JP2021026471A - Information managing device and file management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To perform a condition search combined as intended by a user by directly and randomly designating a composition tag name as a keyword on a tag name tree allowing a mutual relationship between groups to be recognized immediately and visually.SOLUTION: A combination tag name tree in which plural tag name trees are combined comprises the steps of: designating a keyword; imparting a designated keyword, and a master tag name from among tag names disposed in a designated keyword ancestor position and a descendant position as condition data; creating a table within an entry word column in an arrangement direction on the basis of condition data for a tag name column allocated for each arrangement direction of the entry key column; imparting a composition tag name of each combination name tree to information as a storage tag name, and displaying an icon of information to which a set of storage tag names relating to a set of tag names disposed in a determined position relationship with each cell of the table is imparted in association with a cell.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to a search method for extracting desired information from information stored on a folder tree.

Currently, the classification performed in the folder tree in which folders are combined in the form of a tree structure is, for example, in the folder tree shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, which is a set of child folders of the folder "A" {A1. , A2, A3} and a set of child folders of several different folders, such as {2016, 2017, 2018}, {large, average}, which are unique to the upper node name "A". There is a common classification that is not constrained by node names. In information management by the folder tree, since such a common classification is incorporated in one tree structure, the same classification is repeatedly arranged in many places in the folder tree, and the entire folder tree. Tends to be exponentially huge each time a common classification is incorporated.

In a tree-structured folder tree, exploratory retrieval, which is one of the pillars of information retrieval, is originally very difficult for users, but in a folder tree in which the same classification is randomly and repeatedly arranged, The degree is even greater.

Also, in a huge folder tree, different notations are often applied to the same notation classification, or different meaning classifications are applied to the same notation, so information by condition specification, which is another pillar in information retrieval. Can't be a definitive method of fetching, and at present, a search using a single node name as a keyword is only used as an auxiliary.

In response to the situation of information management using such a folder tree, the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004 gives different notations to nodes in the folder tree that have different meanings but are given the same notation, and also in the folder tree. In addition to unifying the node names with different notations into one notation, the user can display the tag name strings obtained by merging the set of child folder names that share the configuration name separately. Discloses a method of arranging an information icon on a table in which a tag name string configuration name specified as a keyword and another tag name string configuration name implied by the specified tag name string configuration name are arranged as headwords. ing. For example, the tag name string obtained for the folder tree shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is displayed as shown in FIG. 9 on the display means.

By the above method, keywords belonging to the same tag name string take OR, and designation between different tag name strings takes AND. Multi-facet search can be performed without omission of search and with less search noise, and is searched. Secondary selection from the information provided can be easily performed on the table. The multi-facet search covers the practical range of conditional search. On the other hand, the search for information can also be easily performed on the table obtained by inputting a keyword whose search range is suppressed by this method.

However, the above method requires the user to unify the notation of the classification with the same meaning as the notation of the classification with different meanings on the means provided separately from the folder tree to be searched, and the search keyword can be specified. , Since it is specified on the display means in which the hierarchical relationship between the node names in the tree structure cannot be seen, it has the following problems.

For example, in the folder tree shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 above, when it is desired to extract information including "A1" and "A2" in all the path names, the input keywords are "A1" and "A2". If you specify "", you do not need to specify "A" because it also implies the specification of its parent "A". However, on the above tag name string display means, enter "A" as the input keyword "A1". , "A2" cannot be immediately discriminated as the parent node name. In a folder tree with a large number of tag name strings created, it becomes difficult to discriminate the parent-child relationship between each constituent tag name.

In view of these problems, the present invention can easily add classification from a new viewpoint to one tag name tree as a method of managing information by a tag name tree in which tag names, which are names that characterize information, are related in a tree shape. It is possible and aims to provide a method that can efficiently manage information in the added whole tag name tree.

