System, method and article for applying temporal elements to the attributes of astatic document object

摘要

A system, method and article of manufacture for applying temporal elements to the attributes of a static document object is preferably implemented as a software program operating on a computer system, such as a personal computer or workstation. The software program includes computer implemented steps for: (i) importing an existing document (or alternatively authoring the document directly using the program), wherein the document is structured according to an object model; (ii) scanning the document for the defined structure and extracting the various elements (or nodes) and their attributes; (iii) displaying the extracted document structure to the user of the system; (iv) adding one or more temporal elements to the attributes of the document; and (v) saving the document along with any additional information necessary to execute and implement the temporal elements so as to create a dynamic document object.