JP6994138B2 - Information management device and file management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device that manages information using a table in a desktop environment.

Conventional technology

A method of converting information management by a folder tree into information management by a table that performs equivalent classification has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-228964). In this proposed method, the tag name string obtained by merging the classification tag names in each node of the folder tree for each classification viewpoint is arranged as a set of headwords (headword string) in one row or one column above. Information is managed by arranging an icon of the information saved in the folder tree on the table, and the information can be identified by the visibility at a glance by the classification tag name arranged as a headword on the table. There is something that aims at user convenience that it can be done.

However, if a folder tree that is classified from many viewpoints is converted into a table by this method, the converted table will have many headword strings obtained for each classification viewpoint into many rows and columns. In a multi-tiered table, for each headword placed in each row and column, another heading is placed in the row below it or in the column to the right of it. Since the word strings are arranged repeatedly, there is a problem that the size of the table becomes exponentially large.

In particular, if this method is applied to a folder tree that has various classifications for each classification node, it will be generated based on a local classification that applies only to some information in the folder tree, and others. By providing headword strings that are useless for classifying a lot of information uniformly and repeatedly throughout the table, the obtained table becomes larger and the information to be managed is classified. It becomes highly redundant. In information management in a visual environment, it is a basic user need that the information to be managed can be viewed as much as possible or can be viewed with a small amount of screen scrolling.

In view of these problems, the present invention manages information by a folder tree that freely and variously classifies each classification node, and information by a table that minimizes redundancy and size while performing equivalent classification. The challenge is to provide a way to convert to management.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for storing information on a folder tree by visual recognition at a glance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating a folder tree with a minimum of effort.

In order to achieve the above object, the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 1 is
File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
It is a method of outputting information on a table in which cells that are rectangles in which information icons are arranged are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A step to create tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column , and
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The steps to give and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , Steps to display the icon of the specified information in relation to the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by being composed of.

In the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 2, in the method according to claim 1, each tag name constituting the tag name string registered in the created tag name string data is divided for each tag name string. In the tag name column data in which the tag name column including the tag name selected by the user as the search keyword is registered on the keyword selection means displayed in the form of a tag, the registered tag name string is composed of the selected tag name. With a step to replace with a new tag name column
It is characterized in that table data representing a table in which the tag name columns registered in all tag name column data are arranged is created.

In order to achieve the above object, the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 3 is
Information management operations are performed in information management devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
A step to obtain a tag name column, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
The step of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A step to output information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
It is characterized by being composed of.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 4 is the method according to claim 1, claim 2, among the path names constituting all the path names of the parent folders of one tag name string in the method according to claim 8 . If the path name belonging to the same tag name column as the path name does not exist in the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder, the path name is set as the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data. It is characterized by doing.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 5 is the same as the tag name set in the condition data for one tag name string data in the method according to claim 1 and claim 2. If there is no other tag name column data that sets another tag name belonging to the tag name column as conditional data,
It is characterized in that the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data is set to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all the tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 6 has two headword columns in which a tag name string selected according to a specific condition is arranged in the method according to claim 1 and claim 2. After arranging them in the top row and leftmost column of the table, respectively, the tag name column is arranged on the table for each tag name arranged in the arranged headword column. The child headword column in which the tag name column selected as the parent tag name is arranged is repeatedly provided in the next lower row or column in which the corresponding headword column is arranged according to a predetermined method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. It is characterized in that it is performed by a specific method from a tag name sequence having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 7 constitutes the path name obtained as conditional data and the ancestor tag name set in the method according to claim 1, claim 2, and claim 8 . For each tag name, the step of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name column to which it belongs, and
A step to obtain a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a step of creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data is associated with the folder name of the corresponding upper folder.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. It is characterized in that the icon of the corresponding file information is associated with the output.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 8 is the method according to claim 3.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. Steps to create name column data and
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed Steps to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A step to obtain all new path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A step to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
It is characterized by being composed of.

In the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 9, the file information which is the information created by the application is stored in the folder prepared by the apparatus, and the folder is stored in the parent folder in which one folder is another folder. It is managed in a hierarchical structure that is repeatedly stored as a child folder, and
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
The management operation for information is an information management device that is created for each information and is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image defined for each type of information.
As an information processing device using a table in which cells, which are rectangular cells in which information icons are arranged, are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
After asking for the folder name column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A means of creating tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column .
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The means of granting and
A means for creating table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , A means of displaying the icon of the specified information in a form related to the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by being composed of.

The information processing device according to the invention according to claim 10 has a form in which each tag name constituting the tag name string registered in the created tag name string data in the device according to claim 9 is divided for each tag name string. In the tag name column data in which the tag name column including the tag name selected by the user as the search keyword is registered on the keyword selection means displayed in, the registered tag name string is composed of the selected tag name. With a means to replace with a new tag name column,
The feature is to create table data that represents a table in which the tag name string registered in all tag name column data is arranged as a headword in a form that distinguishes the tag name selected as a search keyword from other tag names. do.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 11 is the apparatus according to claim 9 and claim 10.
The management operation for information is an information processing device created for each information and performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon which is an image image defined for each type of information.
As a table-based information processing device, cells, which are rectangular cells in which information icons are arranged, are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
A means of obtaining a tag name string, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
A means to add the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A means for creating table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. A means to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in
A means of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A means for outputting information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
It is characterized by being composed of.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 12 is the path name constituting all the path names of the parent folders of one tag name string in the apparatus according to claim 9, claim 10, claim 11, and claim 19 . If the path name belonging to the same tag name column as the path name does not exist in the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder, the path name is used as the condition of the corresponding tag name column data. It is characterized by being set as data.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 13 has the same tag name as the tag name set in the condition data for one tag name string data in the apparatus according to claim 9 and claim 10. If another tag name column data that sets another tag name belonging to the column as conditional data does not exist
It is characterized in that the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data is set to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all the tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 14 has two headword columns in which tag name strings selected according to specific conditions are arranged in the apparatus according to claim 9, claim 10, and claim 19 , respectively. , After arranging in the top row and leftmost column of the table, the tag name column is placed on the table for each tag name placed in the placed headword field, and the tag name is parented. The child headword column in which the tag name column selected as the tag name is arranged is repeatedly provided in the next lower row or column in which the corresponding headword column is arranged according to a predetermined method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. It is characterized in that it is performed by a specific method from a tag name sequence having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 15 is the apparatus according to claim 9, claim 10, and claim 19 , wherein the path name obtained as conditional data and each tag constituting the ancestor tag name set are used. A means of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name column to which the name belongs,
A means for obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a means for creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data and the folder name of the corresponding upper folder are associated with each other.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. It is characterized in that the icon of the corresponding file information is associated with the output.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 16 is the apparatus according to claim 11.
File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
The management operation for information is an information management device that is created for each information and is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image defined for each type of information.
As a device for outputting information on a table, cells, which are rectangular cells in which information icons are arranged, are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted,
For each folder stored in the specified folder, the child folder name column, which is the order column of the child folder names that the folder directly stores as the parent folder, is obtained, and then
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. How to create name string data ,
A means of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of the parent folder as conditional data to each tag name column data.
A means for creating table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. A means to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed A means of identifying the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A means to obtain new all path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A means to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
It is characterized by being composed of.

In order to achieve the above object, the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 17 by a computer is provided.
File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A table-based information management method in which cells, which are rectangular cells in which information icons are arranged, are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A step to create tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column , and
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The steps to give and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , Steps to display the icon of the specified information in relation to the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by being composed of.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 18 by a computer in order to achieve the above object is the method according to claim 17.
Tag name including the tag name selected by the user as a search keyword on the keyword selection means in which each tag name constituting the tag name column registered in the created tag name column data is displayed separately for each tag name column. In the tag name column data in which the column is registered, a step of replacing the registered tag name column with a new tag name column composed of the selected tag name is provided.
It is characterized in that table data representing a table in which the tag name columns registered in all tag name column data are arranged is created.

In order to achieve the above object, the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 19 by a computer is
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
A step to obtain a tag name column, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
The step of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A step to output information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
It is characterized by being composed of.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 20 by a computer in order to achieve the above object is the method according to claim 17, claim 18, and claim 24 .
Among the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder of one tag name column, the path names that belong to the same tag name column as that path name are among the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder. If it does not exist in, the path name is set as the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data.

In order to achieve the above object, the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 21 by a computer is the method according to claim 17, claim 18, and claim 24 .
For one tag name column data, if there is no other tag name column data set as condition data with another tag name belonging to the same tag name column as the tag name set in the condition data.
It is characterized in that the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data is set to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all the tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 22 by a computer in order to achieve the above object is the method according to claim 17, claim 18, and claim 24 .
After arranging the two headword columns in which the tag name columns selected according to specific conditions are arranged in the top row and the leftmost column of the table, respectively, the arrangement of the tag name columns on the table is arranged. For each tag name placed in the heading word field, the child heading word field in which the tag name column selected with that tag name as the parent tag name is placed is placed in the next lower level where the corresponding heading word field is placed. It is done by repeating the provision in the row or column according to the prescribed method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. It is characterized in that it is performed by a specific method from a tag name sequence having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 23 by a computer in order to achieve the above object is the method according to claim 17, claim 16, and claim 24 . A step of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name string to which the path name obtained as the conditional data and each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set are associated with each other.
A step of obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a step of creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data is associated with the folder name of the corresponding upper folder.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. A control program for realizing the method according to claim 17 and 22 which outputs the corresponding file information icon in association with the computer.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 24 by a computer in order to achieve the above object is the method according to claim 19.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. Steps to create name column data and
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed Steps to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A step to obtain all new path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A step to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
It is characterized by being composed of.

In order to achieve the above object, the storage medium containing the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 25 by a computer is
File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
An information processing method using a table in which cells that are rectangular rectangles in which information icons are arranged are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A step to create tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column , and
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The steps to give and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , Steps to display the icon of the specified information in relation to the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by being composed of.

In order to achieve the above object, the storage medium containing the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 26 by a computer is a tag created by the method according to claim 25. Register the tag name string including the tag name selected by the user as the search keyword on the keyword selection means in which each tag name constituting the tag name string registered in the name string data is displayed separately for each tag name string. In the created tag name column data, a step of replacing the registered tag name column with a new tag name column composed of the selected tag name is provided.
It is characterized in that table data representing a table in which the tag name columns registered in all tag name column data are arranged is created.

In order to achieve the above object, the storage medium containing the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 27 by a computer is
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
A step to obtain a tag name column, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
The step of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A step to output information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
It is characterized by being composed of.

25, 26, 32 can be used as a storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 28 by a computer in order to achieve the above object. In the method described, among the path names constituting all the path names of the parent folder of one tag name column, the path names belonging to the same tag name column as the path names constitute all the path names of the corresponding parent folder. If it does not exist in the path name of, the path name is set as the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data.

In order to achieve the above object, the storage medium containing the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 29 by a computer is claimed in claim 25, claim 26, and claim 32 . In the method described, when there is no other tag name column data in which another tag name belonging to the same tag name column as the tag name set in the condition data is set as condition data for one tag name column data. , The condition data of the corresponding tag name column data is set to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all the tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data.

In order to achieve the above object, the storage medium containing the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 30 by a computer is described in claim 25, claim 26, and claim 32 . In the method described, two headword columns in which the tag name column selected according to a specific condition is arranged are arranged in the top row and the leftmost column of the table, respectively, and then the tag name column is placed on the table. For each tag name placed in the placed headword field, the corresponding heading word field is placed in the child heading word field in which the tag name string selected with that tag name as the parent tag name is placed. It is repeated by repeating the provision in the next lower row or column according to the prescribed method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. It is characterized in that it is performed by a specific method from a tag name sequence having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set.

A storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 31 by a computer in order to achieve the above object is claimed in claim 25, claim 26, and claim 32 . In the method described, a step of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name string to which the path name obtained as the conditional data and each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set are associated with each other.
A step of obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a step of creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data is associated with the folder name of the corresponding upper folder.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. It is characterized in that the icon of the corresponding file information is associated with the output.

