ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the 'collection' and transfer of individual files included in a printing job. SOLUTION: This electronic document management system manages all components and activities associated with outputting an output version of an electronic document during the lifetime of the document. In this case, the system handles job components by logically and physically grouping them as a part of entity called a project. The project includes a job associated with an electronic document. The job includes the activities associated with the generation of a data stream to be used by an output device for outputting an output version of the electronic document. A project file is associated with the job and includes a list of all the components associated with the job and the attribute information and location information of each component. The project file is encoded by using an XML or the like.