摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically extract required data from tabular format data. <P>SOLUTION: A method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: storing the tabular format data input with item names; inputting values of the item names of an input area in the tabular format data; extracting difference information that has the values, which have differences generated by inputting, of the input area in the tabular format data that have been input and positional information of the input area in the tabular format data that have been input; determining the item names and the positional information of the input area that is input with the item names by comparing a data format of the values of the input area indicated by the positional information of the extracted difference information with an input state of the values of the input area located ahead along a predetermined direction from the input area; generating a definition file indicating the positional information of the input area, in which the values of the determined item names are input based on a determination result; and extracting data indicating a correspondence relation between the item names and the values thereof based on the definition file from the tabular format data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |