System and method for managing file content

A system for managing file content comprising:

• a file upload system coupled to a communications medium, the file upload system operable to transfer one or ore files over the communication medium;
• a file content management system coupled to the communications medium, the file content management system operable to receive the one or more files from the file upload system, to extract one or more data structures from each file, to extract index data from each data structure, and to store the index data and each data structure in a relational database;
• and
• a data structure download system coupled to the communications medium, the data structure download system operable to query the file content management system and to receive one or more data structures in response to the query.

A method for managing file content comprising:

• receiving one or more files;
• extracting one or more data structures from each file;
• storing extracted index data for each data structure in an index;
• storing each data structure in a data storage that is cross-referenced with the index;
• and
• searching the index to identify data structures matching user-entered data strings.