In order to achieve the above object, the storage medium containing the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 32 by a computer is
File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information management devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
It is a method of outputting information on a table in which cells that are rectangles in which information icons are arranged are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted,
For each folder stored in the specified folder, the child folder name column, which is the order column of the child folder names that the folder directly stores as the parent folder, is obtained, and then
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. Steps to create name column data and
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
A step to obtain all new path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A step to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
It is characterized by being composed of.

effect

According to this method, a folder tree that is freely and variously classified for each classification node is generated based on a local classification that applies only to some information in the folder tree, and many others. By arranging the headword strings that are unnecessary for classifying information only at the positions required in the multi-stage structure of the headword strings, it is possible to convert the table into a table in which the power increase of the table size due to the multi-stage structure is suppressed.

According to this method, the headword string for local classification is further determined by considering the case of a folder tree in which a small number of folders are created inside the hierarchy while the headword string is composed of many layers. However, the headword string necessary for classifying a lot of information is not placed only in some positions, and it is converted into a table that does not lose the classification equivalence with respect to the classification by the original folder tree. can.

Further, according to this method, the information can be saved in the folder tree with the visibility at a glance by the operation of saving the information icon on the table.

According to this method, further, by the operation of associating the information with one cell on the table, the information is automatically tagged by the corresponding headword on the table, and the tagging is easily performed in this way. The information can be widely retrieved by searching with a combination of tag names as an input. Also, if the table is created based on the folder tree, if the folder that stores the information does not exist in the folder tree, the corresponding folder is automatically created and the information is stored. Therefore, it is not necessary to add a folder for storing information each time information is saved.

According to this method, a table is created that corrects the case of a folder tree that consists of many hierarchies but only a small number of folders are created inside. Therefore, when creating a folder tree for the first time, If you create only the minimum number of folders as the configuration folder as an example, the configuration folders in the folder tree will be automatically added for each operation to save information via the table, so create a folder tree. It can be completed easily.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration example on the hardware of the information processing apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the desktop screen which the environment control program in the system of an Example displays. It is a figure which shows the format of the data object management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table management application screen in the system of an Example. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the invention in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table management application screen of the table conversion mode in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the folder tree of the explanatory example in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the total management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the information management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the tag name string data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure of the tag name string data creation process in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the child folder name column in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the tag name data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure which specifies the child folder shared set in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the parent folder management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the parent folder display screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the tag name string display screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the tag name string display screen after the merge instruction in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the whole table conversion procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the condition data creation procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the related data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure which creates the table data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the headword column data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure of specifying the corresponding tag name string in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the cell data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the character string data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the icon arrangement column definition data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of "row break position data" or "column break position data" in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the ruled line data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table of the explanatory example in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the arrangement of the icon in the cell in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the information storage procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure of making all the path names in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the folder tree of the explanatory example created exemplary by the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the search instruction screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table created by the search instruction in the system of an Example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration on hardware of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this system, the keyboard 12 and the mouse 14 are suitable input devices, the internal memory 16 and the external memory 18 are storage devices, and the display device 20 and the stamping device 22 are output devices, respectively (not shown). It is connected to the CPU 24 via. The CPU 24 is also connected to a telephone line or a communication line 27 via a communication device 26. The internal memory 16 and the external memory 18 store various electronic dictionaries, character fonts, files, and the like, as well as various programs that define the processing or control operation of the CPU 24. The communication device 26 has a facsimile communication function.

When the power of this device is turned on, the environment control program that controls the GUI environment in this device is automatically started. For example, the desktop screen 30 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display screen 20a of the display device 20, and then the desktop. The GUI environment described below is provided on the screen 30.

In this device, the information created by the user is managed in units of file information by an environmental control program as a known method. In addition, in this device, a folder is prepared in addition to the file information as a data object that is a unit for managing information, and the classification management of the file information can be performed by storing the file information in the folder. It has become.

In this specification, the file information and the folder are collectively referred to as "information". Folders are managed in the form of a folder hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly housed as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder, and a folder rooted at one external memory 18 in the system. Arranged to form a tree.

The data object consisting of file information and folders is the data object management data consisting of "type information", "name", "all path names", "icon image data pointer information", and "icon placement position" by the environment control program. It is managed in the attached form (Fig. 3). The "type information" first distinguishes between the file information and the folder, and in the case of the file information, indicates the type of the application in which the file information is created. The "name" is a name input by the user, and is uniquely defined for each "type information" in the parent folder that directly accommodates the information. It is sometimes called "name in folder" to distinguish it from "name" used for other meanings.

"All path names" is a key for the environmental control program to uniquely identify each data object in the system, and the names of all higher-level folders related to the relevant data object are listed in order starting from the root. Taken out. The folder name is connected to the character string obtained by connecting the folder names in order with the separator, which is a specific delimiter, sandwiched between the above separators. In the present specification, this separator will be referred to as a first separator in particular. Storing one data object in another folder is realized by connecting the name of the data object to be stored to all the path names of the storage destination folder in the system.

Further, the environment control program displays an icon, which is a specific type of image determined for each of the above-mentioned "type information", on the desktop screen 30 as a known method for the stored file information or folder. The displayed icon is displayed with a character string representing the "name" information of the corresponding data object management data added.

The file information or the folder is opened by a specific instruction operation for the corresponding icon by the mouse 14 on the desktop screen 30. The environment control program first identifies the corresponding data object by repeatedly collating the "icon display position" information of each icon displayed on the desktop screen 30 with the position to which the above-mentioned instruction operation is given.

If the identified data object is file information, the content of the file information is displayed on the "file information screen" newly provided for the corresponding file information by the instruction operation. The environment control program calls the corresponding application program based on the "type information" of the instructed file information, and the called program displays the contents of the corresponding file information.

When the identified data object is a folder, the "folder screen" in which the icon of the stored information in the folder is arranged is displayed at an appropriate position on the desktop screen 30, and the corresponding folder is displayed on the displayed folder screen. The icon of the data object that directly contains is displayed.

The environment control program repeatedly matches the full path name of the relevant folder with the full path name of each data object in the system to identify the data object directly contained in the relevant folder and then the identified data. The image data specified for each "information type part" data of the object management data is arranged and displayed according to the method specified on the folder screen.

The arrangement position of the file information or the icon representing the folder can be changed on the desktop screen 30 by a drag operation which is a specific operation by the user with the mouse 14, and the arrangement position on the desktop screen 30 is the corresponding data. It is registered in the "icon display position" of the object management data. In addition, storing certain information in another folder can be performed by dragging the icon of the storage target information onto the icon of the storage destination folder.

When you select and instruct the "Start" button that is always displayed in the lower left corner of the desktop screen 30, the "Main Menu" 31 that lists the selection buttons such as "Program", "Settings", and "Search" is displayed. When the "Program" button 35 is clicked and instructed on the "Main Menu" 31 that appears on the screen 20a, the "Program Menu" 32 showing a list of application programs installed on the device is displayed on the display screen. Displayed on 20a. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the "program menu" 32 is displayed by instructing the click of the "program" button 35.

When the corresponding button of the "table management application program", which is an application program for controlling the functions related to the present invention, is clicked and instructed on the "program menu" 32, the above environment control program uses the source program of this table management application program. It is taken out from a predetermined storage position on the external memory 18 of the device, expanded into an execution-type program on an appropriate area on the internal memory 16, and then the program is started. First, for example, the table management application screen shown in FIG. 33 is displayed on the display screen 20a.

The table management application is provided with functions such as "table creation", "conversion", "search", "save", and "setting" for the purpose of managing information using a table on the desktop screen 30. Has been done. The above functions are realized by the system in which the table management application program operates in cooperation with the above-mentioned environment control program and the above-mentioned hardware constituting the present apparatus.

Among the practical functions of the present invention, first, the table conversion function will be described. The table conversion function creates a table that classifies the information managed by the specified folder tree in the same way as the folder tree, and displays the icon of the information managed by the folder tree on the created table. Then, the processing configuration shown in FIG. 5 is adopted.

The input unit 51 inputs the folder tree to be converted. A display 20a that displays a folder created and managed by an environment control program, an input device such as a keyboard 12 and a mouse 14, a CPU 24 that executes the corresponding processing, and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that temporarily captures input information. It is composed.

The tag name string data creation unit 52 represents a tag name string that is a set of tag names that characterize information from one viewpoint based on the name and hierarchical rank of each folder constituting the input folder tree. To create. It is composed of a CPU 24 that executes processing and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that arranges a work area for performing processing.

The tag name string data storage unit 53 stores the created tag name string data. A predetermined storage area of the internal memory 16 or the external memory 18 is used.

The condition data addition unit 54 is based on all the path names of each folder included in the folder tree designated by the input unit 51 and the tag name string data stored in the tag name string data storage unit 53, and the corresponding tag. Condition data indicating the application condition is added to the name column data. It is composed of a CPU 24 that executes processing and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that arranges a work area for performing the processing.

The table data creation unit 56 creates and stores table data representing a table in which the tag names registered in the tag name string data stored in the tag name string data storage unit 53 are arranged as headwords. It is composed of a CPU 24 that executes the corresponding processing and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that arranges a work area for performing the processing.

The information attribute data addition unit 60 has the tag name string data stored in the tag name string data storage unit 53 for the path names constituting all the path names of the information managed on the folder tree input from the input unit 51. Refer to, and add information attribute data showing the classification for each tag name column. It is composed of a CPU 24 that executes processing and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that arranges a work area for performing processing.

The output information mapping unit 57 outputs information to be output for each cell, which is a unit output area on the table, based on the information attribute data obtained for the created table data and the information managed on the folder tree. Correspond. It is composed of a CPU 24 that executes processing and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that temporarily stores output information for each icon arrangement column cell.

In the table display unit 58, information icons are arranged and displayed based on the table data created in the table data creation unit 56 and the information associated with each cell on the table by the output information mapping unit 61. Display the table. It is composed of a CPU 24 that executes processing, an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that temporarily stores output data converted for display, and a display device 20.

In executing the table conversion function, the user opens the table management application screen 33 and instructs the "convert" button 72 on the function menu 70 on the table management application screen 33, and the system displays the "convert" button. In response to the instruction of 72, the table management application screen 33 is set to the table conversion mode. FIG. 6 shows the table management application screen 33 in the table conversion mode.

Hereinafter, the details of the table conversion function will be described according to an example of converting a folder tree classified as shown in FIG. 7 into a table. In the figure, the node names "Large", "Medium", and "Small" written in the rightmost column are the node names "A1", "A2", and "A3" written in the adjacent column on the left side. "... Represents a common classification for all" C2 "and" c3 ".

First, the user drags the icon of the first folder of the target folder tree onto the table management application screen 33. Hereinafter, this folder will be referred to as a conversion target first folder (abbreviated as the first folder).

In the table conversion function, the folder name of each folder constituting the designated folder tree is arranged as a headword on the converted management table as a tag name that characterizes the information to be managed. As an exception, the user can specify the folder to be managed by the table as the managed folder on the table management application screen 33 without using the folder name as the tag name. The user clicks and specifies the corresponding folder on the corresponding folder tree displayed on the table management application screen 33, for example, by using the mouse 14, and then displays the corresponding folder on the table management application screen 33 in the table conversion mode. You can drag it into the managed folder specification sub-screen 93.

When the user instructs the "execute" button 95 on the table management application screen 33 after designating the first folder and the managed folder, the system receives the instruction of the "execute" button 95 and first processes by the input unit 51. Create overall management data (Fig. 8), set the name of the first folder and the name of all paths in the "name part" and "all path name part", respectively, and manage the name of the first folder in a table. It is displayed in the name field 90 on the application screen 33. In the explanatory example, "total management" is displayed.

The system also creates information management data (Fig. 9) for the folder dragged into the managed folder designation sub-screen 93, and the "name part" and "all path name part" of the folder are each of the corresponding folder. Set the name and all path names. The information management data created for each specified folder forms an information management data chain by being concatenated in order by the concatenation pointer, and the address of the start data is the "managed folder information management data" of the overall management data. It is set in the pointer section.

Subsequently, the system constitutes a folder tree with tag name string data (FIG. 10) representing a tag name string which is a set of tag names that characterize information from one viewpoint, as a process by the tag name string data creation unit 52. Performs tag name string data creation processing created based on the name of the child folder directly stored by each folder.

