Documents control apparatus that can share document attributes
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKazutoshi Takeya
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Abstract
A documents control apparatus includes an attribute sharing unit that shares an attribute of a document with another documents control apparatus, an edit processing unit that edits the attribute, and a switching unit that determines whether the attribute is shared with the other documents control apparatus. The switching unit switches the edit of the attribute based on the determination. If the attribute sharing unit does not share the attribute, the switching unit allows the edit processing unit to edit the attribute as requested. If the attribute sharing unit shares the attribute, the switching unit controls the operation of the edit processing unit.
Claims22
A documents control apparatus that can share with another documents control apparatus an attribute attached to a document, comprising:
- an attribute sharing unit configured to share said attribute attached to the document with said other documents control apparatus;
- an edit processing unit configured to edit process said attribute;
- a switching unit configured to determine whether said attribute is shared with said other documents control apparatus by said attribute sharing unit and, based on the determination by said switching unit, configured to control edit processing on said attribute by said edit processing unit;
- a documents controlling unit configured to control documents;
- an attribute attaching unit configured to attach said attribute to each document controlled by said documents controlling unit, said attribute including an item type, a name of said item type, and an item type value;
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- an item type defining unit configured to assign one or more item types to said attribute attached to each document by said attribute attaching unit.
A computer readable recording medium, storing a computer program that causes a computer to function as:
- an attribute sharing unit configured to share an attribute with a documents control apparatus;
- an edit processing unit configured to switch depending on whether said attribute sharing unit shares said attribute with said documents control apparatus, edit processing on said attribute;
- a documents controlling unit configured to control documents;
- an attribute attaching unit configured to attach said attribute to each document controlled by said documents controlling unit, said attribute including an item type, a name of said item type, and an item type value;
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- an item type defining unit configured to assign one or more item types to said attribute attached to each document by said attribute attaching unit.
A method of controlling an attribute of a document comprising:
- controlling documents;
- receiving a request for edit processing on an attribute;
- determining whether said attribute is shared among a plurality of documents control apparatuses and, if so shared, whether said edit processing changes attribute identification information of said attribute;
- attaching attributes to each document controlled by the controlling, the attributes including an item type, a name of the item type, and an item type value;
- defining item types by assigning one or more types to said attribute attached to each document by said attribute attaching unit;
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- switching over, if said attribute is shared among the plurality of documents control apparatuses and said edit processing changes attribute identification information of said attribute, said edit processing to an edit processing that does not change said attribute identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.