Using document templates to assemble a collection of documents

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device, including instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

• receive at a server one or more document templates, each template identifying a class of documents and including instructions executable by a web server to generate a particular document of the class;
• receive a document list including a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries identifying a document template where an entry identifying a particular document template also specifies a particular document of the class to be generated from the particular document template;
• generate a plurality of static documents according to the document list, each static document corresponding to an entry in the document list, each static document generated from a corresponding document template identified in the document list;
• for a generated static document of the plurality of static documents, identify one or more links within the generated static document, and for each link that includes a reference to an entry in the document list, modify the link to refer to the corresponding generated static document;
• and
• store the plurality of static documents in a collection of documents, the collection of documents having a hierarchical structure.

A system comprising:

• one or more computing devices configured to perform operations including:
• receiving at a server one or more document templates, each template identifying a class of documents and including instructions executable by a web server to generate a particular static document of the class;
• receiving a document list including a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries identifying a document template where an entry identifying a particular document template also specifies a particular document of the class to be generated from the particular document template;
• generating a plurality of static documents according to the document list, each static document corresponding to an entry in the document list, each static document generated from a corresponding document template identified in the document list;
• for a generated static document of the plurality of static documents, identifying one or more links within the generated static document, and for each link that includes a reference to an entry in the document list, modifying the link to refer to the corresponding generated static document;
• and
• storing the plurality of static documents in a collection of documents, the collection of documents having a hierarchical structure.