Determining the target readership of a document

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a profiled document from a profiling tool, the profiling tool being a tool that receives a source document and a readership profile and applies the readership profile to the source document to generate a profiled document, the readership profile specifying one or more target readerships, the source document including one or more portions of readership-specific content that is specific to a particular readership, the profiled document including only those portions of readership-specific content that is specific to any of the target readerships specified in the readership profile;
• determining whether more than one target readership has been specified in the readership profile;
• and
• if more than one target readership has been specified, marking each portion of readership-specific content in the profiled document to identify the readership to which the content is specific, and if only one target readership has been specified, not marking any portion of readership-specific content in the profiled document.

Apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving from a profiling tool a profiled document, the profiling tool being a tool that receives a source document and a readership profile and applies the readership profile to the source document to generate a profiled document, the readership profile specifying one or more target readerships, the source document including one or more portions of readership-specific content that is specific to a particular readership, the profiled document including only those portions of readership-specific content that is specific to any of the target readerships;
• means for determining whether more than one target readership has been specified in the readership profile;
• and
• means for, if more than one target readership has been specified, marking each portion of readership-specific content in the profiled document to identify the readership to which the content is specific, and if only one target readership has been specified, not marking any portion of readership-specific content in the profiled document.