Abstract: A computer-implemented update-triggered document-defined workflow method provides for triggering an update to an original source document to yield an updated document. In response, a document handler executes the document-defined workflow method so as to create, delete, or modify a target document or so as to create a workflow description calling for creating, deleting, or modifying a target document.

Abstract: A document having a number of components is modeled as a concurrent hierarchical state machine derived from a number of secondary state machines. The concurrent hierarchical state machine hierarchically encompasses the secondary state machines and corresponds to the document as a whole. The secondary state machines are concurrent to one another. Each secondary state machine corresponds to one of the components of the document.

Abstract: A method for conducting a privacy ensured computerized poll includes, in a computerized anonymizing system (100), receiving a list (404) of invited participants (418) of said computerized poll, said list (404) comprising at least one address (202, 204) for each said participant (418). With said computerized anonymizing system (100), assigning each invited participant (418) in said poll at least one character string (410, 412) and transmitting to each invited participant (418) said at least one character string (410, 412) assigned to said participant (418) using said at least one address (202, 204). With said computerized anonymizing system (100), generating a list (408) comprising an entry for each said at least one character string (410, 412) assigned to one of said invited participants (418) and shuffling an order of said entries, and providing said shuffled list (408) to a poll initiator (402).

Abstract: A document having a number of components is modeled as a concurrent hierarchical state machine derived from a number of secondary state machines. The concurrent hierarchical state machine hierarchically encompasses the secondary state machines and corresponds to the document as a whole. The secondary state machines are concurrent to one another. Each secondary state machine corresponds to one of the components of the document.

Abstract: A first version of a target document includes a source reference to a source element of a source document. A transclusion processor writes a second element to a second version of the target document. The second element is a copy of the source element that includes a provenance reference to the source element as an attribute.

Abstract: A transclusion method provides for transclude copying a source fragment of a source document into a target document. As a result, the target document contains a target fragment. The target fragment is a copy of the source fragment. A reference to the source document is included with the target fragment in the target document. The reference identifies a location for the source document and provides search data for locating the source fragment within the source document.

Abstract: A computer-implemented update-triggered document-defined workflow method provides for triggering an update to an original source document to yield an updated document. In response, a document handler executes the document-defined workflow method so as to create, delete, or modify a target document or so as to create a workflow description calling for creating, deleting, or modifying a target document.