FIG. 11 shows the procedure of the tag name column data creation process. In the tag name column data creation process, first, for each folder that constitutes the specified folder tree, the child folders that the folder directly stores are sequentially extracted by a known method, and among the extracted child folders, the managed folders are used. A child folder name column, which is a set of names of unspecified folders, is registered in the child folder name column data (FIG. 12) created for the corresponding folder (step M1).

Step M1 creates tag name data (FIG. 13) in which the name is set in the data part for each fetched child folder, and concatenates the created tag name data by the "concatenation pointer" of the tag name data chain. Set the start data address in the "tag name data pointer" of the corresponding child folder name column data.

In the "parent folder all path name part" and "parent folder hierarchy rank part" of the child folder name column data, all the path names and the hierarchy rank of the parent folder from which the corresponding child folder is taken out are set respectively. The hierarchical rank of the parent folder can be obtained by the number of path names constituting all the corresponding path names.

The created child folder name column data is concatenated as a child folder name column data chain by the "concatenation pointer", and the start data address is set in the "child folder name column data pointer" of the general management data.

The system subsequently retrieves each child folder name column registered in the created child folder name column data chain as a set of parent folders, and the folders that make up that set are at least other folders in that set. A set that shares one and one or more child folders is specified as a child folder shared set, and a parent folder all path name column that is a set of all path names of each folder that constitutes the specified child folder shared set is specified. Register in the tag name column data created for each child folder shared set (step M2).

For the child folder shared set, first, as an initial setting, set all path name columns of the target parent folder to an empty set, and then share the child folder name column data from the created child folder name column data chain to the first data of the shared set. The data at the beginning of the shared set, which is sequentially taken out and taken out, is specified by repeating the procedure shown in FIG. In this procedure, first, the shared set head data is set in the "current data" which is the child folder name column data sequentially fetched in the repetition of the subsequent processing (step T1).

The procedure then refers to the "built-in flag section" of the current data, and if the "built-in flag section" is set to the initial value, the process proceeds to step T3, and the "built-in flag section" is different from the initial value. If a specific value is set, it branches to step T8 (step T2).

In the following step T3, the folder in which all the path names are registered in the "parent folder all path name part" of the current data is at least one of the folders in which all the path names constitute the parent folder all path name column. It is determined that at least one child folder name that is the same as the folder is shared, and if the determination is obtained, the parent folder all path names currently set in the data are set to "parent folder all path name column". In addition to (step T4), if a determination cannot be obtained, the process branches to step T8.

In step T4, each parent folder all path name constituting the parent folder all path name column is the "each parent folder all path name part" of the parent folder management data (FIG. 15) created for each one parent folder all path name. Each parent folder management data created is concatenated as a parent folder management data chain by its concatenation pointer, and its first data is set in the "parent folder management data pointer" of the corresponding tag name column data. To.

In step T5 following step T4, the specific value is set in the "embedded flag unit" of the current data, and then the process returns to step T1. Further, in step T8, it is determined that the current data is not the shared set head data, and if the determination is obtained, the process proceeds to step T6, and if the determination is not obtained, the procedure ends.

In step T6, it is determined that the child folder name column data is concatenated to the next position in the child folder name column data chain, and if the determination is obtained, the child folder name column concatenated to the next position is concatenated. After setting the data in the current data (step T7), the process returns to step T2 again. On the other hand, if the determination in step T6 cannot be obtained, the procedure ends.

In the case of the explanation example, the parent folder management data and the child folder name column created for the child folder name column {A1, A2, A3} and registering the entire path name "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A". Tag name created for {A3, A4} and concatenated with the parent folder management data that registered all path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ B" and merged the two child folder name columns It will be managed by the "parent folder management data pointer part" of the tag name column data created for the columns {A1, A2, A3, A4}.

Next, the system registers each parent folder full path name that constitutes the obtained parent folder full path name column for each specified child folder shared set in the "parent folder full path name part" child folder name column. The tag name string is obtained by merging the child folder name columns registered in the data, and the obtained tag name string is registered in the corresponding tag name string data (step M3).

In step M3, the configuration data is sequentially fetched from the parent folder management data chain registered in the corresponding tag name column data, and all the path names of the parent folders registered in the fetched parent folder management data are referred to as the "parent folder". It is performed by repeating merging the child folder columns of the child folder name column data registered in "All path name part".

First, the start address of the tag name data chain pointed to by the child folder name column data that registered all the path names of the parent folder registered in the parent folder management data that is fetched first is the "tag name data" of the corresponding tag name column data. Starting from setting to "Pointer", from the child folder name columns registered in the child folder name column data retrieved after that, any of the tag names of the tag name data chain pointed to by the above tag name data pointer. Only the child folder names that are different from the above may be added to the tag name data chain pointed from the tag name data pointer and concatenated repeatedly.

The tag name column data created as described above is sequentially concatenated by the "concatenation pointer" to form an entire tag name column data chain, and the address of the head data is the "tag name" of the overall management data. It is set in the column data pointer part. From each folder of the folder tree in the explanation example, the tag name string, {A, B, C}, {A, B, 丙}, {A1, A2, A3, A4}, {B1, B2}, {B3, B4} {C1, C2, C3}, {large, average, small} will be merged.

As the tag name column identification data, which is the data that identifies each tag name column data, the storage address of the corresponding tag name column data may be used, or the parent folder management data that manages all the path name columns of the parent folder is used. You may. Further, in step M3, an ID name may be determined for each corresponding tag name string, and the determined ID name may be set in the "ID name part" of the tag name string data. This ID name may be automatically generated by the system and may be given, for example, a numeric character indicating the order of creation. For example, "1" is given to the tag name string {A, B, C}, "3" is given to the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4}, and "6" is given to {large, average, small}. Will be done.

In the tag name column data creation process, the tag name column is also the number obtained by adding "1" to the "parent folder hierarchy rank" registered in each child folder column data merged with each created tag name column data. Register in the "hierarchical rank part" of the data (step M4). When a plurality of parent folders are found for one tag name column data, the average value of the number obtained by adding "1" to each hierarchical rank of each parent folder may be set.

Finally, in the tag name column data creation process, the parent folder display screen 210 is displayed on the table management application screen 33 based on the tag name column data created as described above, and the parent folder is displayed for each tag name column data. After allocating the parent folder display field 213 provided on one line of the display screen 210, the icons of the folders constituting the corresponding child folder shared set are arranged and displayed in order on each parent folder display field 213 (step). M5).

In the case of the explanatory example, the parent folder display screen 210 shown in FIG. 16 will be displayed. In one parent folder display field 213, icons 214 representing each corresponding folder are arranged at predetermined intervals in a form in which the corresponding path name is added to the lower part thereof.

The user gives an instruction to exclude the folders that are classified from the folder icons arranged in the parent folder display field 213 from the classification viewpoint different from the other folders arranged in the same parent folder display field 213. be able to.

For example, in the parent folder display field 213 where the names of folders such as "2009", "2010" ... If the names of the folders are mixed and arranged, the folders that are classified according to the classification viewpoint "year of occurrence" will be removed.

The user can identify the classification viewpoint related to each folder displayed on the parent folder display field 213 by the following operation. First, by double-clicking on the displayed folder, for example, using the mouse 14, the corresponding folder screen can be displayed, and the information and child folders directly stored in the corresponding folder can be known.

Further, for example, the folder displayed on the parent folder display field 213 is clicked using the mouse 14, and then the "up" button 215 provided on the parent folder display screen 210 is instructed. Allows you to display the folder screen of the parent folder of the corresponding folder. Further, after instructing the displayed folder screen with the mouse 14, the "up" button 215 on the parent folder display screen 210 is repeatedly instructed to sequentially display the folder screens of the folders one level higher. You can also let it.

In the above operation, the system first identifies the tag name string data assigned to the parent folder display field 213 specified based on the position indicated by the mouse 14, and then assigns the tag name string data to the specified tag name string data. From the parent folder management data that exists, all the path names of the parent folder are sequentially extracted, the location of the corresponding folder of all the extracted parent folder path names is obtained, and the specified is specified by repeating the collation with the click position by the mouse 14. You can identify the folder.

If there is a folder to be removed on each parent folder display field 213 on the parent folder display screen 210, the user clicks and instructs the folder with the mouse 14, and then clicks the "remove" button 218 on the parent folder display screen 210. Instruct.

The tag name string data creation unit 52 receives the instruction of the "remove" button 218, identifies the parent folder management data of the folder instructed to be clicked by the above procedure, and uses the specified parent folder management data as the corresponding tag name string. Remove from the parent folder management data chain attached to the data, and recreate the corresponding tag name data chain based on the parent folder management data chain from which the specified parent folder management data has been removed.

On the other hand, the tag name column data creation unit 52 performs the above-mentioned procedure for finding the child folder shared set for the folder registered in the removed parent management data, and newly finds the tag name for each child folder shared set. After creating the column data, the parent folder display screen 210 is displayed again on the table management application screen 33 based on the added tag name column data chain.

When the user instructs the "execute" button 219 on the screen after performing the operation excluding the folders that perform the classification from the above different classification viewpoints, the tag name column data creation process is performed by the tag name created as described above. The tag name column display screen 230 is displayed on the table management application screen 33 based on the column data, and each tag name column data is displayed in each tag name column display field 231 provided on one row of the tag name column display screen 230. After being assigned, the corresponding configuration tag names are arranged and displayed in order on the assigned tag name column display field 231. In the case of the explanatory example, the tag name column display screen 230 shown in FIG. 17 will be displayed.

On the tag name string display screen 230, the user does not share a common tag name even though the tag name strings belong to the same classification viewpoint, so that they are not merged by the tag name string data creation process and are different from each other. Specify a plurality of tag name columns arranged in the display field 231.

The user enters a number indicating the connection order on the merge in the merge designation field 235 provided on the left side of the tag name column display field 231 in which the tag name string to be merged is arranged by the keyboard 12, and then the tag name string. The "execute" button 239 arranged on the display screen 230 may be indicated. In the case of the explanatory example, as shown in FIG. 17, "1" is entered in the corresponding merge instruction column 235 of the tag name column {B1, B2}, and the corresponding merge instruction column 235 of the tag name column {B3, B4} is entered. Will enter "2".

In addition, the item name of the corresponding tag name column can be input in the item name input field 237 provided on the left side of each tag name column display field 231. The entered item name is uniquely named in the corresponding hierarchical table as data for specifying the corresponding tag name column, and is set in the "ID name part" of the tag name column data.

In response to the instruction of the "execute" button 239, the system deletes the entry in the merge specification field 235 and the specified tag name string from the tag name column display screen 230, and then merges them in the order specified in the tag name column. The tag name string is displayed on the tag name column display screen 230.

The system concatenates the tag name data chains pointed to from each tag name column data specified by the specification for the merge instruction field 235 by the "concatenation pointer" of the tag name data according to the specified order, and then one tag name. Point from the column data. In addition, all the path name columns of the parent folder attached to each merged tag name column data are also merged at the same time, and the merged parent folder all path name columns are converted into the tag name column data that points to the merged tag name column. Give.

In the case of the explanation example, on the tag name string display screen 230, the two original tag name strings {B1, B2} and {B3, B4} specified are deleted, and the merged tag name strings {B1, B2, B3, B4} will be newly arranged and displayed on one tag name column column 231 (FIG. 18).

When the user receives an instruction from the execute button 239 on the tag name column display screen 230, if there is no entry in the merge specification field 235, the system erases the tag name column display screen 230 and the entire table conversion. The procedure is started (Fig. 19). First, as a process by the condition data addition unit 54, for each tag name string data, condition data representing the condition to which the classification by the tag name string is applied is obtained, and a point is made from the "condition data pointer" of the tag name string data ( Step L1).

Step L1 is performed for each tag name string data by the procedure shown in FIG. 20, and first, the ID data described below is added to each path name constituting each path name of each parent folder assigned to the tag name string data. Correspondence (step N1).

For example, for each path name that constitutes all path names of the parent folder, all path names that are defined as the parent path name that is one higher than the corresponding path name in all path names of the parent folder to which the parent folder belongs. The name may specify the tag name column data included in all the path name columns of the parent folder, and the tag name column identification data of the specified tag name column data may be associated with the corresponding path name as ID data. ..

