Communication apparatus and network system, and control method thereof

A control method of a communication apparatus which is connected to a network and stores middleware for a function of the communication apparatus, said method comprising:

• a first collection step of repeatedly collecting first functional information describing a function of the communication apparatus;
• a second collection step of repeatedly collecting second functional information describing a function of apparatuses on the network;
• and
• a composition step of composing and stopping the middleware based on the first and second functional information repeatedly collected in said first and second collection steps such that the middleware for a function that does not correspond to the second functional information of the apparatuses on the network is stopped,
• wherein, in said first collection step, the first functional information of the communication apparatus whose middleware is composed and stopped in said composition step, is repeatedly collected.

A communication apparatus connected to a network, said apparatus comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store middleware for managing a document format, wherein the document format is related to functional information;
• a first collection unit configured to repeatedly collect first functional information relating to a document format of the communication apparatus;
• a second collection unit configured to repeatedly collect second functional information relating to a document format of apparatuses on the network;
• and
• a composition unit configured to activate inactivate the middleware for managing a document based on the first and second functional information repeatedly collected by said first and second collection units such that the middleware related to the document format that does not correspond to the second functional information of the apparatuses on the network is inactivated,
• wherein said first collection unit repeatedly collects the first functional information of the communication apparatus whose document was managed by the middleware activated or inactivated by said composition unit.

A control method of a communication apparatus which is connected to a network and stores middleware for managing a document format of the communication apparatus, wherein the document format is related to functional information, said method comprising:

• a first collection step of repeatedly collecting first functional information relating to a document format of the communication apparatus;
• a second collection step of repeatedly collecting second functional information related to a document format of apparatuses on the network;
• and
• a composition step of activating or inactivating the middleware for managing a document based on the first and second functional information repeatedly collected in said first and second collection steps such that the middleware for managing a document that does not correspond to the second functional information of the apparatuses on the network is inactivated,
• wherein, in said first collection step, the first functional information of the communication apparatus whose document was managed by the middleware activated or inactivated in said composition step, is repeatedly collected.