JPH0756934A - Document unification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable plural users to select required data in accordance with respective purposes among existing data bases so as to appropriately combine them and to unite/output a document by a tag having attribute information for generating/outputting the new synthesized document. CONSTITUTION:Attribute information 21-24 showing sequence for the same key are stored in a tag management file 4 that the user originally generates. Originals are synthesized by sequencing original to the user, which is set to attribute information 21-24, without affecting the classification of the existing data bases and without being affected by it by associating it with an existing data base file 5. The originals can be united and outputted in sequence that the user desires regardless of the classification of the existing data bases that a system supplies, and the originals can not only be displayed on a screen but also accurately be printed on a printing device such as a printer in sequence.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optimum order in which a plurality of manuscripts is desired by a user without updating the existing database by using a tag (sticky note) with attribute information added by the user in advance from the existing database. The present invention relates to a document integration method that can be integrated with and output.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, networking of OA devices has advanced, and a plurality of users have been sharing a system database. On the other hand, the classification of database information supplied on the network often prohibits unique updating on the user side in order for all users to search in common. Therefore, when a user wants to pick up and integrate certain data from a viewpoint different from the classification of the database information supplied by the system side, a system that can be easily performed without the need to update the database system on the original system side is desired. Be done.

In the conventional document integration method, the tag function used when picking up necessary information from database information from a unique viewpoint adds a search key called type information to the necessary data. At that time,
Data that associates the content of the type information with the link information to the original document is stored. Then, the system searches for the postage management file from the type information entered by the user using the postal search function provided by the system, and obtains the link information to the manuscript having a postal note that matches the entered key information. In addition, when displaying, data was displayed by the function of displaying only the original with a sticker by the function of turning the sticker.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional document integration method, it is necessary to attach the same type of sticker to the databases to be associated. Therefore, when the same tag is attached to a plurality of documents and the page turning is performed, there is a problem that the documents are displayed only in a certain fixed order. For example, there is a system in which there are manuscripts 1 to 100 and the manuscripts are registered in the order of increasing numbers. From these, the four originals 1, 10, 50, 100 are
Even if the same tag is attached because the user wants to combine them into one document having the order relation of "10-1-100", when displayed by flipping the page, the order registered in the existing database system is "1-10-50". Only displayed as "-100". As described above, the conventional sticker function is a sticker function that is bound to the order relation of the existing database system.

The operation of this document integration method will be described with reference to FIG. By the tag with the type information A,
Required originals 1, 3, 5, from 1 to 100 originals
It is possible to pick up only 100, but output
The displayable order is not fixed, such as 1-3-5-100, and the output / display cannot be performed in the required order, for example, 3-100-5-1.

An object of the present invention is to provide a document integration method capable of integrating and outputting originals required by the user in the order desired by the user without updating the existing database.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a plurality of manuscripts that can be classified into at least two types are classified into at least one of the two types and at least two manuscripts of the plurality of manuscripts. In the state of being stored, a database file stored therein, at least two sticky keys representing the at least two types, and at least two sticky keys provided corresponding to the at least two sticky keys. At least two manuscript number data representing the number of manuscripts belonging to the type represented by each, and the number of manuscripts represented by each of the at least two manuscript number data are provided, and the order of reading these manuscripts is set. And a database having a sticker management file in which the user can rewrite the information independently. A database having; when one of the at least two sticker keys is inputted as an input sticker key, the input sticker is referred from the database file by referring to the information of the sticker management file. A document integrating method is provided, which includes a tag search unit that reads out a document corresponding to a key in the order represented by the tag attribute information.

Further, according to the present invention, when the manuscript information representing one of the manuscripts is inputted as the inputted manuscript information when connected to the database, the database file is referred to without referring to the information of the sticker management file. , A normal search means for reading a document corresponding to the input document information,
Further, the document integration method according to claim 1 is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, a display means for sequentially displaying the documents read in order by the postal search means when the input postal key is input to the postal search means,
Further, a document integration method characterized by having is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, when the input tag key is input to the postal search means, the originals sequentially read by the postal search means are sequentially displayed, and the input original information is displayed on the normal search means. The document integration system according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying a document read by the normal retrieval means when input.

As described above, the document integration method according to the present invention has a postage management file for managing postal information different from the existing database file, and further provides information for controlling the output / display order of retrieved originals. By adding the document to the sticker management file, the manuscript required by the user can be integrated as a new document having a desired order without updating the existing database.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a document integration method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the user extension database 6 is an association between the sticker management file 4 and the existing database file 5.