In the explanation example, the path name "Kou" constituting the one parent folder all path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A" determined for the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4} As the ID data, the tag name string {A, B] that includes all the parent path names "*** \ *** \ P \ A" defined in the parent path name "A" in the parent folder all path name column. , 丙} tag name column identification data will be specified.

In addition, as the ID data of other path names "A" constituting the above-mentioned parent folder all path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A", the parent all path names "***** ¥ *" The tag name string identification data of the tag name string {A, B, C} registered with "** \ P" as the entire path name of the parent folder is specified.

Furthermore, for other path names "P" that make up the above parent folder all path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A", the parent all path names "***** ¥ ***" Since the tag name column data in which "" is registered as the entire path name of the parent folder has not been created, the ID data is not specified for the path name "P". The same can be said for each path name that constitutes the character string "***** \ ***" that constitutes the above-mentioned parent folder all path names "***** \ P \ A \ A".

Each path name constituting all the path names of the parent folder assigned to the corresponding tag name column data is associated with the ID data obtained as described above in the form of related data (FIG. 21). The ID data of the corresponding path name is set in the "ID data pointer part" of the related data.
The defined ID name is set in the "ID name part", and the "tag name data pointer part" points to the tag name data in which the corresponding path name is set.

Each related data created from all the path names of one parent folder is concatenated as a related data chain for each parent folder by the "concatenation pointer", and the address of the start data is the "related data pointer" of the corresponding parent folder management data. Is set to.

In step L1, next, among the ID data associated with each path name constituting each parent folder all path name column assigned to one tag name column data, the corresponding path name is a predetermined type or less. After finding the ID data limited to the specific tag name, the related data chain in which the found ID data and the corresponding path name are registered and connected by the connection pointer 2 is used as the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data. , Point from the "condition data pointer" (step N2).

The condition data pointer of the tag name column data for which the related data satisfying the above condition is not found will continue to be set to the initial set value "Null".

The number of types of corresponding path names determined by the ID data associated with each path name that composes the parent folder all path name column assigned to the corresponding tag name column data is the related data chain for each parent folder. It was obtained by extracting the related data in which the corresponding ID data is registered from the constituent related data, and then grouping the extracted related data for each related data in which the tag name with the same name is registered. It can be calculated as the number of groups.

For example, after setting the above predetermined number to "1", all the path name strings of the parent folder given to the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4} {***** \ *** \ P \ A Among the ID data attached to each configuration path name that composes \ A, *** \ *** \ P \ A \ B}, the path is the ID data that corresponds to only one type of path name. The tag name string identification data of the tag name string {A, B, C} associated only with the name "A" was found, and the pair of the tag name string identification data and the tag name "A" was registered. Related data will be specified as conditional data.

Next, in the overall table conversion procedure, as a process by the table creation unit 56, the tag name string registered in the tag name column data is assigned as a headword based on the tag name column data created as described above. Create table data representing (step L2).

The table handled by the table management application is created according to the format shown in FIG. That is, the table is composed of an icon arrangement column 41, a horizontal heading word arrangement column 42, and a vertical heading word arrangement column 43, and the horizontal heading word arrangement column 42 is arranged on one row outside the upper end of the icon arrangement column 41. The vertical headword arrangement column 43 is arranged on the leftmost outer column of the icon arrangement column 41. The horizontal heading word arrangement column 42 and the vertical heading word arrangement column 43 are collectively referred to as a headword arrangement column.

In the icon arrangement column 41, cells which are rectangular areas for arranging icons of information to be managed are arranged in a matrix, a tag name string is arranged in the entry word arrangement column, and the constituent tag name is the icon arrangement column 41. It is entered in the same row or column as the corresponding cell as a headword that characterizes each cell in the cell. One tag name column is arranged in one headword arrangement column, and the headword arrangement column can be provided over a plurality of rows and columns in each arrangement direction.

The headword placement field is divided into cells that are rectangular areas in which one tag name is entered, and the icon placement field 41 is divided by the extension of the ruled line that separates each cell in each headword placement field. Form a matrix of. The table handled by the table management application may be freely created as long as it conforms to this format.

The procedure of step L2 is shown in FIG. In the same procedure, first, headword column data is created for each headword column on the table (step A1). In step A1, first, one headword column is provided in each of the top row and the leftmost column of the table, and the headword column data is created in this order. As the tag name string arranged in the headword column, the condition data is "Null", and the first and second tag name strings having the hierarchical ranks are selected as the corresponding tag name strings, respectively. In the case of the explanatory example, the tag name string {A, B, C} and the tag name string {A, B, 丙} are selected, respectively.

The format of the headword column data is shown in FIG. The address of the corresponding tag name column data which is the tag name column data of the selected corresponding tag name string is set in the "corresponding tag name column data address part", and the corresponding tag name string is set in the "item name part". The ID name attached to is set, and the code indicating the direction in which the corresponding headword column is arranged is set in the "direction portion". "0" is set when the arrangement direction is "horizontal direction", and "1" is set when the arrangement direction is "vertical direction".

Further, the matrix position in which the corresponding headword arrangement column is arranged is set in the "row / column position portion" in the "overall position portion" of the headword column data. If the corresponding headword arrangement column is in the horizontal direction, the row position is entered, and if it is in the vertical direction, the column position is entered. Now, "1" is set in each of the corresponding parts of the headword column data of the headword column provided in the top row and the leftmost column of the table.

The row position here is the row position counted from the upper end of the table of the corresponding row, and the column position is the column position counted from the left end of the table of the corresponding column. Further, "1 row" and "1 column" in the table as a reference representing the row position and the column position are unit rectangles constituting the icon arrangement column 41 in the present specification, and one icon is arranged. It is defined as a row or column separated by a ruled line that separates the icon arrangement column cells that are the cells to be displayed, and a ruled line that divides the entire headword arrangement fields 42 and 43 described later. Here, in the headword arrangement fields 42 and 43, the cell in which each headword is entered may span a plurality of rows or a plurality of columns.

In the "start position portion" and "end position portion" in the "overall position portion", a headword placement column is provided as a matrix position at both ends of the placement direction of the headword placement column that is determined in the subsequent process of step A2. The column position is set in the horizontal direction, and the row position is set in the vertical direction.

The headword column placed below the top row and leftmost column of the table is each tag name placed in the row above it or one headword field placed in the column to the left of it. Each is provided as a child headword placement field with the tag name as the parent tag name, and the corresponding tag name string specified by the method described below is placed in the child headword placement field. The setting of the entry word column arranged below the top row and the leftmost column of the table is performed by repeating the setting of this child entry word arrangement column, and the child entry word arrangement is performed in all the provided entry word columns. It will end where no column can be provided.

The corresponding tag name sequence is specified by the procedure shown in FIG. In the following description of the procedure, the tag name string to which the parent tag name related to one child headword field belongs is called the parent tag name string, and the headword field in which the parent tag name is arranged is called the parent headword field. Further, for one child heading word field, the parent tag name is used as the first set element, and for the heading word field in which one parent tag name is arranged, the parent tag name is repeatedly obtained. The set of is called an ancestor tag name set, and the pair of each parent tag name constituting the parent tag name and the tag name string identification data ID data of the tag name string to which the parent tag name belongs is called an ancestor-related data set. Further, a set of headword fields in which each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set is arranged is called a higher headword field set.

In this procedure, first, in step PI, a tag name string that satisfies the following conditions is selected.
(1) It is different from the corresponding tag name string of each headword column included in the upper heading word column set (2) The same related data as the condition data is included in the ancestor related data set (3) Already in a different direction In the above (3), which is not selected as the corresponding tag name string of the headword column provided in the above, "direction different from the corresponding headword column" means "horizontal direction" if the direction of the corresponding headword column is "horizontal direction". It is "vertical direction", and if the direction of the corresponding headword column is "vertical direction", it means "horizontal direction". The condition (3) above corresponds to the fact that the corresponding headword column is not set in the "direction part" of the corresponding tag name column data.

In the "direction part" of the tag name string data, a code indicating the placement direction of the headword placement field in which the tag name string is first selected as the corresponding tag name string is set. In the "direction part" of the tag name column, "0" is set as an initial value when it is created in step L1, and "1" is set when it is associated with the "horizontal" headword field. , "2" is set when associated with the "vertical" headword field.

In the following step P2, when it is determined that the tag name string satisfying the above conditions is selected, in step P4, the highest "hierarchical rank" from the selected tag name strings is associated, but the tag name. After selecting the column and setting the value indicating the arrangement direction of the corresponding headword column in the "direction part", the procedure is completed.

If it is determined in step P2 that the tag name string satisfying the above conditions could not be selected, in the following step P3, the above conditions (1) and (3) are satisfied and the condition data is "Null". After selecting the tag name column that is the value, the process continues to step P4.

Here, as the hierarchical rank referred to in step P4, not the hierarchical rank registered in the tag name column data, but all the path names in the parent folder registered in the tag name column data are described in step N1. The hierarchical rank of the parent folder in which the set of related data determined by the method is the same as the corresponding ancestor-related data set may be used.

As described above, the address of the corresponding tag name column data obtained for each heading word column, the corresponding parent tag name, and the address of the corresponding parent heading word column data are the "corresponding tag name string data address part" of the corresponding heading word column data, respectively. , "Parent tag name part" and "Parent heading word field data address part". In addition, a value obtained by adding "1" to the row / column position determined for the parent headword column is set in the "row / column position portion" in the "overall position portion" of the corresponding headword column data.

In addition, the child headword field data, which is the headword field definition data created for each child headword field provided in one parent headword field, is in the order in which the corresponding parent tag names are arranged in the parent headword field. , It is concatenated by "concatenation pointer 2", and the head data thereof is pointed from the "child headword field data pointer" of the headword field data created for the parent headword field.

In the case of the explanatory example, in the second row, for example, the tag name column {A1, A2, A3}} is selected with the headword "A" on the first line as the parent tag name, and the headword "B" is selected. The tag name column {B1, B2, B3} will be selected as the parent tag name.

The headword column data created for the table is in the form of a tree starting with the heading word column data in the first row or the first column of the table, respectively, for each arrangement direction of the corresponding headword column. This tree of headword field data is associated and managed, and for each row and column of the table, for all headword fields above it, "create process for each row and column" to create headword field data. , Can be created by starting from the second row of the table, or the second column and repeating.

In the row / column creation process, for example, in the case of a horizontal headword field, the headword field data that has already been created on the line immediately above the target row is taken out in order, and the headword field is in the corresponding headword field. It is repeated to create child headword field data for each tag name placed in. Here, the headword column data created first on the row to be created for each row / column is the start heading data that is the headword column data first handled by the row / column creation process in the next row. As the word field data, it is stored in a specific storage position of the table data creation unit 56.

In the row / column creation process, the next position headword field data related to the headword field located on the right side of one headword field in the row one above the target row is
Generally, in a tree, it is known as a process for obtaining the next node at the same hierarchical position, and for example, it can be specified by the "next position headword column specifying procedure" described below.

In the same procedure, first, if there is headword field data registered at the next position for the corresponding headword field data via the concatenation pointer 2, the headword field data is output and the procedure is terminated. If not, it is determined whether or not there is a parent headword column of the relevant headword column data, and if there is a corresponding parent headword column, the next position headword column is specified for the headword column data of the parent headword column. The procedure is performed recursively, and the procedure ends with the first data in the child headword field data of the obtained next position headword field data as output.

If there is no parent headword field in the corresponding headword field, or if there is no next position headword field data for the headword field data of the parent headword field, the procedure ends with the output of the "FULL" value. do.

If the repeated procedure for specifying the next position headword field on the relevant row ends with "NULL" as the output, the process for creating each row / column on the relevant row ends, and then the next row below the relevant row. Repeat the process of creating each row / column for each row.

The row / column creation process in the row one row below the corresponding row starts from the heading word column data stored as the start heading word column data in the specific storage position of the table data creation unit 56, and is created for the corresponding row. The headword column data is sequentially taken out by the next position headword field identification procedure, and child headword field data is repeatedly created in the taken out headword field data.

