1. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method for creating an electronic representation of a position-coded product, the method comprising: accessing an electronic document file comprising layout specifications for a set of document pages; adding to the electronic document file an indication of a number of copies of the set of document pages; adding to the electronic document file at least one pattern license file including addresses corresponding to a set of pattern pages, the at least one pattern license file further including a starting page address and a license parameter identifying at least one property of the at least one pattern license file, each of the addresses in the at least one pattern license file identifying at least one pattern page included in the set of pattern pages, each of the pattern pages being a unique part of a position-coding pattern, wherein the at least one pattern license file associates the set of pattern pages with the position-coding pattern before and independent of an action of printing copies of the position-coded product; and adding to the electronic document file metadata that indicates an ordering of the pattern pages identified by the at least one pattern license file, wherein the document pages are implicitly associated, copy for copy, with the pattern pages according to the ordering.
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method for creating an electronic representation of a position-coded product, the method comprising: accessing an electronic document file comprising layout specifications for a set of document pages; adding to the electronic document file an indication of a number of copies of the set of document pages; adding to the electronic document file at least one pattern license file including addresses corresponding to a set of pattern pages, the at least one pattern license file further including a starting page address and a license parameter identifying at least one property of the at least one pattern license file, each of the addresses in the at least one pattern license file identifying at least one pattern page included in the set of pattern pages, each of the pattern pages being a unique part of a position-coding pattern, wherein the at least one pattern license file associates the set of pattern pages with the position-coding pattern before and independent of an action of printing copies of the position-coded product; and adding to the electronic document file metadata that indicates an ordering of the pattern pages identified by the at least one pattern license file, wherein the document pages are implicitly associated, copy for copy, with the pattern pages according to the ordering. 7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the document pages comprises a layout specification that defines at least human-understandable graphics on the document page.