Verification of transformed content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9898516-B2
Application number	US-201615281364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 19, 2013
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for determining accurate document transformation, the method comprising:
queuing, by one or more processors, a source document for transformation to a target document according to an assigned priority for the target document, wherein the assigned priority is based on a descending order of file sizes for target documents of queued source documents;
responsive to determining the source document is next in the queue, transforming, by one or more processors, content of the source document into the target document, wherein transforming the content of the source document includes transforming the content from the first format to the second format;
responsive to determining an increased likelihood the source document was not accurately transformed to the target document based on a file size for the target document, rendering, by one or more processors, the source document into a non-rasterized graphical format, wherein a rendered source document represents the source document in the non-rasterized graphical format; and
determining, by one or more processors, based at least in part on a comparison of one or more aspects of the rendered source document and a rendered target document in a non-rasterized graphical format, the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, the source document for transformation to the target document during an Extract Transform Load (ETL) process, wherein the source document is in a first format and the target document is in a second format.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
rendering, by one or more processors, the target document into the non-rasterized graphical format, wherein the rendered target document represents the target document in the non-rasterized graphical format; and
comparing, by one or more processors, one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of a rendered target document.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the source document was accurately transformed to the target document, comprises:
identifying, by one or more processors, a similarity threshold level, where the similarity threshold level represents whether the source document was accurately transformed to the target document; and
determining, by one or more processors, whether or not the rendered target document has met the similarity threshold level with relation to the rendered source document.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, by one or more processors, a notification on a user interface, wherein the notification includes a list including the source document, the target document, and the similarity threshold level.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more aspects include text content of a document, a layout of a document, an embedded object, or an overall visual appearance of a document.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering the source document into a non-rasterized graphical format, comprises:
identifying, by one or more processors, one or more attachments associated with the source document; and
rendering, by one or more processors, each of the one or more attachments associated with the source document into a non-rasterized format.

8. A computer program product for determining accurate document transformation, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to queue a source document for transformation to a target document according to an assigned priority for the target document, wherein the assigned priority is based on a descending order of file sizes for target documents of queued source documents;
program instructions to, responsive to determining the source document is next in the queue, transform content of the source document into the target document, wherein transforming the content of the source document includes transforming the content from the first format to the second format;
program instructions to, responsive to determining an increased likelihood the source document was not accurately transformed to the target document based on a file size for the target document, render the source document into a non-rasterized graphical format, wherein a rendered source document represents the source document in the non-rasterized graphical format; and
program instructions to determine based at least in part on a comparison of one or more aspects of the rendered source document and a rendered target document in a non-rasterized graphical format, the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive the source document for transformation to the target document during an Extract Transform Load (ETL) process, wherein the source document is in a first format and the target document is in a second format.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
render the target document into the non-rasterized graphical format, wherein the rendered target document represents the target document in the non-rasterized graphical format; and
compare one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of a rendered target document.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to determine the source document was accurately transformed to the target document, comprise program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
identify a similarity threshold level, where the similarity threshold level represents whether the source document was accurately transformed to the target document; and
determine whether or not the rendered target document has met the similarity threshold level with relation to the rendered source document.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
display a notification on a user interface, wherein the notification includes a list including the source document, the target document, and the similarity threshold level.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more aspects include text content of a document, a layout of a document, an embedded object, or an overall visual appearance of a document.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to render the source document into a non-rasterized graphical format comprise program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
identify one or more attachments associated with the source document; and
render each of the one or more attachments associated with the source document into a rasterized format.

15. A computer system for managing methods for determining accurate document transformation, the computer program product comprising, the computer system comprising:
one or more comp

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Baessler Michael
• Hampp Bahnmueller Thomas A P
• Hoffmann Philipp
• Lorch Markus
• Maletz Juergen
• Pittner Daniel
• Schollenberger Werner
• Seider Dirk

Classifications

• G06F16/254 Primary

  Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses · CPC title

• G06F16/93

  Document management systems · CPC title

• G06F16/2365

  Ensuring data consistency and integrity · CPC title

• G06F17/30371

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30563 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic