Information processing method, information processing machine, and storage medium for processing document data that includes link information

An information processing apparatus that transmits, to a partner apparatus over a network, document data that includes link information for referring to reference data at a link destination external to the document data, the apparatus comprising:

• a central processing unit coupled to a computer memory,
• wherein the central processing unit is configured to receive at least one of:
• an embedding request and an archiving request from the partner apparatus;
• wherein the central processing unit is configured to embed the reference data into the document data, upon the central processing unit determining that the embedding request is received, that a description to embed the reference data is present in the document data, and that the link information does not include a description to inhibit transmission of the reference data at the link destination,
• wherein the central processing unit is configured to archive the reference data together with the document data, upon the central processing unit determining that the archiving request is received, that a description to archive the reference data is present in the document data, and that the link information does not include a description to inhibit transmission of the reference data at the link destination, and
• wherein the central processing unit is configured to transmit, to the partner apparatus, (i) the document data into which the reference data is embedded, upon the central processing unit determining that the embedding request is received and (ii) the document data with which the reference data is archived, upon the central processing unit determining that the archiving request is received.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program that, when executed by a computer processor, causes the computer processor to perform a method for transmitting, to a partner apparatus over a network, document data that includes link information for referring to reference data at a link destination external to the document data, the method comprising:

• receiving at least one of:
• an embedding request and an archiving request from the partner apparatus;
• embedding the reference data into the document data, upon determining that the embedding request is received, that a description to embed the reference data is present in the document data, and that the link information does not include a description to inhibit transmission of the reference data at the link destination;
• archiving the reference data together with the document data, upon determining that the archiving request is received, that a description to archive the reference data is present in the document data, and that the link information does not include a description to inhibit transmission of the reference data at the link destination;
• and
• transmitting, to the partner apparatus, (i) the document data into which the reference data is embedded, upon determining that the embedding request is received and (ii) the document data with which the reference data is archived, upon determining that the archiving request is received.