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Handling Mixed Text/Image/Voice Documents Based on a Standardised Office Document Architecture

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HERODE dealt with the design, prototype development and demonstration of cooperative tools for the handling of mixed text/image/voice documents in future office systems. The work was based on the Office Document Architecture (ODA), which supports both the logical and the layout structure of documents. The ODA definition allowed the tools to be easily adapted to the actual type of document. This reduced the time taken by a user carrying out routine tasks and allowed the automatic checking of document input .
The project dealt with design, prototype development and demonstration of cooperative tools for the handling of mixed text/image/voice documents in future office systems. The work was based on the office document architecture (ODA), which supports both the logical and the layout structure of documents.

A prototype of the document handler was developed and integrated. It comprises:
a logical structure editor for creating and modifying the logical structure of a document;
a character content editor for editing text;
a geometric content editor for handling lines, curves and graphics;
a photographic content editor for editing picture information;
a layour structure editor for the automatic update of the document layout after each editing step.

A prototype of the common user inteface and the document editor shell was also developed and integrated. It provided a unified functional appearance for the user when employing the different editors. The prototype of the automated document entry tool was produced. It supports the function of transferring a document with text, drawings and pictures into an electronic form. The following functional modules are available: preprocessing, area segmentation, geometrics recognition and coding, and photographic recognition and coding.
A prototype of the Document Handler was developed and integrated. It comprises:
-a Logical Structure Editor for creating and modifying the logical structure of a document
-a Character Content Editor for editing text
-a Geometric Content Editor for handling lines, curves and graphics
-a Photographic Content Editor for editing picture information
-a Layout Structure Editor for the automatic update of the document layout after each editing step.
A prototype of the Common User Interface and the Document Editor Shell was also developed and integrated. It provides a unified functional appearance for the user when employing the different editors.
The prototype of the Automated Document Entry Tool was produced. It supports the function of transferring a document with text, drawings and pictures into an electronic form. The following functional modules are available: preprocessing, area segmentation, geometrics recognition and coding, and photographic recognition and coding. The prototypes were demonstrated during the 1986 and 1987 ESPRIT Conference Weeks and have been described in several published papers. The project has also had a major impact onthe ECMA and ISO standardisation of ODA, and the results have been used in the project 1024, PODA.
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The HERODE project, which has formed a basis for the standardisation of electronic documents, has been of major importance for information systems in business and administration. It allows office documents incorporating graphics and pictures to be transferred, stored and manipulated on and between different systems, from different vendors, based on the ODA standard. It supports the development of the market for document-based information systems, and improves the market potential of a large number of vendors' products.

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