Document state management system, document state management method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

A method of managing a document state, performed by a document state management system, the method comprising:

• receiving registration of a document;
• recording tracing data for tracing a document state of the document in a medium;
• outputting the medium in which the tracing data is recorded;
• acquiring the tracing data from the medium;
• referring a memory storing first information and second information, the first information retaining identification information of the document in association with a document state relating to the document, the second information retaining tracing data for tracing the document state of the document in association with the identification information of the document;
• acquiring, from the second information, the identification information of the document associated with the tracing data acquired from the medium;
• acquiring, from the first information, the document state of the document associated with the identification information of the document acquired from the second information;
• and
• outputting the document state acquired from the first information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer-executable program that causes an information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

• receiving registration of a document;
• recording tracing data for tracing a document state of the document in a medium;
• outputting the medium in which the tracing data is recorded;
• acquiring the tracing data from the medium;
• referring a memory storing first information and second information, the first information retaining identification information of the document in association with a document state relating to the document, the second information retaining tracing data for tracing the document state of the document in association with the identification information of the document;
• acquiring, from the second information, the identification information of the document associated with the tracing data acquired from the medium;
• acquiring, from the first information, the document state of the document associated with the identification information of the document acquired from the second information;
• and
• outputting the document state acquired from the first information.