<s>
Variable-data	O
publishing	O
(	O
VDP	O
)	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
database	B-Application
publishing	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
output	O
of	O
a	O
variable	O
composition	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AFP/IPDS	O
,	O
PostScript	B-Language
,	O
PCL	B-Language
)	O
,	O
variable-data	O
publishing	O
produces	O
electronically	O
viewable	O
files	O
,	O
most	O
commonly	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
forms	O
of	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variable-data	O
publishing	O
may	O
be	O
performed	O
on	O
everything	O
from	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
to	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
merging	O
static	O
document	O
elements	O
and	O
variable	O
document	O
elements	O
predates	O
the	O
term	O
and	O
has	O
seen	O
various	O
implementations	O
ranging	O
from	O
simple	O
desktop	O
'	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
 '	O
,	O
to	O
complex	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
applications	O
in	O
the	O
financial	O
and	O
banking	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