Another object of the present invention is to manage information by a tag name tree in which tag names, which are names that characterize information, are related in a tree shape, on a tag name tree in which mutual relationships between classifications can be immediately visually recognized. By directly and randomly specifying the configuration tag name as a keyword, the aim is to provide a method for performing a conditional search in which the specified tag name is combined as intended by the user without omission of the search.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily tagging information to be searched in a method for satisfying the above problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 1 sandwiches a path name, which is the name of all folders in which information is stored, and its own name with a specific separation code. It is managed in a form specified by all path names concatenated with, and the management operation for information is created for each information and is performed as an operation on the device screen for the icon which is an image image defined for each type of information. In the management device
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. It is an information management method using a table in which the arranged headword arrangement column is provided.
In a combination tag name tree that combines multiple tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape, a step of specifying a keyword from the configuration tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree, and
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name column of, the step of assigning the parent tag name as conditional data,
A step of creating a table in which the tag name string assigned for each placement direction of the heading word field is arranged in the heading word field of the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of the combination tag name tree to the information as the storage tag name, and
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. Steps to display the icon of the information in association with the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by consisting of.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 2 is determined by the method according to claim 1 in which the arrangement direction of the heading word column in which the tag name to which the tag name belongs is arranged is determined for each tag name tree. It is characterized by doing.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 3 is the method according to claim 1, wherein one tag name tree is used as a separate tag name tree, and one constituent tag name on another tag name tree is used. In the combination tag name tree obtained by adding to a certain attachment destination tag name, the attachment destination tag name is arranged as a condition name in the first tag name column obtained from the attachment tag name tree. For an attached tag name tree in which no keyword is specified for the constituent tag name, only if the attached destination tag name is an ancestor tag name of another specified keyword in the combination tag name tree. , It is characterized in that all the affiliation tag names are used as table structure tag names.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 4 receives an instruction for information to which a constituent tag name of one tag name tree is given in the method according to claim 1, and receives an instruction for information in a storage folder of the instructed information. From the attachment destination folders located at the top of the tree path route, the step to identify the attachment destination folder whose storage path name column obtained from the corresponding attachment folder tree is not registered in the information management data of the corresponding information, and
A step to create a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name string obtained from the specified separate folder tree is arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data, and
The feature is that the related tag name that is not the condition name of other related tag names is added to the information as the storage tag name among the related tag names obtained by receiving the instruction of the cell of the created table. And.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 5 receives an instruction to save information in a cell of the created table in the method according to claim 1, and obtains a related tag name for the instructed cell. It is characterized in that it is given as a storage tag name.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 6 is the information according to claim 1, in which an open instruction is received for the stored tag name on the tag name tree and the instructed stored tag name is given. The feature is that the icon of is displayed on a specific screen.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 7 is the method according to claim 3, wherein the tag name tree is a folder name of a folder constituting a folder tree in which folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape. It is a tree, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is performed by storing the first folder of the attachment tag name tree in the attachment destination folder.
The tag name column is a step to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the separate destination folder from the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. It is characterized in that it is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding tag name tree.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 8 is the method according to claim 1, in which the condition path name string representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string is used as the condition data. Steps to set and
As related data, a step to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
The step of setting the storage path name and the storage path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
It is characterized in that information is assigned to one cell with a set of stored path name strings having a defined relationship with the set of all related path names obtained.

