Abstract: A method of identifying an extractable portion of a source machine-readable document for extraction to an input machine-readable document is described. The method comprises inserting a reference to the extractable portion which includes a source document locator and an extractable portion identifier in an input machine-readable document which is processable with a further input document to provide the output document combining features of the input documents. The reference is unaltered by processing to provide the output document.

Abstract: A method of controlling construction, at a remote source, of a machine-readable document is described. The method comprises the steps of presenting a view of a machine-readable document template stored at the remote source and having static and dynamic portions, the dynamic portions being processable in conjunction with a variable data machine-readable document to construct an output machine-readable document. The method further comprises the steps of presenting a view of a variable data machine-readable document stored at the remote source, adding at least one data field to the variable data document, populating the further data field with data and sending an instruction to the remote source to modify the machine-readable document template to include a dynamic portion corresponding to the further data field.

Abstract: A method is described of constructing a machine-readable document. The method comprises applying a machine-readable document construction process to input documents comprising a first, template machine-readable document and a second, variable data containing machine-readable document to produce an output machine-readable document binding the variable data to the template, storing the content of said output machine-readable document at a storage location and assigning an identifier to the output machine-readable document identifying storage location.

Abstract: A method of constructing an editable machine-readable document comprises processing a machine-readable template document and a machine-readable document defining an editable portion of the template document to construct a machine-readable template document including an identifiable editable portion.

Abstract: A method of constructing a remotely editable machine-readable template document comprises generating a presentation image of the machine-readable template document, generating a data structure identifying editable portions of the presentation image of the template document and sending the presentation image and data structure to a remote editing location.

Abstract: A method of constructing a machine-readable document comprises applying a document construction process to first and second input machine-readable documents comprising a template document and a variable data document to produce an output document binding the variable data to the template. Each input document is declared to be of a respective type having a type identifier and the machine-readable document construction process is performed if the declared types meet a type match criterion.

Abstract: A method of processing a publishable document including input program elements for processing variable data comprises compiling the publishable document into a program executable to generate a document product. The step of compiling includes identifying, for inclusion in a program, output program elements required to process variable data.

Abstract: A method of managing multiple resource identifiers in a machine readable document comprises allocating one or more resource identifiers to a context. A context name is associated to the context and the context name and resource identifier are associated in the document.

Abstract: A method of processing data associated with processing options, wherein selected processing options select variants within the data and selected variants are activated, and variants associated with unselected options can be selected in a further iteration of the process.

Abstract: A server has a memory 16 arranged to have a document 17 having a number of parts stored in it. The server is arranged to: receive a request including a URI having a document identifier which identifies both the whole and a part of the document; determine capabilities of the device; and deliver an appropriate portion of the document containing at least the identified part, the portion depending on the capabilities.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for laying out at least one document page having at least one variable content copy hole; fitting a variable content into a page; and rendering said page.