Data processing apparatus and data processing method, and computer program

A data processing method for processing data for respective pages, comprising:

• a data reception step of receiving at least data of a first format for respective pages;
• a first page data generation step of generating first page data used to manage the data of the first format;
• a control step of monitoring a storage state of the data of the first format in the memory, and permitting a predetermined process for the data of the first format in accordance with the storage state;
• a data conversion step of converting the data of the first format into data of a second format;
• a second page data generation step of generating second page data used to manage the data of the second format;
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• a page data management step of managing the data of the first and second formats in first and second page data in association with each other.

A data processing apparatus for processing data for respective pages, comprising:

• a data reception unit for receiving data including a plurality of pages in a plurality of kinds of formats;
• a format determination unit for determining a data format for a predetermined page of the plurality of pages, and setting the data format as a reception data format;
• a data conversion unit for converting data of the reception data format into data of a basic format in the data processing apparatus;
• a page data management unit for supporting and generating page data in the reception data format and the basic format, and managing the page data in association with each other;
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• a control unit for monitoring a storage state of the data of the reception data format in the memory, and permitting a predetermined process for the data of the reception data format in accordance with the storage state.