Information management system, form definition management server and information management method

A form definition management server which is provided in an information management system, and which manages form definition information including definition of a form used in a business process workflow, the form definition management server being configured to:

• determine an approval region to be added to a form received in the form of paper;
• determine a position where the determined the approval region is to be printed on the form;
• give an instruction to print the determined approval region at the determined position;
• and
• register definition of the approval region to be printed in the form definition information.

An information management method which manages form definition information including definition of a form used in a business process workflow, the information management method including the steps of:

• determining an approval region to be added onto a form received in the form of paper;
• determining a position where the determined the approval region is to be printed on the form;
• giving an instruction to print the determined approval region at the determined position;
• and
• registering definition of the approval region to be printed in the form definition information.