System and process for delivering and rendering scalable web pages

A process for creating a document data structure includes the steps of:

• using a web server to respond to a viewer's browser's request for a document;
• retrieving or creating the content of said document in an appropriate fashion;
• translating the content of said document into a block of script code;
• embedding said script code into an HTML document which is returned to the viewer;
• and
• in the viewer's browser, executing said block of script code.

A process for interpreting a document data structure, said process comprises the steps of:

• identifying objects in said document data structure that needs to be rendered in the viewer's browser.
• locating or creating the elements of the browser document object model, wherein said elements are used for rendering said document;
• applying any transformations or other changes needed to accommodate the viewer's specific browser configuration to the elements of the browser document object model or the document data structure;
• generating HTML needed to render said objects;
• and
• applying said HTML into the elements of the browser document object model so that said document is displayed in said browser.

The process of 37, wherein one or more slide elements are outline entities, and wherein said sub step of rendering various slide elements inside said slide comprises the sub-sub-steps of:

• setting up default properties;
• creating and initializing a rendering context;
• setting origin and available width;
• rendering outline nodes with said rendering context;
• and
• hiding unused layers.

A method for creating a document data structure includes the steps of:

• using a web server to respond to a viewer's browser's request for a document;
• retrieving or creating the content of said document in an appropriate fashion;
• translating the content of said document into a block of script code;
• embedding said script code into an HTML document which is returned to the viewer;
• and
• in the viewer's browser, executing said block of script code.

A method for interpreting a document data structure, said method comprises the steps of:

• identifying objects in said document data structure that needs to be rendered in the viewer's browser.
• locating or creating the elements of the browser document object model, wherein said elements are used for rendering said document;
• applying any transformations or other changes needed to accommodate the viewer's specific browser configuration to the elements of the browser document object model or the document data structure;
• generating HTML needed to render said objects;
• and
• applying said HTML into the elements of the browser document object model so that said document is displayed in said browser.

The method of 60, wherein one or more slide elements are outline entities, and wherein said sub step of rendering various slide elements inside said slide comprises the sub-sub-steps of:

• setting up default properties;
• creating and initializing a rendering context;
• setting origin and available width;
• rendering outline nodes with said rendering context;
• and
• hiding unused layers.