Signature Table

Use

Documents are identified by the parameter SIGNATURE using the signature table. This table is used to perform both the query and the reply: If you specify what you know about the document or documents concerned, you are given the number of documents that correpsond to the criteria. The attributes of one or more documents can be transferred in the signature table. The signature table has the following fields:

Field

Description

DOC_COUNT

Document counter

This field counts the individual document variants. There can be several entries per variant. If this is the case, the individual entries differ only in attribute name and attribute value.

DOC_ID

Document identification

DOC_VER_NO

Document version number

DOC_VAR_ID

Document variant identification

DOC_VAR_TG

Document variant tag

The type of variant is specified. A variant can take one of three forms:

  • Original

  • Language variant

  • Format variant

COMP_COUNT

Component counter, total number (sum) of document components

PROP_NAME

Attribute Name

PROP_VALUE

Attribute Value