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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Boulder, CO (US);
James Warden Marlin, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeri Lane Sampson, Boulder, CO (US);
Jerold Russell Sampson, Boulder, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for flexibly managing a presentation data stream which includes an ordered stream of uniquely identified data objects and associated elements which specify format and presentation parameters for those data objects for utilization within a specified application. An include object structured field is provided within the data stream which identifies a particular data object and specifies alternate presentation parameters for utilization with that data object. Thereafter, the data object reference within the include object structured field can be presented utilizing the alternate presentation parameters, which override the presentation parameters associated with the referenced data object, obviating any requirement for providing alternate versions of that object for each of multiple diverse applications. In this manner multiple versions of a single data object may be presented utilizing multiple applications or data objects of different architectures may be referenced in an open system and dynamically included in a presentation form document.