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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1989
Barbara A Barker, Round Rock, TX (US);
Thomas R Edel, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey A Stark, Grapevine, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically selecting data formats for logical elements which are recursively nested within a document. A data processing system user is initially interactively prompted to establish logical element data formats which correspond to the order of appearance of a logical element within a nested relationhip and the level within that nested relationship where the logical element appears. Thereafter, the creation or relocation of a logical element within the document will result in a data format being automatically assigned based upon the order of appearance and the level of that logical element within the nested relationship within the document.