The sticker management file 4 is a data file independent of the existing database file 5, and is created and stored by each user. The search function 1 will be described as an example. The search function 1 includes a normal search function (existing database search function) 3 used when searching the existing database file 5 and a tag search function 2 for searching a document that the user has uniquely added a tag and integrated. The normal search function 3 targets only the existing database file 5. This prevents other users who use the existing database file 5 from being affected by the sticky management file 4 of a specific user. The tag search function 2 targets the user extension database 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sticker management file 4 is composed of two records of sticker type information 10 and sticker attribute information 20, and the sticker type information 10 is the search key information of the sticker search keys 11, 12, and 13. Data 15 showing the number of data having the same key and link information 10-1, 10-2, ..., 1 to the sticker attribute information 20 for each key
It consists of 0-3.

The sticker attribute information 20 is attribute information 21, 22, 23, 24, ... Showing the order in the same sticker, and link information 20-1, 20 to the manuscript information of the index database 30 of the existing database file 5. -2, 20-3,
20-4, ... And.

Index database 30 and manuscript file 50
The originals 40 to 46 are link information 30-1 to 30-7
It is linked by.

For example, when the user tries to search only the manuscript having the search key "AAAA" by using the tag search function 2, the tag type information 1 that matches "AAAA" is displayed first.
Search for 0. Next, the sticker attribute information 20 is searched, and finally the manuscript information “1111”, “3333”, “777”.
Documents A, C, G, and B corresponding to "7" and "2222" can be searched in order from the smallest number of attribute information 21 to 24. Therefore, when the sticker key flipping function is executed, it is displayed on the display device (not shown) in the order of "A"-"C"-"G"-"B". As described above, the user can integrate the four originals as a user's own document having the above-mentioned order relationship by using the sticker key “AAAA”.

The operation of this document integration method will be described with reference to FIG. By adding rewritable attribute information (for example, order information such as page number) in addition to the type information A, the picked-up originals are associated with an appropriate order and integrated as one document. When the type information A is searched, the documents can be integrated by the user's unique association 3-100-5-1.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, regardless of the classification of existing database files provided by the system, by providing an area for storing the order desired by the user in the sticker management file, the order desired by the user can be obtained. The original can be integrated and output. The present invention is not limited to simply displaying on the screen, but can be printed in a proper order in a printing device such as a printer as another display device.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-304672 discloses an integrated document management / display system having area display means for sequentially displaying all areas registered in a data table according to a user's instruction. In this area display means, the user must input a number representing the area as a parameter each time one of all areas registered in the data table is displayed. According to the present invention, the user pre-stores the batch attribute information indicating the reading order of the originals in a batch management file in advance, and if the user inputs the input patch key, the user automatically intervenes. Since the originals are read according to the order without performing the reading, the reading process can be performed at high speed with less labor for the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between the contents of a sticker management file and an existing database file in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of a conventional document integration method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Search Function 2 Fusen Search Function 3 Normal Search Function 4 Fusen Management File 5 Existing Database File 6 User Extended Database 10 Fusen Type Information 11-13 Fusen Search Key 10-1-10-3 Link Information 15 Number of Documents with the Same Key Data 20 Fusen attribute information 21-24 Attribute information 20-1-20-4 Link information 30 Index database 30-1-30-7 Link information 40-46 Manuscript 50 Manuscript file

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of manuscripts that can be classified into at least two types are stored in a state where at least one of the two types includes at least two manuscripts. Database file, at least two sticky keys representing the at least two types, and manuscripts provided corresponding to the at least two sticky keys and belonging to the types represented by each of the at least two sticky keys And at least two document number data representing the number of documents, and a number of document documents represented by each of the at least two document number data, and label attribute information indicating the reading order of these documents are stored. And a database having a sticker management file in which the user can rewrite the information independently; When the document is connected to the base and one of the at least two sticker keys is input as an input sticker key, the information corresponding to the sticker management file is referred to, and the manuscript corresponding to the input sticky key is selected from the database file. And a tag search means for reading in accordance with the order represented by the tag attribute information. 2. When the manuscript information representing one of the manuscripts is input as the input manuscript information when connected to the database, the input manuscript is read from the database file without referring to the information of the sticker management file. The document integration method according to claim 1, further comprising a normal search unit that reads out a document corresponding to information. 3. The display device further comprises display means for sequentially displaying the documents read in order by the postal search device when the input postal key is input to the postal search device. Document integration method described. 4. When the input note key is input to the postal search means, the originals sequentially read by the postal search means are sequentially displayed, and when the input original information is input to the normal search means, The document integration system according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying the document read by the normal search means.