16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the markup language document is manipulated on a server to substantially reproduce the mini-document of the application document notwithstanding the presence of the application that generated the markup language document.
12. A system for representing header and footer information in a markup language document, comprising: a processor; and a memory associated with computer-executable instructions configured to: determine properties relating to a mini-document included in at least one section of a word processing application document generated on a word processor, wherein the mini-document includes a body portion having text; determine whether the mini-document is at least one member of a group comprising: a header and a footer; individually map the properties into a markup language element that is stored with markup language section properties of the sections of the application document, wherein individually mapping the properties includes: setting an option element in the mini-document markup language element, wherein the option element includes at least one member of a group comprising: a header value and a footer value, setting a type attribute, wherein the type attribute includes a value that indicates an occurrence pattern of the body of the mini-document within the application document, setting a margin properties of the application document in the section properties of the application document, wherein the margin properties include a position value of the location of the mini-document within the section of the application document, and store each of the individually mapped properties in the markup language section properties of the application document; a validation engine configured to validate the markup language document; and an application other than the word processing application, wherein the application other than the word processing application does not have access to the native schema of the word processing application having the definitions of the mini-document, wherein the markup language document is parsed and rendered by the application other than the word processing application according to the properties individually written to the section properties markup language elements.