The repetition of the above row / column creation process ends when the child headword column data cannot be created for all the headword column data created on the row. The number of "row / column position" sets in the "overall position" of the headword field data created on the row and column when the row / column creation process is completed is the horizontal headword field, respectively. As the number of rows provided with and the number of columns provided with the vertical heading word column, the "horizontal heading word column number of rows" and the "vertical heading word column column" provided at the specific storage position of the table data creation unit 56. It is set to "several copies".

The created headword column data is concatenated by a "concatenation pointer" for each arrangement direction of the headword field to form a headword field data chain, and the head data thereof is each of the corresponding table management data. Pointed from "horizontal table source data pointer" and "vertical table source data pointer".

Next, in step A1, position information is set in the created headword column data, and then character string data representing each headword and cell data representing each headword to be placed in the corresponding headword field are input. create. This process is performed as "headword column data positioning process for each row / column" in each row and column where the headword column is arranged. For the horizontal headword column, start from the start row determined as follows. It is repeated up to the top row of the table, and for the vertical headword column, it is repeated from the start column, which is also determined, to the leftmost column of the table. Hereinafter, the headword column data positioning process for each row / column is also referred to as "positioning process for each row / column".

Step A2 first identifies the starting row and starting column as follows: For example, for the horizontal heading word field, the start line uses the heading word field placed at the top row of the table as the first "extracting headword field" and the first tag name placed in the fetching headword field. , After repeating the process of changing the child heading word field as the parent tag name to the next "retrieving heading word field", when the child heading word field cannot be retrieved in the fetching heading word field at the end, the fetching heading word field is changed. It can be decided as an arranged line. Further, the extracted headword column whose child headword column cannot be extracted is called a start headword column.

Subsequently, in the start row specified as described above, the headword column in which the row / column positioning process starts from the start headword column and is sequentially fetched by the above-mentioned "next position headword column identification procedure" is described below. It is performed by repeating the cell data arrangement process described in. In the "horizontal start position" of the start headword column, the number obtained by adding "1" to the "number of vertical headword column columns" stored in the specific storage position of the table creation unit 56 is set.

In the headword column to be sequentially fetched, the cell data arrangement process fetches each tag name constituting the corresponding tag name string registered in the headword column data of the corresponding headword column in order, and stores the fetched tag name. The cell data (FIG. 26) representing the cell is created, the character string data (FIG. 27) representing the extracted tag name is created, and the point is repeated from the character string pointer of the corresponding cell data. Each cell data created in the headword column is concatenated by a concatenation pointer in the cell data in the order of creation in the headword column, and the address of the start data is set in the "cell data pointer" of the corresponding headword column data.

The "horizontal start position" of the headword column data of the corresponding headword column is set in the "horizontal start position" of the cell data representing the first cell that stores the first tag name placed in the headword column. The "horizontal end position" is set to the value obtained by subtracting "1" from the cell length determined as follows and adding it to the "horizontal start position". Further, the row position of the headword column data of the corresponding headword column is set in the "vertical position" of each cell created in the headword column.

On the start row, for each cell placed on that row, it is determined whether or not there is a child headword field whose parent tag name is the tag name contained in it, and the cell length is the child headword field. The cell containing the tag name that does not have is defined as "1", and the cell containing the tag name having the child headword field is defined as described later.

In the "horizontal start position" of each cell placed after the first cell in the entry word field, the position obtained by adding "1" to the "horizontal end position" of the cell placed immediately before is set. , The "horizontal end position" is repeatedly set to the value obtained by adding the position obtained by subtracting "1" from the cell length of the corresponding cell to the "horizontal start position" of the corresponding cell.

As described above, as a result of repeating the setting of the cell that stores each tag name in the headword field, the horizontal end position of the last terminal cell is set to the "horizontal end position" of the corresponding headword field. Then, the position obtained by adding "1" to the "horizontal end position" of the headword field is set as the "horizontal start position" of the headword field placed by the next position headword field identification procedure. ..

When the above positioning process for each row / column is completed on the start row, the "horizontal end position" of the headword column at the end of the corresponding row is set as the "row end position" and stored in the specific storage position of the table creation unit 56. After that, the positioning process for each row / column in each row is repeated from the row one above the start row to the top row.

The headword column data of the headword column at the beginning of the line immediately above the start line is obtained as the parent headword column data of the headword column data of the start headword column, and thereafter, in the headword column at the beginning of each line. The headword field data can be obtained as the parent headword field data of the headword field data at the beginning of the line one line below. The obtained headword field data is stored in the "head headword field data address" at the specific storage position of the table creation unit 56 until the positioning process for each row / column of the corresponding row is completed.

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The "horizontal start position" of the headword column at the beginning of each row for which positioning processing is performed for each row / column has the same position as the "horizontal start position" of the start headword column which is the first headword column in the start row. It is set.

The cell data placement process in each headword column of each line above the start line is also performed by repeating the creation of cell data and character string data for the tag names to be fetched in order, as in the case of the start headword field described above. However, in the "horizontal start position" and "horizontal end position" of each cell data created in the corresponding headword field, each of the child headword fields whose parent tag name is the corresponding tag name. "Horizontal start position" and "horizontal end position" are set.

The child heading word field whose parent tag name is the corresponding tag name is a child pointed from the "child heading word field data pointer" of the heading word field data of the heading word field having the tag name in the corresponding tag name column. In the headword field data, the tag name set in the "parent tag name part" can be specified as the same child headword field data as the corresponding tag name.

As described above, the end position of the cell provided at the end is set to the "end position" of the corresponding headword field by repeating the setting of the cell that stores each tag name, and then it is placed by the next position headword field identification procedure. The horizontal start position of the headword column to be set is the same as in the case of the start line in that the position obtained by adding "1" to the end position of the currently obtained headword column is set.

When the positioning process for each row / column in one row is completed, the end position of the last headword column on the row is compared with the "row end position" stored in the specific storage position of the table creation unit 56 and stored. If it is larger than the value of "End of line position", the value of "End of line position" is updated according to the corresponding position.

Next, refer to the "parent headword field data pointer" of the headword field data of the headword field at the beginning of the corresponding row, and if the pointer is not the actual data point value, the corresponding row is the top row of the table. As a result, the repetition of the positioning process for each row / column in the table is completed.
The headword field data of the headword field at the head of the corresponding line can be specified by the "head headword field data address" previously stored in the specific storage position of the table creation unit 56.
Positioning processing for each row / column related to the vertical headword column in the table can be performed in the same manner.

Among the cells placed in the start row, for the cell containing the tag name with the child headword field, the start row is described above for the tree of the child headword field whose child headword field is the highest headword field. After obtaining by the procedure, the positioning process for each row / column is repeated for each row constituting the child heading word field tree starting from the obtained starting row, and then the top heading word field of the obtained child heading word field tree. With the lateral termination position as the lateral termination position of the corresponding cell, the positioning of the cells to be arranged thereafter on the start row is continued. The same can be done for the start column.

Next, step L2 creates icon arrangement column data (FIG. 28). (Step A3). The row position at the upper end and the column position at the left end of the icon arrangement column 41 are the "horizontal heading word column number of rows" and the "vertical direction" provided at the specific storage position of the table data creation unit 56 in step A1, respectively. It is determined as the position where "1" is added to the number set in "Number of headword column columns", and "Top position" and "Left end position" in the "Overall position" of the icon placement field data, respectively. Is set to. Further, the "row end position" and the "column pine position" stored in the specific storage position of the table creation unit 56 are set in the "lower end position portion" and the "right end position portion" in the "overall position portion".

In the icon arrangement field 41, cells having dimensions of "1" in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction are arranged as a matrix. In step A3, each cell constituting the icon arrangement column 41 is sequentially taken out from the icon arrangement column 41, and the position information determined as follows by repeating the extraction is set in the "position information unit". Cell data is created, and the created cell data is repeatedly concatenated to the cell data chain pointed from the table management data in the order of creation. In the created cell data "division part", a specific value indicating that the cell is in the icon arrangement column is set.

All the cells constituting the icon arrangement field 41 can be taken out as follows, for example. First, in the top row, the cell position (column position and row position) in the upper left corner of the icon arrangement column 41 is specified as the "first cell position", one cell is specified, and then the specified cell is specified. Repeatedly specifying the cell position located on the right side as the "next cell position".

When the "next cell position" exceeds the end of the row in the icon placement column 41, the "next cell position" is repeatedly specified on the next row, and all the rows on the last row of the icon placement column 41 are displayed. When the cell identification is completed, the identification of all the cells constituting the icon arrangement field 41 is completed.

The column position and row position of the cell in the upper left corner of the icon placement column 41 are the left end column position and the top row position of the entire icon placement field 41, respectively, and the column position of the cell located on the right side of one cell is the front. "1" is added to the column position of the cell, and the row position of the cell located in the next row of one row is "1" in the row position of the previous row on the icon arrangement column 41. It is an addition. Further, the column position of the first cell of each row in the icon arrangement column 41 is the column position at the left end of the icon arrangement column 41. The address of the icon arrangement column data created as described above is set in the icon arrangement column data pointer of the table management data.

In step L2, subsequently, the icon arrangement column 41 constituting the table, each headword arrangement column, and the "row position" and "column position" used to represent the position information of each cell are set to logical positions on the display screen. Create the "row break position data" and the "column break position data" to be associated (step A3). The logical position on the display screen is represented by a pair of a rightward position and a downwardward position with the upper left corner position of the table management application screen 33 displaying the management table as the origin.

FIG. 29 shows the format of “row break position data” or “column break position data”. The "line break position data" is a position in which the positions for dividing each headword column in the vertical direction in the horizontal direction and the positions for dividing each constituent cell in the icon arrangement column 41 are arranged in order from the left side. The "column-separated position data" is obtained by arranging the positions for vertically dividing each headword column 42 in the horizontal direction and the positions for dividing each constituent cell in the icon arrangement column 41 in order from the upper side.

The "row break position data" or "column break position data" is the "left end position" and "upper end position" of the entire table, the "headword field width dimension", and the icon placement field cell, which are predetermined. Can be obtained as follows based on the predetermined "horizontal width" and "vertical width". In the case of "column break position data", start by setting the left end position of the table to the configuration data at the beginning, and first, take out the vertical headword field data sequentially from the end data of the headword field data chain, and one. Every time the headword column data is taken out, the configuration data in which the position where the "headword column width dimension" is added to the previous configuration data is set is repeated.

After extracting all the headword column data in the vertical direction, it is recommended to create the configuration data in which the position where the "horizontal width" defined for the icon arrangement column cell is added to the previous configuration data is set. It is sufficient to repeat as many times as the number of cells in the direction icon arrangement column. The number of icon arrangement column cells in the horizontal direction is obtained by adding "1" to the number obtained by subtracting the "left end position" from the "right end position" of the icon arrangement column data. "Line break position data" can be created in the same way. The addresses of the created "row-separated position data" or "column-separated position data" are set in the "row-separated position data pointer" and the "column-separated position data pointer" of the table management data, respectively.

In step L2, the position information is subsequently set in all the character string data representing the character strings on the corresponding table (step A4). From the cell data chain pointed from the cell data pointer of the headword column data and the icon arrangement column data, the constituent cell data is sequentially fetched, and the character string data pointed by the character string data pointer in the fetched cell data is fetched.

On the other hand, the rectangular boundary position of the cell represented by the extracted cell data is obtained based on the position information in the cell data and the previously created "row break position data" or "column break position data". The left end position of the cell is the configuration data set value located in the order of the "start column position" in the corresponding cell data in the "column break position data", and the right end position of the cell is in the "column break position data". It is a configuration data set value located in the order obtained by adding "1" to the number of "terminal column positions" in the corresponding cell data.

The upper end position and the lower end position of the cell can also be obtained in the same manner based on the "row break position data", the "start row position" and the "end row position" in the corresponding cell data. The character string entry position in the cell is obtained based on the boundary position of the corresponding cell and the predetermined "character string entry margin in the cell", and the obtained character string entry position in the cell is the corresponding character string data. It may be set in the character string position information.

Finally, step L2 is a border line representing the boundary line separating the icon placement field 41 and the headword placement field, and a border line representing each cell provided in the icon placement field 41 and the headword placement field. Create data (step A5). The format of the ruled line data is shown in FIG.

