System and method for populating and managing a computer database of discrete, categorized segments of sequential text

A method of populating and managing a computer database of discrete, categorized segments of sequential text, comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a computer database management facility within a computer-based operating environment that includes access to a recording medium operable for database storage;
• b. configuring said database management facility to provide a database operable to
• i. store a plurality of discrete text segments,
• ii. store at least one category definition,
• iii. store at least one member for each category definition, and
• iv. associate each of said discrete text segments with a set including one member of each category definition, and with a sequence number that is shared by no other text segment associated with said set;
• c. providing a means to populate said database with at least one category definition;
• d. providing a means to populate said database with at least one member of each category definition;
• and
• e. providing a means for an end-user to populate said database with a plurality of text segments, wherein
• i. the end-user designates said set of one member of each category definition,
• ii. the end-user presents to a processing facility a text passage that includes a marker signifying boundaries of said text segments, the marker being positioned at a plurality of intervals,
• iii. the processing facility divides the text passage into text segments in accordance with said boundaries defined by positions of said marker,
• iv. the processing facility populates said database with said text segments such that each text segment is associated with said set of one member of each category definition designated by the end-user, and
• v. for each of said text segments, the processing facility populates the database with the sequence number that is associated with the text segment.