Document processing device

A document processing method comprising:

• acquisition of a document described in a markup language;
• acquisition of information for selecting data which can be processed by a processing system which processes data described in the markup language;
• selection of data, which is to be processed by said processing system, from the document thus acquired based upon the information for selecting the data;
• and
• issuing an instruction to said processing system to process the data thus selected.

A computer program product comprising:

• a document acquisition module which acquires a document described in a markup language;
• a data processing module which processes data included in the document thus acquired;
• and
• a data selection module which selects the data, which is to be processed by said data processing module, from the data included in the document,
• wherein said data selection module acquires the information for selecting the data which can be processed by said data processing module,
• and wherein said data selection module selects based upon the information thus acquired, the data, which is to be processed by said data processing module, from the document thus acquired by said data acquisition module.

A document processing apparatus comprising:

• an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of documents described in a markup language;
• a linkage control unit which creates correspondence between data pieces included in the plurality of documents, and controls the correspondence between the data pieces;
• and
• a display control unit which displays the plurality of documents with the data pieces linked with each other according to the correspondence thus created.