The icon arrangement column 41 and the entry word arrangement column, and the positions at both ends of each ruled line that separates the boundaries of each cell are the corresponding icon arrangement column 41, the entry word arrangement column, or the left end position and the right end position of the cell, respectively. In addition, it can be obtained based on the upper end position and the lower end position. The left end position and the right end position of the icon arrangement field 41 are the column position and the "column division position data" set in the "left end position part" and the "right end position part" in the "overall position part" of the icon arrangement field definition data, respectively. It can be calculated based on. The upper end position and the lower end position of the icon arrangement column 41 are the line position and the "line break position data" set in the "upper end position portion" and the "lower end position portion" in the "overall position portion" of the icon arrangement column definition data, respectively. It can be calculated based on.

The left end position and the right end position of the horizontal headword arrangement field 42 are the column position and the "column" set in the "start position part" and the "end position part" in the "overall position part" of the headword field definition data, respectively. It can be obtained based on "separation position data". The upper end position and the lower end position of the horizontal headword arrangement field 42 are the column position set in the "row / column position part" in the "overall position part" of the headword field definition data and the "row break position data", respectively. It can be calculated based on.

The left end position and the right end position of the vertical headword arrangement field 43, as well as the upper end position and the lower end position, are similarly referred to as "row / column position parts" in the "overall position part" of the headword field definition data. It can be obtained based on the "start position portion" and the "end position portion", as well as the "row break position data" and the "column break position data". The left end position and the right end position, as well as the upper end position and the lower end position of each cell can be obtained based on the position information of the cell data, the "row break position data", and the "column break position data" as described above.

The position at both ends of the ruled line obtained as described above is set in the position information of the ruled line data of the icon arrangement column 41, each headword arrangement column, and each boundary ruled line that separates each cell. Further, as the modification information of the ruled line data, specific values specified in advance for each of the icon arrangement column 41, the entry word arrangement column, and the cell are set. The created ruled line data are sequentially connected to each other by a "concatenated pointer" to form a ruled line data chain, and the head data thereof is set in the "ruled line data pointer" of the table management data.

In step L2, character string data may be created for the item name of the headword and arranged in association with the headword on the table (step A6). The arrangement position of the item name character string may be determined as follows, for example. The item names in the vertical headword arrangement column are arranged at positions adjacent to the upper end of the corresponding column on the same column as the corresponding headword arrangement column, and the item names in the horizontal headword arrangement column 42 are arranged in the corresponding headword arrangement column. Place it in the position adjacent to the left end of the corresponding column on the same line as the column. However, according to this method, the item name arrangement position of the headword arrangement column 42 arranged in the bottom row overlaps with the item name arrangement position of the vertical heading word arrangement column 43 arranged in the rightmost column. Place it at an appropriately determined position outside each headword placement field, and connect it to the corresponding headword placement field with a leader line.

The placement position of each item name can be obtained based on the position of the upper end or the left end of the corresponding headword placement field and the placement margin between the predetermined item name and the corresponding headword placement field. For each item name, the position obtained as described above was set as position information, and the character string data set with the character string set in the "item name part" of the heading word field definition data was created and created as code information. The address of each character string data is set in the "item name character string data pointer" provided in the corresponding headword field definition data.

By the above processing, in the case of the explanatory example, the table data representing the table shown in FIG. 31 will be created. The created table data is managed in the table data storage unit 57 in a form in which the address of the corresponding table management data is set in the "table data pointer unit" of the overall management data.

In the overall table conversion procedure, when step L2 is completed, information management data (FIG. 9) is created for the file information stored in the designated folder tree as a process by the information attribute data addition unit 60 (step L3). .. File information is sequentially extracted from the corresponding folder tree by a known method, and for the extracted file information, the name and all path names are registered in the "name part" and "all path name part", and the information management data is registered. Create and add the created information management data to the information management data chain that has already been created for the managed folder.

In step L3, the information of the management target for which the information management data is created is subsequently associated by specifying the ID data corresponding to each path name constituting the entire path name by the method of step N1 described above. Information attribute management data is created by concatenating the related data in which the path name and ID data are registered by the "concatenation pointer", and the address of the head related data is set in the "attribute management data pointer" of the corresponding information management data.

After completing step L3, the entire table conversion procedure is related to each cell in the icon arrangement field 41 on the table from the information stored in the folder tree as a process by the output information mapping unit 61. After selecting the information to be attached, the selected information is registered in the corresponding cell data (step L4).

In step L4, for the cells taken out in order from the icon arrangement column 41 on the table, the information related to the table described below is obtained, and the same information attribute management data chain as the obtained related data in the table is added. Just select. The information management data of the selected information is sequentially concatenated as an in-cell information management data chain by the concatenation pointer 2, and the address of the start data is set in the "information management data pointer unit" of the corresponding cell data.

In the present specification, first, as data that characterizes the information stored in the cell in the icon arrangement column 41, the entry word arranged in the same row and column as the corresponding cell in one entry word arrangement column. The pair with the tag name string identification day that specifies the corresponding tag name string in the headword placement field where the headword is placed is the information, or the headword-related data that is determined for the cell that stores the information, or It is abbreviated as related data.

The headwords arranged on the same row and in the same column as the corresponding cell can be found by repeatedly collating the position information of the corresponding cell data with the position information determined for each headword on the table. Each headword arranged on the table sequentially traces the cells constituting each headword arrangement column arranged on the table, and sequentially traces the information management data chain in the headword cell attached to the corresponding headword column data. It can be taken out by.

The headword-related data is represented in the format of FIG. 21 described above, and the “ID data pointer part” points to the tag name string identification data pointed to by the corresponding headword column definition data, and the “tag name data” thereof. The "pointer part" points to the tag name data in which the corresponding headword character string is set in the data part. Further, when the ID name is defined in the corresponding tag name column data, the corresponding ID name is set in the "ID data name part".

Next, in the present specification, all the information stored in the cell in the icon arrangement column 41 on one table is specified in the cell on the table as the data to be specified in the table. The set of headword-related data of is called the information or the in-table related data determined for the cell, and can be obtained by concatenating each of the constituent related data by the concatenated pointer.

For example, in the explanation example, the information whose name is "Report 1" stored in the folder whose all path names are "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A \ A1 \ Large" is , An icon placement column located on the same column for the headword "A" and the headword "A1" on the table, and on the same row for the headword "A" and the headword "Large". It will be registered in the cell data of the cell in 41.

Finally, in the entire conversion procedure, as a process by the table display unit 58, the table represented by the table data created as described above is displayed on the table management application screen 33 (step L5). In step L5, the character strings and borders that are the components of the table are displayed based on the created table data, and the table is displayed on the table based on the created table data and the specified folder tree to be converted. Display the icon of the information to be placed.

The character strings that make up the table are displayed based on the following character string data.
(1) Character string data pointed to by each cell data pointed to by the cell data pointer of each headword field data (2) Item name character string data pointed to by the item name character string data pointer of each headword field definition data

Further, the ruled lines constituting the table are displayed based on the ruled line data fetched from the "ruled line data pointer" of the table management data. The character string data and the ruled line data created for the corresponding table are sequentially fetched, and the position information is converted into the physical position on the display screen 20a, so that the corresponding character string or the ruled line is displayed on the display screen 20a. It is displayed at the corresponding physical position of.

The position information constituting the character string data and the ruled line data is first converted into a physical position with respect to the table management application screen 33 based on a predetermined "logical position / physical position correspondence ratio" in the system, and then. , It is converted to the physical position on the display screen 20a by adding the arrangement position on the display screen 20a of the entire table management application screen 33 stored in the system as "table position relative to the table management application screen".

The icon of the information associated with each cell by the in-cell output information mapping unit 61 is displayed as follows. In-cell information management of each cell Icon 155 defined for the information corresponding to the head data of the data chain is displayed in the corresponding cell area 150 (FIG. 32 (a)), and a plurality of information are associated with each cell. In this case, as a known method, for example, a predetermined third icon 157 is displayed on the right side of the icon of the head information (FIG. 32 (b)). By looking at this icon, the user can know that information other than the information of the icon displayed in the cell area 150 is associated with the corresponding cell.

The user can display a specific screen in which icons of all the information associated with the corresponding cell are arranged and displayed by giving a specific instruction such as double-clicking to the icon 157. ..
On the specific screen, the icon 163 defined in the corresponding information of the information management data linked to the information management data chain of the corresponding cell data is arranged and displayed according to a predetermined method.

As described above, on the hierarchical table, the information icon is displayed in relation to the cell whose headword is the path name of the folder storing the information. For example, the information icon 170 whose name is "Report 1" stored in the folder whose all path names are "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A \ A1 \ Large" is In the table shown in FIG. 31, the headword "A" and the headword "A1" on the table are located on the same column, and the headword "A" and the headword "Large" are on the same row. It is arranged in the cell in the icon arrangement field 41 located in.

Now, when an open instruction operation is performed on the information icon displayed in the cell in one icon arrangement field 41, first, the cell data of the cell for which the open instruction operation is performed is based on the open instruction position. When it is determined that the indicated position in the cell is not on the display area of 157 of the third icon defined in the cell area 150 of the specified cell, and the determination is obtained, the determination is obtained. The corresponding information management data is specified as the head data of the in-cell information management data chain of the specified cell data, and as a known method, the data of the corresponding information is based on all the path names registered in the specified information management data. The object is specified and its file information screen is opened on the table management application screen 33.

Further, when the open instruction operation is performed on the information icon displayed on the specific screen displayed by double-clicking on the third icon 157, first, the open instruction position on the in-cell information display screen 160 is performed. , The information management data of the information to which the open operation is added is specified from the information management data chain in the corresponding cell, and the corresponding file information screen is displayed by all the path names registered in the specified information management data. It will be opened on the management application screen 33.

In this device, the information is saved in the folder tree in the cell in the icon arrangement column 41 on the table obtained by converting the folder tree by the above procedure on the table management application screen 33. It can also be done by dragging.

Now, the information icon that is saved in the folder whose name is "Report Folder" and whose all path names are "***** \ *** \ Report Folder" and whose name is "Report 2" When dragged onto the cell corresponding to the heading word "A", the heading word "A", the heading word "A4", and the heading word "Large" on the table of the above explanatory example (FIG. 31), the system is displayed in FIG. 33. Perform the information storage procedure shown in.

In the same procedure, first, information management data is created by setting all the path names "*** \ *** \ report folder \ report 2" of the information to be saved in the "all path name part". Concatenate the created information management data to the information management data chain created for the corresponding table (step Z1).

The procedure subsequently identifies the in-table related data determined in the corresponding table for the drag destination cell, and sets the start address in the "all related data pointer part" of the created information management data (step Z2). In the case of this example
Tag name string identification data of tag name "A" and its affiliation tag name string {A, B, C},
Tag name "Kou" Tag name string identification data of its affiliation tag name string {Kou, Otsu, Soldier},
Tag name "A4" Tag name string identification data of the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4} to which it belongs,
Tag name "Large" Tag name string identification data of its affiliation tag name string {large, average, small},
, And the related data in the table consisting of the related data associated with each other can be obtained.

In the same procedure, subsequently, for the information to be saved, a new all path name corresponding to the specified in-table related data is created, and all the created path names are set in the "all path name part 2" of the corresponding information management data. (Step Z3). In step Z3, if the folder for storing the information to be saved is not created, the process of creating the corresponding folder is also performed.

Step Z3 is performed as a procedure for creating all path names shown in FIG. 34. In the procedure for creating all path names, first, the corresponding initial values of the "current path name" parameter and the "current all path name" parameter indicating the path name to be processed and all path names in the subsequent processing loop are applicable. Set the path name of the first folder and all path names (step V1). In the explanation example, "P" and "***** \ *** \ P" are set to "current path name" and "current all path name", respectively.

The procedure for creating all path names subsequently determines that a folder corresponding to all the requested current path names has been created, and if the corresponding folder has not been created, the corresponding folder is created by a known method. Create a new one (step V2).

The procedure for creating all path names is followed by the tag name of the tag name column that includes all path names in the parent folder all path name column among the related data that composes the related data in the table obtained for the dragged cell. Identify the relevant data for which the column identification data is defined (step V3).

