Method and system for exposing nested data in a computer-generated document in a transparent manner

A method for managing data across different computer-generated documents, comprising:

• receiving a request for embedding an object from a second document in a first document;
• querying a server application from which the second document is generated for a list of file formats available from the server application;
• querying the server application for any particular file formats associated with the requested object;
• receiving at a client application from which the first document is generated the list of file formats available from the server application;
• receiving at the client application any particular file formats associated with the requested object;
• embedding the requested object in the first document;
• and
• exposing to the client application any file formats associated with the requested object for allowing the client application to operate the embedded object according to the any file formats associated with the embedded object.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which when executed by a computer perform a method for exposing formatting information about an embedded object to a receiving software application, comprising:

• receiving a request for embedding an object from a second document into a first document;
• querying a server application from which the second document is generated for any file formats associated with the requested object;
• receiving at a client application from which the first document is generated the any file formats associated with the requested object;
• embedding the requested object in the first document;
• and
• exposing to the client application the any file formats associated with the requested object for allowing the client application to operate the embedded object according to the any file formats associated with the embedded object.