1. An object-oriented system for processing structured information for implementation by a computer in an object-oriented framework, comprising: a storage means; a first obtaining means for obtaining an interactive input from a user; a second obtaining means for obtaining a first structural description of a first structured information format; a third obtaining means for obtaining a second structural description of a second structured information format; means for interactively creating a rule to transform an element of the first structured information format into an element of the second structured information format utilizing the interactive input from the user, the first structural description, and the second structural description; and means for outputting the rule, wherein at least one of the first obtaining means, the second obtaining means, the third obtaining means, the means for interactively creating, and the means for outputting includes a software object.
1. An object-oriented system for processing structured information for implementation by a computer in an object-oriented framework, comprising: a storage means; a first obtaining means for obtaining an interactive input from a user; a second obtaining means for obtaining a first structural description of a first structured information format; a third obtaining means for obtaining a second structural description of a second structured information format; means for interactively creating a rule to transform an element of the first structured information format into an element of the second structured information format utilizing the interactive input from the user, the first structural description, and the second structural description; and means for outputting the rule, wherein at least one of the first obtaining means, the second obtaining means, the third obtaining means, the means for interactively creating, and the means for outputting includes a software object. 4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the structured information includes a markup language format, the first structured information format includes a first markup language format, the second structured information format includes a second markup language format, and the means for interactively creating comprises: means for interactively creating a rule to transform a first markup language format element into a second markup language format element utilizing the interactive input from the user, a structural description of the first markup language format, and a structural description of the second markup language format.