Document management system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshitaka Matsumoto
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Abstract
In a document management system that manages index item definition and document data by cabinet, an index can be easily provided. A user that can log into a first database can use an index item defined by the first database to provide an index value to document data stored in a second database.
Claims6
A document management system that uses an index item defined by each of a plurality of databases to provide an index value to document data managed by each of the plurality of databases, the document management system comprising:
- a document publication setting section for setting whether to permit a first user who logs into a first database to access document data managed by a second database;
- and
- a registration section for using the index item defined by the first database to register the index value as the index value for the document data managed by the second database on the basis of the instruction from the first user, in the case where the first user is permitted to access the document data managed by the second database in the document publication setting section.
A recording medium that stores a program to make a computer function as a document management system that uses the index item defined by each of a plurality of databases to provide the index value to document data managed by each of the plurality of databases, the program making the computer function as:
- a document publication setting section for setting to whether to permit a first user that can log into a first database to access document data managed by a second database;
- and
- a registration section for use thing index item defined by the first database to register the index value as the index value for the document data managed by the second database on the basis of the instruction from the first user in the case where the first user is permitted to access the document data managed by the second database in the document publication setting section.
A document management method having a document management unit, the document management unit using the index item defined by each of a plurality of databases to provide the index value to document data managed by each of the plurality of databases, the document management method comprising:
- a document publication setting step for setting to whether to permit the first user that can log into the first database to access document data managed by the second database;
- and
- a registration step for using the index item defined by the first database to register the index value as the index value for the document data managed by the second database on the basis of the instruction from the first user in the case where the first user is permitted to access the document data managed by the second database in the document publication setting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.