Document management system, method thereof, and program thereof

A management method for a document management system having:

• an inputting unit for inputting tagged document data;
• a storing unit for storing document data which has been input by the inputting unit;
• a data processing unit for executing a data process under the control of a program;
• and
• a displaying unit for displaying document data stored in the storing unit,
• wherein the management method comprises the steps of:
• registering tagged document data, which has been input by the inputting unit, to the storing unit;
• analyzing the document data registered at the document registering step and creating a search index which allows the document data to be searched for based on each tag;
• creating a categorizing map having leaves having tagged contents of document data whenever a predetermined amount of document data is registered with the storing unit at the document registering step, the document registering step, the document search index creating step, and the categorizing map creating step being performed by the data processing unit,
• wherein when a tag path is assigned as the development condition to an initial document set registered with the storing unit at the document registering step, the categorizing map creating step is performed by:
• selecting a first document from an initial document set and obtaining a value of a tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the value of the tag path of the selected document from the initial document set;
• treating the extracted document set as a new initial document set, selecting a first document from the new initial document set, and obtaining the value of the tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the obtained tag path from the new initial document set;
• and
• continuing the process until the initial document set becomes null.

A computer program product for a document management system having:

• an inputting unit for inputting tagged document data;
• a storing unit for storing document data which has been input by the inputting unit;
• a data processing unit for executing a data process under the control of the computer program product;
• and
• a displaying unit for displaying document data stored in the storing unit,
• said computer program product being embodied on a computer-readable medium and comprising codes that, when executed, cause a computer to perform the steps of:
• registering tagged document data, which has been input by the inputting unit, to the storing unit;
• analyzing the document data registered by the document registering process and creating a search index which allows the document data to be searched for each tag;
• creating a categorizing map having leaves having tagged contents of document data whenever a predetermined amount of document data is registered to the storing unit by the document registering process,
• wherein when a tag path is assigned as the development condition to an initial document set registered with the storing unit by the document registering process, the categorizing map creating process is performed by:
• selecting a first document from an initial document set and obtaining a value of a tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the value of the tag path of the selected document from the initial document set;
• treating the extracted document set as a new initial document set, selecting a first document from the new initial document set, and obtaining the value of the tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the obtained tag path from the new initial document set;
• and
• continuing the process until the initial document set becomes null.

A document managing system comprising:

• means for selecting a first document from an initial document set and obtain a value of a tag path of the selected document;
• means for extracting a document set which does not contain the value of the tag path of the selected document from the initial document set;
• means for treating the extracted document set as a new initial document set, selecting a first document from the new initial document set, and obtaining the value of the tag path of the selected document;
• means for extracting a document set which does not contain the obtained tag path from the new initial document set;
• and
• means for continuing the process until the initial document set becomes null.

A document managing method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a first document from an initial document set and obtain a value of a tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the value of the tag path of the selected document from the initial document set;
• treating the extracted document set as a new initial document set, selecting a first document from the new initial document set, and obtaining the value of the tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the obtained tag path from the new initial document set;
• and
• continuing the process until the initial document set becomes null.

A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium and comprising codes that, when executed, cause a computer to perform a document managing method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a first document from an initial document set and obtain a value of a tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the value of the tag path of the selected document from the initial document set;
• treating the extracted document set as a new initial document set, selecting a first document from the new initial document set, and obtaining the value of the tag path of the selected document;
• extracting a document set which does not contain the obtained tag path from the new initial document set;
• and
• continuing the process until the initial document set becomes null.