Data processing apparatus, data processing method, data processing program for implementing the method, and image processing apparatus

摘要

A data processing apparatus that enables a client to identify services which can be provided under a current status of the data processing apparatus by reflecting dynamically changing status information, such as equipment information, in a WSDL file. An equipment information acquisition device 1211 acquires status information relating to the status of an image processing apparatus 100. A WSDL generator 1212 generates service description information containing information pertaining to at least one service provided by the image processing apparatus 100 and described in a predetermined language, in accordance with the status information acquired by the equipment information acquisition device 1211. The service description information is referred to by a host computer 200 to use the at least one service. A Web server 1213 transmits the service description information generated by the WSDL generator 1212 to the host computer 200.