The method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 9 is the method according to claim 1, in which the tag name particularly specified in the combination tag name tree, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the offspring tag. It is characterized in that a partial tag name tree consisting of names is created and registered, and then information is extracted by specifying keywords in the called registered partial tag name tree.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 10 connects the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which the information is stored, and its own name with a specific separation code. An information management device that is managed in a form specified by all the path names, and management operations for information are created for each information and are performed as operations on the device screen for icons that are images defined for each type of information. And
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. As an information management device using a table provided with an arranged headword arrangement column,
In a combination tag name tree in which a plurality of tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape are combined, a means for specifying a keyword from the constituent tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree,
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name string of, the means to give the parent tag name as conditional data,
A means for creating a table in which the tag name strings assigned for each placement direction of the headword column are arranged in the headword field in the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
A means of assigning a combination tag name tree configuration tag name to information as a storage tag name,
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. It is characterized by consisting of a means for displaying the icon of the displayed information in association with the corresponding cell.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 11 is determined by the method according to claim 10 in which the arrangement direction of the headword column in which the tag name to which the tag name belongs is arranged is determined for each tag name tree. It is characterized by.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 12 has one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree and one constituent tag name on another tag name tree in the apparatus according to claim 10. In the combination tag name tree obtained by adding to the attachment tag name, the attachment destination tag name is arranged as a condition name in the first tag name column obtained from the attachment tag name tree, and the configuration thereof. For an attached tag name tree in which no keyword is specified for the tag name, the attachment destination tag name is the ancestor tag name of another specified keyword in the combination tag name tree. It is characterized in that all belonging tag names are used as table structure tag names.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 13 receives an instruction for information to which a constituent tag name of one tag name tree is given in the apparatus according to claim 10, and a tree path route of a storage folder of the instructed information. A means to identify the attachment destination folder whose storage path name column obtained from the corresponding attachment destination folder tree is not registered in the information management data of the corresponding information from the attachment destination folders located at the upper level.
A means of creating a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name strings obtained from the specified separate folder tree are arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data.
The feature is that the related tag name that is not the condition name of other related tag names is added to the information as the storage tag name among the related tag names obtained by receiving the instruction of the cell of the created table. And.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 14 receives an instruction to store information in a cell of a created table in the apparatus according to claim 10, and stores a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell. It is characterized by being given as a name.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 15 receives an open instruction for the stored tag name on the tag name tree in the apparatus according to claim 10, and an icon of information to which the instructed stored tag name is given. Is displayed on a specific screen.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 16 is the apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the tag name tree is a tree of folder names of folders constituting a folder tree in which folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape. Yes, the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is performed by storing the first folder of the attachment tag name tree in the attachment destination folder, and
The tag name column is a means to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the attachment destination folder among the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. It is characterized in that it is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding tag name tree.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 17 sets, in the apparatus according to claim 10, a conditional path name string representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string as condition data. Means and
As related data, a means to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
A means for setting a storage path name and a storage path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
It is characterized in that information is assigned to one cell with a set of stored path name strings having a defined relationship with the set of all related path names obtained.

The information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 18 has, in the apparatus according to claim 10, a tag name particularly specified in the combination tag name tree, an ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and a descendant tag name. It is characterized in that information is fetched by creating and registering a partial tag name tree consisting of, and then specifying a keyword in the called registered partial tag name tree.

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 is managed in a form specified by the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which it is stored, and the name of itself, which is concatenated with a specific separation code in between, and the management operation for the information is performed for each information. In an information management device that is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image created and defined for each type of information.
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. It is an information management method using a table in which the arranged headword arrangement column is provided.
In a combination tag name tree that combines multiple tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape, a step of specifying a keyword from the configuration tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree, and
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name column of, the step of assigning the parent tag name as conditional data,
A step of creating a table in which the tag name string assigned for each placement direction of the heading word field is arranged in the heading word field of the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
How to assign the configuration tag name of the combination tag name tree to the information as the storage tag name,
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. Steps to display the icon of the information in association with the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by consisting of.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 20 by a computer is the method according to claim 19.
Each tag name tree is characterized in that it is determined by a method of determining the arrangement direction of the heading word column in which the tag name to which the tag belongs is arranged.

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 19.
Separated in the combination tag name tree obtained by adding one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree to the separate tag name which is one configuration tag name on the other tag name tree. In the first tag name column obtained from the tag name tree, the attachment destination tag name is placed as a condition name, and for the attachment tag name tree for which no keyword is specified for the configuration tag name, the attachment is made. Only when the destination tag name is the ancestor tag name of a keyword specified elsewhere in the combination tag name tree, all the belonging tag names are used as the table structure tag name.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 22 by a computer is the method according to claim 19.
Configuration of one tag name tree Storage obtained from the corresponding separate folder tree from the separate destination folders located above the tree path route of the storage folder of the specified information in response to the instruction for the information to which the tag name is given. Steps to identify the destination folder whose path name column is not registered in the information management data of the relevant information,
A step to create a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name string obtained from the specified separate folder tree is arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data, and
The feature is that the related tag name that is not the condition name of other related tag names is added to the information as the storage tag name among the related tag names obtained by receiving the instruction of the cell of the created table. And.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 23 by a computer is the method according to claim 19.
It is characterized in that it receives an instruction to save information in a cell of the created table and gives a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell as a storage tag name.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 24 by a computer is the method according to claim 19.
It is characterized in that it receives an open instruction for the stored tag name on the tag name tree and displays an icon of information to which the instructed stored tag name is given on a specific screen.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 25 by a computer is the method according to claim 21.
The tag name tree is a tree of the folder names of the folders that make up the folder tree in which the folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is the attachment tag name tree. How to do it by storing the first folder of
The tag name string can be obtained as a set of names of child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder, excluding the name of the folder specified as the destination folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. It is characterized in that it is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding tag name tree.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 26 by a computer is the method according to claim 19.
As condition data, a method of setting a condition path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string, and a method of setting.
As related data, a method of setting all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
How to set the storage path name to the storage path name column that represents the path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
It is characterized in that information is assigned to one cell with a set of stored path name strings having a defined relationship with the set of all related path names obtained.