The procedure for creating all path names subsequently determines that the related data under the above conditions can be specified (step V4), and if it can be specified, proceeds to step V5 and is set in the tag name part of the specified related data. The current path name is used as the current path name, and the current all path names are updated by concatenating them with the current all path names via the separation code "\", and the process returns to step V2. If the data related to the above conditions cannot be specified in step V4, the name of the relevant information is currently concatenated to all path names via the separation code "¥" (step V6), and the procedure ends.

In this example, in step V1, first, "***** \ *** \ P" is set as the current all path names, and in step V3, all the path names of the parent folder are currently all path names "**". The related data in which the tag name column identification data of the tag name string {A, B, C} including "* \ *** \ P" is associated with the tag name "A" is specified.

In step V5, the path name "A" set in the tag name part of the specified related data is currently concatenated to all path names, and the current all path names are "***** \ *** \ P \ A". After being updated, again in step V3, the tag of the tag name string {A, B, 丙} whose parent folder all path name column currently contains all path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A" The related data that associates the name string identification data with the tag name "A" is specified, and in the following step V5, the path name "A" set in the tag part of the specified related data is currently concatenated to all path names. And now all pass names are updated as "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A".

After that, the same process is repeated, and finally, the step to be performed again for all the current path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A \ A4 \ large" obtained in step V4. In V3, since the related data including the current all path names in the ID data cannot be found, in step V6 that has passed the determination of step V4, the current all path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A \" The name of the information "Report 2" is concatenated to "A4 ¥ Large", and "***** ¥ *** ¥ P ¥ A \ A ¥ A4 ¥ Large ¥ Report 2" is obtained as the full path name of the relevant information. It will be.

Further, in the classification of the explanation example, since the folder with the name "A4" is not provided in the folder with all the path names "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A", in step Z2, " A folder with the name "A4" was newly created in the folder of "*** \ *** \ P \ A \ A" by a known method, and further, the name was created in the folder of the provided name "A4". A "large" folder is newly provided, and the corresponding information is stored in the provided folder with the name "large".

The procedure is then generated from the original full path name "***** \ *** \ report folder \ report 2" by a known method for all path names of the relevant information as described above. All pass names set in "All path name part 2" of information management data "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A \ A4 \ Large \ Report 2" and all new paths changed The name is set in the "all path name part" of the information management data (step Z3). After that, the environment program will access the relevant information with all the path names updated as described above.

In the procedure, the address of the head-related data of the table-related data created in step Z2 is set in the "attribute management data pointer" of the corresponding information management data (step Z4). The attribute management data may be created by the above method based on all the path names created in step Z3.

Finally, the procedure redisplays the table to which the above drag operation is given on the table management application screen 33 in a form reflecting the information storage operation this time (step Z5). In step Z5, the drag-destination cell of the relevant information is selected as the cell in which the related data in the table consisting of the combination of the related data constituting the attribute management data and the same related data is specified, and the corresponding information is in the cell. Icon 171 will be displayed (FIG. 31).

In addition, it is possible to impose a restriction on the user not to have the same tag name in the tag name columns that differ among the tag name columns that make up one hierarchical table, and to simplify the processing by the system as follows. can.

The process of assigning ID data to each configuration path name of all path name columns of the parent folder assigned to the tag name column data is omitted, and the process of assigning conditional data to one tag name column data (step N2). As a result, the tag name string data is different from the first tag name column data to which the condition data is given, and only the specific tag name among the tag names to which the condition data belongs is the entire parent folder of the first tag name column data. After specifying the tag name column data included as the configuration path name in the path name column, the related data in which the tag name identification data of the specified tag name column is associated with the corresponding specific tag name is the first tag name string. Data condition Performs the process of setting as data.

The tag name column whose only the specific affiliation tag name is the configuration path name of the parent folder of the first tag name column data is the tag name column data other than the first tag name column data. It can be specified by repeating the collation between each affiliation tag name and each configuration path name constituting the parent folder all path name column of the first tag name column data.

In addition, the information attribute management data related to each information is only the path name that belongs to any of the created tag name column data among the path names that make up all the path names of the relevant information. Select and concatenate the related data with the selected path name registered.

No ID data is registered in the related data obtained for each cell in the icon arrangement column 41 of the table and the related data constituting the information attribute management data, and the determination of the specific relationship between the above-mentioned related data is performed. It can be performed by determining a specific relationship between the registered tag names, and the collation between the conditional data and the ancestor-related data set in step P1 above is performed with the tag name set in the conditional data. It will be possible to do this by collating with the ancestor tag name set.

In the folder tree shown in FIG. 35, the combination of the constituent folders "large", "medium", and "small" is repeated in other parent folders "A2", "A3", etc. other than the parent folder "A1". It is a classification that I want, but in those other parent folders ", its creation is omitted.

When the entire conversion procedure is performed on this folder tree, the tag name "A1" and the tag name identification data of the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4} are associated with the tag name string {large, average, small}. The data is obtained, and by the process of step P1 described above, the headword column in which the tag name sequence {large, average, small} is placed is limited to the lower part of the placement position of the headword "A1". become.

Now, the information classified as "A2" or "A3" by the information saving operation on this table is further classified as "Large", "Medium", or "Small". At that time, since there is no cell corresponding to the classification on the table, the classification cannot be performed.

In this device, for the above problems, the first tag name string data, which is one tag name string data, is conditional on the second tag name belonging to the same tag name string as the tag name of the condition data. When the third tag name string data as data does not exist, the condition data of the first tag name column data is dealt with by adding a correction to set to NULL.

In the case of this example, another tag name "A2", "A2" belonging to the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4} belonging to the tag name "A1" of the condition data of the tag name string {large, average, small} Since "A3" and "A4" are not conditional data of another tag name string, NULL is set as the conditional data of the tag name string {large, average, small}.

Since the hierarchical rank of the tag name column {large, average, small} obtained from the folder tree shown in FIG. 35 is "4", it is excluded from the tag name column that constitutes the top of the table, but is arranged thereafter. In the selection of the tag name string, the determination in step P1 is satisfied, and the tag name string is arranged as a headword string at a position corresponding to the hierarchical rank.

On the other hand, even if the above correction processing is performed, the tag name "A" and its affiliation tag name string {A, B, C, which are the conditional data given to the tag name string {A1, A2, A3, A4}. } For related data associated with the tag name column identification data, another tag name "B" belonging to the tag name string {A, B, C} to which the tag name "A" belongs is the third tag name. Since the data is the condition data of the column {B1, B2, B3 ...}, the above correction is not performed, and the tag name "A" is the condition data of the tag name column {A1, A2, A3, A4}. As a whole, the folder tree shown in FIG. 35 will be converted to the same table (FIG. 31) as the table obtained from the folder tree shown in FIG.

This device causes the user to specify a group of child folders (for example, a combination of folders "large", "medium", and "small" in the above example) representing repeated classifications in the folder tree. The tag name column including the group of child folders can be treated as having no conditional data.

For example, the user arbitrarily selects a parent folder that stores a group of child folders that represent repeated classifications, and then mouse over the icon of each child folder that constitutes the corresponding child folder group on the folder screen of the selected parent folder. After the right-click instruction is given by 14, as a known method, the corresponding button in the displayed right-click function menu may be indicated.

After the above specification operation, when the conversion function is performed, the system identifies the tag name string including the child folder name column represented by the specified child folder group, and "NULL" in the condition data part of the corresponding tag name column data. "Is set. In the subsequent table configuration source data selection procedure, the tag name column data in which the "NULL" value is set in the condition data unit is selected as conforming to any tag name column selection condition as described above.

Now, when the user adds the above specifications to each of the folders "large", "normal", and "small" icons on the folder tree shown in FIG. 35, and then performs a table conversion function on the folder tree. , Will be converted to the same table (FIG. 31) as the table obtained from the folder tree shown in FIG.

In this way, in this device, when converting the classification management by the folder tree in which the same classification is repeated on a plurality of nodes into the classification management by the table, the user exemplifies the folders representing the same classification by the above countermeasures. The target table can be obtained by preparing a minimum number of folder trees.

Furthermore, if the above-mentioned information saving operation is performed on the table created with the minimum effort in this way, the folder for storing the information is automatically created.
A folder tree, which generally requires a huge amount of time and effort to create, can be created with a minimum of effort.

In this system, when a specific instruction using the mouse 14 is given to the tag name arranged and displayed on the tag name string display screen 230 and then the instruction of the "execute" button 239 is given, the merge specification field is displayed. After determining that there is no entry in 235, create a new tag name data chain consisting of the specified tag name, and point the created tag name data chain from the tag name data pointer of the corresponding tag name column data. Therefore, the original tag name string including the tag name to which the above instruction is added is replaced with a new tag name string composed only of the specified tag name, and then the entire table conversion procedure is performed.

As a specific instruction method for the above-mentioned arrangement tag name, for example, as a known method, if the tag name to be instructed is click-instructed by the mouse 14, and then the corresponding button in the displayed right-click function menu is indicated. good.

In the above additional processing, the change is not performed for all the path name columns of the parent folder assigned to each tag name column data, so the condition data of each tag name column data is the same as when this additional processing is not performed. Since the condition data is obtained and the hierarchical rank set in each tag name column data is the same value as when this additional processing is not performed, as a result of the entire table conversion procedure, each tag name column is added on the table. A table will be created in the same position as when no processing is performed. For example, the tag name column arranged on the second row in the horizontal direction when this additional processing is not performed is arranged on the same second row in the horizontal direction.

Here, the tag name to which the above designation is added is arranged in a form in which the corresponding special display is added by setting a specific value in the qualified data of the corresponding character string data. In addition, since all the path name columns of the parent folder attached to each tag name column data are not changed, the same information management data is not changed even when the information management data is created during the entire table conversion procedure. Is obtained, and each information constituting the folder tree is placed in the cell corresponding to the same related tag name as when this additional processing is not performed.

For example, on the tag name column display screen 230, as shown in FIG. 36,
For the tag name sequence {A1, A2, A3, A4}, the tag names "A1" and "A2",
For the tag name sequence {B1, B2, B3, B4}, the tag names "B1" and "B2",
For the tag name column {large, average, small}, if the above specification is added to the tag name "large" and the "execute" button 239 is instructed, the table shown in FIG. 37 will be displayed. ..

The above-mentioned information icon 170 whose name is "Report 1" stored in the folder whose path name is "***** \ *** \ P \ A \ A \ A1 \ Large" is on the table. In the icon arrangement column 41 located on the same column for the heading word "A" and the heading word "A1" and on the same line for the heading word "A" and the heading word "Large". It will be placed in the cell.

The present invention uses a program or software for realizing the above-mentioned functions of the present invention. Such software can be installed in the system of the present invention via any medium, for example by storage media or online. Therefore, the act of transferring the storage medium containing the software for carrying out the present invention as a business, the act of installing the software online in the system, and the like are one embodiment of the present invention.

