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Document description files are used to encapsulate structural and meta information associated with a document stored on a computer-readable medium. Document description files are external to native application files and have a set of required fields. Document description files point to the reference

Document description files are used to encapsulate structural and meta information associated with a document stored on a computer-readable medium. Document description files are external to native application files and have a set of required fields. Document description files point to the referenced document data using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and serve as virtual documents. In addition to the required fields, applications can choose to encode additional structural information in the document description files.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A computer-implemented method comprising:receiving a request for information derived from a first document and a first document description file providing an application-independent description of the first document and being distinct from the first document;using the f

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A computer-implemented method comprising:receiving a request for information derived from a first document and a first document description file providing an application-independent description of the first document and being distinct from the first document;using the first document description file to retrieve the information required to satisfy the request; andgenerating a second document description file describing the retrieved information.