatus for Declarative Updating of Self-Describing, Structured Documents

摘要

The present invention includes a method and device for updating a self-describing, structured document. A further aspect of the present invention is enabling client-based modification of the document. Additional aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.

主权项

1. A method of preparing a response to a selected XML document, the method including:
transmitting to a server a selection of an XML document, wherein the selected XML document has a selected incoming document type; receiving and causing display of a list of available reply document types to select and generate in draft, responsive to the selected incoming document type; transmitting to the server a selection of a selected reply document type; applying a first style sheet to generate the selected draft reply document and building an in-memory tree-based representation of the selected draft reply document; applying a second style sheet to generate an interface that supports editing of the in-memory draft reply document; accepting edits, updating the in-memory draft reply document, marshalling it into XML format, and either persisting it for later use or sending it as a reply to the XML document.