12 Keyboard 14 Mouse 16 Internal memory 18 External memory 20 Display device 20a Display screen 24 CPU
26 Communication device 27 Communication line 30 Desktop screen 31 Main menu 32 Program menu 33 Table management application screen 35 Program button 36 Data object icon 41 Icon placement field 42 Horizontal heading word placement field 43 Vertical heading word placement field 45 Common condition characters Column 51 Input section
52 Tag name column data creation unit
53 Tag name column data storage
54 Condition data addition unit 56 Table data creation unit
57 Output information mapping unit 58 Table display unit 60 Information attribute data assignment unit 70 Function menu 71 Table creation button 72 Conversion 73 Children's table setting button 75 Setting button 77 Hierarchical button 79 Save button 90 Name field 93 Managed folder specification sub screen 95 "Run" button

150 Cell area 153 Table icon 155 Information icon 157 Third icon 159 Common condition Character string 160 In-cell display screen 170 Information "report 1" icon 171 Information "report 2" icon 175 Item name Character string 177 Information "Report 3" icon 210 Parent folder display screen 211 Table name display field 213 Parent folder display field 214 Icon representing a folder 215 "Up" button 216 "Down" button 218 "Remove" button 219 "Execute" button

230 Tag name column display screen 231 Tag name column display field 235 Merge specification field 237 Item name input field 239 "Execute" button

Claims (32)

File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A step to create tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column, and
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The steps to give and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship with respect to the cell, and then based on the table data. A step to display the table with the icon of the specified information related to the corresponding cell, and
A method in an information processing device consisting of. Tag name including the tag name selected by the user as a search keyword on the keyword selection means in which each tag name constituting the tag name column registered in the created tag name column data is displayed separately for each tag name column. In the tag name column data in which the column is registered, a step of replacing the registered tag name column with a new tag name column composed of the selected tag name is provided.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the table data representing the table in which the tag name columns registered in all the tag name column data are arranged is created. Information management operations are performed in information management devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
A step to obtain a tag name column, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
The step of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A step to output information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
A method in an information processing device consisting of. Among the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder of one tag name column, the path names that belong to the same tag name column as that path name are among the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder. The method according to any one of claim 1 and claim 2, wherein the path name is set as the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data. For one tag name column data, if there is no other tag name column data set with another tag name belonging to the same tag name column as the tag name set in the condition data as condition data, the corresponding tag name One of claim 1 and claim 2 which sets the condition data of the column data to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all the tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data. The method described in the section . After arranging the two headword columns in which the tag name columns selected according to specific conditions are arranged in the top row and the leftmost column of the table, respectively, the arrangement of the tag name columns on the table is arranged. For each tag name placed in the heading word field, the child heading word field in which the tag name column selected with that tag name as the parent tag name is placed is placed in the next lower level where the corresponding heading word field is placed. It is done by repeating the provision in the row or column according to the prescribed method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 2, which is performed by a specific method from a tag name string having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set. A step of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name column to which the path name obtained as the conditional data and each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set are associated with each other.
A step of obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a step of creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data is associated with the folder name of the corresponding upper folder.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the icon of the corresponding file information is associated with and output. In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. Steps to create name column data and
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed Steps to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A step to obtain all new path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A step to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
The method according to claim 3. File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
The management operation for information is an information management device that is created for each information and is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image defined for each type of information.
As an information processing device using a table, cells that are rectangular in which information icons are arranged are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A means of creating tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column.
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The means of granting and
A means for creating table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , A means of displaying the icon of the specified information in a form related to the corresponding cell,
Information management device consisting of. Tag name including the tag name selected by the user as a search keyword on the keyword selection means in which each tag name constituting the tag name column registered in the created tag name column data is displayed separately for each tag name column. In the tag name column data in which the column is registered, a means for replacing the registered tag name column with a new tag name column composed of the selected tag name is provided.
Claim 9 for creating table data representing a table in which the tag name string registered in all tag name column data is arranged as a headword in a form in which the tag name selected as a search keyword can be distinguished from other tag names. The device described. The management operation for information is an information processing device created for each information and performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon which is an image image defined for each type of information.
As a table-based information processing device, cells, which are rectangular cells in which information icons are arranged, are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
A means of obtaining a tag name string, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
A means to add the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A means for creating table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. A means to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in
A means of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A means for outputting information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
Information processing device consisting of. Among the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder of one tag name column, the path names that belong to the same tag name column as that path name are among the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder. The device according to any one of claims 9 and 10, wherein the path name is set as condition data of the corresponding tag name column data if it does not exist in. For one tag name column data, if there is no other tag name column data set as condition data with another tag name belonging to the same tag name column as the tag name set in the condition data.
Claims 9 and 10 set the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data. The device according to any one of the above. After arranging the two headword columns in which the tag name columns selected according to specific conditions are arranged in the top row and the leftmost column of the table, respectively, the arrangement of the tag name columns on the table is arranged. For each tag name placed in the heading word field, the child heading word field in which the tag name column selected with that tag name as the parent tag name is placed is placed in the next lower level where the corresponding heading word field is placed. It is done by repeating the provision in the row or column according to the prescribed method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. The device according to any one of claims 9 and 10, wherein the device is performed by a specific method from a tag name string having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set. A means for associating the tag name string identification data of the tag name string to which the path name obtained as the conditional data and each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set are associated with each other.
A means for obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a means for creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data and the folder name of the corresponding upper folder are associated with each other.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. The device according to any one of claims 9 and 10, wherein the icon of the corresponding file information is associated with and output. In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted,
For each folder stored in the specified folder, the child folder name column, which is the order column of the child folder names that the folder directly stores as the parent folder, is obtained, and then
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. How to create name string data,
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A means for creating table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed A means of identifying the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A means to obtain new all path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A means to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
The device according to claim 11. File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
This is an information management method using a table in which cells, which are rectangular cells in which information icons are arranged, are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells.
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A step to create tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column, and
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The steps to give and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , Steps to display the icon of the specified information in relation to the corresponding cell,
A control program for realizing a method in an information processing device consisting of a computer. Tag name including the tag name selected by the user as a search keyword on the keyword selection means in which each tag name constituting the tag name column registered in the created tag name column data is displayed separately for each tag name column. In the tag name column data in which the column is registered, a step of replacing the registered tag name column with a new tag name column composed of the selected tag name is provided.
A control program for realizing the method according to claim 17 for creating table data representing a table in which tag name columns registered in all tag name column data are arranged by a computer. Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
A step to obtain a tag name column, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
The step of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A step to output information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
A control program for realizing a method in an information processing device consisting of a computer. Among the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder of one tag name column, the path names that belong to the same tag name column as that path name are among the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder. A control program for realizing the method according to any one of claims 17 and 18, which sets the path name as the condition data of the corresponding tag name column data when it does not exist in. For one tag name column data, if there is no other tag name column data set with another tag name belonging to the same tag name column as the tag name set in the condition data as condition data, the corresponding tag name One of claim 17 and claim 18 that sets the condition data of the column data to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data. A control program for realizing the method described in the section by a computer. After arranging the two headword columns in which the tag name columns selected according to specific conditions are arranged in the top row and the leftmost column of the table, respectively, the arrangement of the tag name columns on the table is arranged. For each tag name placed in the heading word field, the child heading word field in which the tag name column selected with that tag name as the parent tag name is placed is placed in the next lower level where the corresponding heading word field is placed. It is done by repeating the provision in the row or column according to the prescribed method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. A control program for realizing by a computer the method according to any one of claims 17 and 18, which is performed by a specific method from a tag name string having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set. .. A step of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name column to which the path name obtained as the conditional data and each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set are associated with each other.
A step of obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a step of creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data is associated with the folder name of the corresponding upper folder.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. A control program for realizing the method according to any one of claims 17 and 18, which is associated with and outputs the icon of the corresponding file information, by a computer. In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. Steps to create name column data and
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed Steps to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A step to obtain all new path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A step to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
A control program for realizing the method according to claim 19 by a computer. File information, which is information created by the application, is stored in a folder prepared by the device, and the folder has a hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder. In addition to being managed in form
The identification of the information consisting of file information and folders is performed by all path names in which the path name, which is the name of each stored folder, and its own name are concatenated by a specific method according to the order occupied in the hierarchical structure.
Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
After asking for the child folder name column
Merge source the order column of the folder name obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name, or the tag name column that is the child folder name column that was not merged with other child folder name columns. A step to create tag name column data associated with each child folder name column of, or the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of the corresponding child folder name column, and
For each tag name column data, the path name selected by a specific method from the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder, or the specific value indicating that the selection was not obtained is used as the condition data. The steps to give and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
For cells on the table, specify information that has all path names that have a specific relationship with the set of related tag names that are tag names that are placed in a specific positional relationship in the cell, and then create a table based on the table data. , Steps to display the icon of the specified information in relation to the corresponding cell,
A storage medium that stores a control program for realizing a method in an information processing device consisting of a computer. Tag name including the tag name selected by the user as a search keyword on the keyword selection means in which each tag name constituting the tag name column registered in the created tag name column data is displayed separately for each tag name column. In the tag name column data in which the column is registered, a step of replacing the registered tag name column with a new tag name column composed of the selected tag name is provided.
A storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method according to claim 25 for creating table data representing a table in which tag name columns registered in all tag name column data are arranged by a computer. Information management operations are performed in information processing devices that are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are image images defined for each type of information.
A method of managing information using a table, in which cells that are rectangular rectangles for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and tag names that characterize the information arranged in the cells are arranged as headwords outside the cells. ,
A step to obtain a tag name column, which is an order sequence of tag names, which is a name that characterizes information,
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of another tag name column to the tag name column as conditional data,
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that associates information with one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific positional relationship with respect to the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each of the placed tag name columns. And the step to identify the related tag name that is the tag name placed in
The step of associating the specified related tag name with the data that identifies the information in the device,
A step to output information in which a combination of related tag names having a specific relationship with the search condition is associated with the search condition associated with the search condition by a method in which a plurality of tag names are defined.
A storage medium that stores a control program for realizing a method in an information processing device consisting of a computer. Among the path names that make up all the path names of the parent folder of one tag name column, the path names that belong to the same tag name column as that path name are among the other path names that make up all the path names of the corresponding parent folder. A storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method according to any one of claims 25 and 26, in which the path name is set as conditional data of the corresponding tag name string data. .. For one tag name column data, if there is no other tag name column data set with another tag name belonging to the same tag name column as the tag name set in the condition data as condition data, the corresponding tag name One of claim 25 and claim 26, which sets the condition data of the column data to a specific value in which the tag name column data selected by the reference becomes all tag name column data other than the corresponding tag name column data. A storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method described in the section by a computer. After arranging the two headword columns in which the tag name columns selected according to specific conditions are arranged in the top row and the leftmost column of the table, respectively, the arrangement of the tag name columns on the table is arranged. For each tag name placed in the heading word field, the child heading word field in which the tag name column selected with that tag name as the parent tag name is placed is placed in the next lower level where the corresponding heading word field is placed. It is done by repeating the provision in the row or column according to the prescribed method.
The selection of the tag name column for each parent tag name is a set of parent tag names involved in the repetition of the above tag name column selection until the condition data is provided with the headword field in which the corresponding tag name is arranged. A control program for realizing the method according to any one of claims 25 and 26, which is performed by a specific method from a tag name string having a specific relationship with a certain ancestor tag name set, by a computer. Storage medium that stores. A step of associating the tag name column identification data of the tag name column to which the path name obtained as the conditional data and each tag name constituting the ancestor tag name set are associated with each other.
A step of obtaining a set of related data in which the related tag name specified for each cell on the table is associated with the tag name column identification data that specifies the tag name column to which the table belongs.
For each of the upper folders, which is a folder higher in the hierarchy that stores one file information, the tag name string data in which all the path names of the same parent folder as the parent folder are registered is specified, and then the specified tag name string is specified. It is provided with a step of creating information attribute data in which the tag name column identification data of the data is associated with the folder name of the corresponding upper folder.
In the arrangement of the tag name column on the table, the selection of the tag name column is sequentially performed for each parent tag name, and the condition data associated with the tag name column identification data constitutes each of the ancestor tag name sets. It is performed as the selection of the tag name string that has a specific relationship to the ancestor-related data set obtained by associating the tag name column identification data with the tag name.
In the table created based on the selected tag name column, the cell in which the set of related data having a second specific relationship is specified with respect to the set of information attribute data obtained for the corresponding file information. A storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method according to any one of claims 25 and 26, which is output in association with an icon of the corresponding file information. In response to the operation to specify one folder saved in the device as the first folder to be converted, for each folder stored in the specified folder, the order of the names of the child folders that the folder directly stores as the parent folder. After asking for the child folder name column, which is a column,
A tag that associates the tag name column obtained by merging the child folder name columns that share the same child folder name with the parent folder all path names that are all path names of the parent folder of each child folder name column of the merge source. Steps to create name column data and
For each tag name column data, a step of assigning a specific value or a path name selected by a specific method from the path names constituting all the path names of its parent folder as conditional data, and
A step to create table data representing a table in which each tag name column is arranged as a headword based on a specific method with reference to the condition data.
In response to a specific operation that saves information in one cell on the table displayed based on table data, a specific position for the corresponding cell among the tag names that make up each tag name column that is placed Steps to identify the related tag name, which is the tag name placed in the relationship,
A step to obtain all new path names of information based on the set of specified related tag names and all path names of the conversion target first folder and all the folders included in the conversion target first folder.
While displaying the information icon in association with the destination cell based on the set of identified related tag names or all the obtained path names,
A step to create a corresponding folder for a folder that does not have a corresponding folder among the path names that make up all the obtained path names.
A storage medium containing a control program for realizing the method according to claim 19 by a computer.

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