Document modeling within a document framework

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device coupled to the processor and storing instructions defining modules, the instructions of the modules executable by the processor, the modules including:
• a user interface module for providing a user interface layer;
• a service module electronically coupled to the user interface module for providing a service layer providing services to the user interface layer;
• and
• a document framework module electronically coupled to the service module for providing a document framework layer, the document framework layer including:
• a component module for providing component models and providing a link between a set of component methods and a component specific logic,
• an item module electronically coupled to the component module for providing item models each including an association to one or more component models, the item module providing a first map within the item model between a set of item methods and the set of component methods,
• a header module electronically coupled to the component module and the item module for providing header models each including an association to one or more component models, the header module providing a second map within the header model between a set of header methods and the set of item methods,
• a document module electronically coupled to the header module and the item module for providing document models each including an association to one header model and one or more item models, and
• an object generation module that generates document objects upon receipt of a command originating in the user interface layer and received from the service layer, wherein the object generation module generates a document object as a function of a document model, the document object operable to generate documents based on the document model.

A machine-readable storage medium, with instruction which when processed, result in a machine:

• defining a document model for generation of documents, wherein the document model includes:
• a header model including a set of header methods to provide interaction capabilities to other portions of a system,
• one or more item models, including a set of item methods to provide interaction capabilities to other portions of the system,
• wherein the header model and the one or more item models each include an association with one or more component models, and
• wherein each component model includes:
• a set of component methods to provide interaction capabilities to other portions of the system, and
• component specific logic accessible through the component methods,
• providing a first map within the header model between the set of header methods and the set of item methods,
• providing a second map within the item model between the set of item methods and the set of component methods, and
• providing a link between the set of component methods and the component specific logic.