Method of and an apparatus for displaying version information and configuration information and a computer-readable recording medium on which a version and configuration information display program is recorded

A version and configuration information display apparatus for use with a document management system including a processor, a storage, and a terminal unit for managing version information of documents and program sources and configuration information including a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources, comprising:

• means for storing, each time a document or a program source is edited, version information including a version name thereof and a creation date thereof in the storage;
• means for storing configuration information of a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources in the storage;
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• means for reading the version information and the configuration information from the storage;
• means for placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources on a screen of the terminal unit in a vertical direction, and placing and displaying version information of each of the constituent elements thereon by using the creation date as a reference to vertically align between relevant constituent elements and arranged time-sequentially in a horizontal direction.

A computer-readable recording medium on which a version and configuration information display program of a document management system is recorded, wherein the program executes:

• a procedure of storing, each time a document or a program source is edited, version information including a version name thereof and a creation date thereof in a first storage;
• a procedure of storing configuration information of a plurality of documents and a plurality of program sources in a second storage;
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• a procedure of reading the version information and the configuration information from said first storage and said second storage, placing and displaying information of constituent elements of documents and program sources on a screen of the terminal unit in a vertical direction, and placing and displaying version information of each of the constituent elements thereof by using the creation date as a reference to vertically align between relevant constituent elements and arranged time-sequentially in a horizontal direction.