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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Andrea L. Mangini, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Peter Merrill, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrea L. Mangini, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Peter Merrill, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates queries to search for matching forms in a set of forms, without requiring a pre-configured forms management system. During operation, the system obtains a form template, wherein the form template includes a form schema which specifies field names and data types for fields in form instances associated with the form template. Next, the system allows a user to specify search criteria for one or more fields defined by the form schema. Then the system generates a query based on search criteria entered by the user, and runs the query against the set of forms to identify matching forms. Finally, the system generates a list of the matching forms.