17. A method for generating and storing a Portable Document Format (PDF) document within a network, the network including a client, and a plurality of storage locations, the method comprising: generating a PDF document; acquiring policy information for the PDF document, wherein the policy information includes a content-filtering policy, a security policy and a storage location policy for the PDF document; determining a portion of the PDF document that is subject to security, based on the content-filtering policy included in the policy information; determining a storage location for storage of the PDF document from among the plurality of storage locations, based on the storage location policy included in the policy information; applying security to the determined portion of the PDF document based on the security policy included in the policy information; and storing the PDF document including the portion of the PDF document to which security is applied on the determined storage location.
17. A method for generating and storing a Portable Document Format (PDF) document within a network, the network including a client, and a plurality of storage locations, the method comprising: generating a PDF document; acquiring policy information for the PDF document, wherein the policy information includes a content-filtering policy, a security policy and a storage location policy for the PDF document; determining a portion of the PDF document that is subject to security, based on the content-filtering policy included in the policy information; determining a storage location for storage of the PDF document from among the plurality of storage locations, based on the storage location policy included in the policy information; applying security to the determined portion of the PDF document based on the security policy included in the policy information; and storing the PDF document including the portion of the PDF document to which security is applied on the determined storage location. 23. A method according to claim 17 , wherein the PDF document corresponds to an image document service portal, so that data within the PDF document is processed and returned to the client for reassembly and reformulation of the PDF document.