1. A method of extracting data from network-based information in a communication network comprising a plurality of network servers programmed to transmit network-based information over the network, comprising: causing an object embedding program, executed by a computer in the communication network, to locate a script program from a link associated with the object embedding program, and to apply the script program to network-based information provided by one of the network servers, and to which the object embedding program is linked by a link associated with the object embedding program; causing the object embedding program to execute the script program to extract data from the network-based information provided by one of the network servers, wherein the link from which the object embedding program can locate the script program is a link to the network-based information, and the network-based information in turn comprises a link to the script program; and causing the object embedding program to continue executing the script program to embed the data in a compound document displayed on the computer.
1. A method of extracting data from network-based information in a communication network comprising a plurality of network servers programmed to transmit network-based information over the network, comprising: causing an object embedding program, executed by a computer in the communication network, to locate a script program from a link associated with the object embedding program, and to apply the script program to network-based information provided by one of the network servers, and to which the object embedding program is linked by a link associated with the object embedding program; causing the object embedding program to execute the script program to extract data from the network-based information provided by one of the network servers, wherein the link from which the object embedding program can locate the script program is a link to the network-based information, and the network-based information in turn comprises a link to the script program; and causing the object embedding program to continue executing the script program to embed the data in a compound document displayed on the computer. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the script program is configured to convert the extracted data from a first format into a second format.