Electronic document managing apparatus

An electronic document management apparatus comprising:

• a storing unit that stores a policy that specifies a disclosure/nondisclosure status of a constituent element divided from an electronic document;
• an acquiring unit that acquires the electronic document and a plurality of revised documents subjected to revision processing of determining nondisclosure of the constituent element in the electronic document concerning each of different revisers;
• a judging unit that judges, referring to the electronic document, whether the constituent element is not disclosed in each revised document according to the constituent element in the electronic document;
• a determining unit that determines whether the constituent element is to be disclosed based on the policy when the constituent element is determined not to be disclosed in at least one revised document;
• a revising unit that revises the constituent element in the electronic document based on a result of the determining unit;
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• an outputting unit that outputs the revised electronic document.

An electronic document management method comprising:

• storing a policy that specifies a disclosure/nondisclosure status of a constituent element divided from an electronic document;
• acquiring the electronic document and a plurality of revised documents subjected to revision processing of determining nondisclosure of the constituent element in the electronic document concerning each of different revisers;
• judging, referring to the electronic document, whether the constituent element is not disclosed in each revised document according to the constituent element in the electronic document;
• determining whether the constituent element is to be disclosed based on the policy when the constituent element is determined not to be disclosed in at least one revised document;
• revising the constituent element in the electronic document based on a result of the determining;
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• outputting the revised electronic document.