Document processing method and system, and computer-readable recording medium having document processing program recorded therein

A system for processing a structured document, comprising:

• means for generating a shared information block as a set of shared information appearing in a plurality of structured documents;
• means for storing said shared information block to correlate with a date and an hour of generation of the shared information block;
• means for generating a link-described structured document in which a link to said shared information is described into the structured document;
• means for storing said link-described structured document to correlate with a date and an hour of generation of the link-described structured document;
• means, in response to receipt of a change input included in said stored shared information block, for changing the stored shared information block and generating a changed shared information block including information corresponding to the change input, and for storing said changed shared information block to correlate with a date and an hour of generation of said changed shared information block;
• means for reading out said stored link-described structured document;
• means for selecting shared information based on said described link in the read-out document and included in a shared information block generated prior to the date and the hour correlated in said read out link-described structured document;
• and
• means for embedding the selected shared information into said link-described structured document;
• and
• means for outputting information representing said shared information-embedded link-described structured document.