The control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 27 by a computer is described in the method according to claim 19.
In the combination tag name tree, a partial tag name tree consisting of the specified tag name, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the descendant tag name is created, registered, and then called in the registered partial tag name tree. It is characterized in that information is retrieved by specifying keywords.

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 28 by a computer is
Information is managed in a form specified by the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which it is stored, and the name of itself, which is concatenated with a specific separation code in between, and the management operation for the information is performed for each information. In an information management device that is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image created and defined for each type of information.
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. It is an information management method using a table in which the arranged headword arrangement column is provided.
In a combination tag name tree that combines multiple tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape, a step of specifying a keyword from the configuration tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree, and
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name column of, the step of assigning the parent tag name as conditional data,
A step of creating a table in which the tag name string assigned for each placement direction of the heading word field is arranged in the heading word field of the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of the combination tag name tree to the information as the storage tag name, and
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. Steps to display the icon of the information in association with the corresponding cell,
It is characterized by consisting of.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 29 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 28.
Each tag name tree is characterized in that it is determined by a method of determining the arrangement direction of the heading word column in which the tag name to which the tag belongs is arranged.

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 the method according to claim 28.
Separated in the combination tag name tree obtained by adding one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree to the separate tag name which is one configuration tag name on the other tag name tree. In the first tag name column obtained from the tag name tree, the attachment destination tag name is placed as a condition name, and for the attachment tag name tree for which no keyword is specified for the configuration tag name, the attachment is made. Only when the destination tag name is the ancestor tag name of a keyword specified elsewhere in the combination tag name tree, all the belonging tag names are used as the table structure tag name.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 31 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 28.
Configuration of one tag name tree Storage obtained from the corresponding separate folder tree from the separate destination folders located above the tree path route of the storage folder of the specified information in response to the instruction for the information to which the tag name is given. Steps to identify the destination folder whose path name column is not registered in the information management data of the relevant information,
A step to create a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name string obtained from the specified separate folder tree is arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data, and
The feature is that the related tag name that is not the condition name of other related tag names is added to the information as the storage tag name among the related tag names obtained by receiving the instruction of the cell of the created table. And.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 33 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 28.
It is characterized in that it receives an instruction to save information in a cell of the created table and gives a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell as a storage tag name.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 33 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 28.
It is characterized in that it receives an open instruction for the stored tag name on the tag name tree and displays an icon of information to which the instructed stored tag name is given on a specific screen.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 34 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 30.
The tag name tree is a tree of the folder names of the folders that make up the folder tree in which the folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is the attachment tag name tree. Steps to be taken by storing the first folder of
The tag name column is a step to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the separate destination folder from the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. It is characterized in that it is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding tag name tree.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 35 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 28.
As condition data, a step to set a condition path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string, and a step
As related data, a step to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
The step of setting the storage path name and the storage path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
It is characterized in that information is assigned to one cell with a set of stored path name strings having a defined relationship with the set of all related path names obtained.

The storage medium in which the control program for realizing the method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention according to claim 36 is realized by a computer is the method according to claim 28.
In the combination tag name tree, a partial tag name tree consisting of the specified tag name, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the descendant tag name is created, registered, and then called in the registered partial tag name tree. It is characterized in that information is retrieved by specifying keywords.

According to this method, it is possible to add a classification from a new viewpoint with less effort by adding only one place in the addition destination tag name tree.

