ipcpubprep is a package developed by WIPO in the context of IT operations support for IPC.

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ipcpubprep is a Web based application which is accessible through a Web browser. 

1. It includes software component to provide features described IPC internet publication on-line help, and services described under its “URL based access” part.
2. This package was used to generate the internet publication of IPC 2022.01 together with older versions of the IPC.
3. It was also used to generate some of the electronic by-products like the HTML static files for scheme available under https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/ITsupport/Version20220101/ for example. 
4. Please note that the package and associated installation and operation documentation were customized to anticipate translation into national language of IPCPUBPREP user interface and IPC data.

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ipcpubprep is made of 2 components:
- Publication system: to serve published data to the web through the web application server.
- IPC Data Publication Preparation: to generate data to be published from the Master files and IPC Warnings. It produces static files and populates the database and the search engine.

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USAGE:
1. Installation: Read and execute IPCPUBPREP_Installation_Manual_vX.X.doc
2. Operations: Read and execute IPCPUBPREP_Operations_Manual_vX.X.doc
3. Other important information:
   3.1 https://www.wipo.int/ipc/itos4ipc/ITSupport_and_download_area/Documentation/ipcpub/IPCPUB_translation_manual.docx
   3.2 https://www.wipo.int/ipc/itos4ipc/ITSupport_and_download_area/Documentation/ipcpub/help/IPC_Internet_Publication_Help_file_v9_0_EN.docx
   3.3 https://www.wipo.int/ipc/itos4ipc/ITSupport_and_download_area/Documentation/IPC_Internet_URL_Web_Services_specification/IPC_Internet_Publication_URLs_and_Services.pdf

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Report bugs or documentation problems to its4ics@wipo.int