According to this method, the input keywords are searched by the user by simply instructing the keywords in random order on the tag name tree where the relationships between the classifications can be immediately recognized without giving the relationships between the keywords. It is possible to narrow down the search for the combined information as described above.

According to this method, when the tag name tree is a folder tree, the addition of classification from a new viewpoint can be performed by a daily operation for the user, that is, the first folder of the folder tree to be added is stored in the addition destination folder. ..

According to this method, a tag name tree consisting of many classifications can also be searched by specifying keywords in the tag name tree that avoids different notations of tag names having the same meaning because there is no duplicate arrangement of the same classification. It is possible to retrieve information without omission.

According to this method, in addition to the specified keyword, the desired information is output on the table in which the descendant tag name implied by the specification is also arranged as a headword, so that the secondary selection of information can be easily performed. be able to.

According to this method, the search for information can be easily performed on the table created by specifying the keyword that suppresses the search range.

According to this method, tagging of information, which is necessary for adding classification from a new viewpoint, can be easily performed by specifying a cell on a table in which the constituent tag names of tagging candidates are arranged as headwords. ..

According to this method, tagging required for saving external information in the tag name tree can be easily performed by dragging the icon to a cell on the table.

According to this method, the information with the necessary tagging can be efficiently accessed from the folder tree by specifying the folder corresponding to the tagging.

According to this method, by calling the partial tag name tree created and registered based on the tag name specified in particular on the tag name tree and specifying the keyword on it, the keyword can be specified on the huge tag name tree. It is possible to efficiently retrieve information while avoiding the above.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration example on the hardware of the information processing apparatus by one Example 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 folder tree of the explanatory example in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the upper half of the conventional example folder tree. It is a figure which shows the lower half of the conventional example folder tree. It is a figure which shows the tag name string display means obtained from the conventional example folder tree. It is a figure which shows the attachment designation mode sub-screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the conversion target folder 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 storage path name string data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the explanatory example folder tree in which the attachment designation was made in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the folder screen which displayed the information icon in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the conversion target folder list in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the keyword designation sub-screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the explanatory example folder tree in which the keyword designation was performed in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table conversion procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the table management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the conversion table list subscreen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the procedure of the tag name string data creation processing 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 format of the tag name 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 table data creation procedure in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the heading word column data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the whole procedure which creates the heading word column data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the format of the head tag name string management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the heading word column data creation procedure 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 table of the 2nd explanatory example 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 table of the explanatory example in which the information icon in the system of an Example is arranged. It is a figure which shows the information display screen in a 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 2nd folder screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the tagging supplement subscreen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the conversion target folder tree which specially displayed the folder which stored the necessary information in the tagging supplement in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the tagging supplementary table in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table which arranged the common condition in the system of an Example specially. It is a figure which shows the partial folder tree management data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the selection name input screen in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the selected name designation data in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the partial folder tree in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the partial folder tree list in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the partial folder tree which specified the keyword in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the table created based on the keyword specified on the partial folder tree in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the display instruction subscreen in a plurality of folders in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the display screen in a plurality of folders in the system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the 3rd folder screen in the system of an Example.

Hereinafter, examples 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 appropriate input devices, the internal memory 16 and the external memory 18 are storage devices, and the display device 20 and the stamp 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. Further, in this device, a folder is prepared in addition to the file information as a data object which 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. Folders are managed in the form of a folder hierarchical structure in which one folder is repeatedly stored as a child folder in a parent folder which is another folder starting from the root folder, and one external memory 18 is stored in the system. It is arranged by forming a folder tree as the root.

The data object consisting of file information and folders has "type information", "name", "all path names", "attribute information", "icon image data pointer information", "icon placement position", and "" depending on the environment control program. Data object management consisting of "main body data pointer" It is managed in the form of being pointed from the data (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 stores the information. Here, in the present specification, the folder having the name "***" is abbreviated as the folder having the name "***" or the folder "***". In this specification, file information will be abbreviated as information hereafter.

"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 started from the root folder. Taken out in order. 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 character strings of their own name. 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 instruction operation is given.

When the identified data object is file information, the content of the file information is displayed on the "file information screen" (not shown) 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, a "folder screen" (not shown) 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 is displayed on the displayed folder screen. Is displayed with the icon of the data object directly included in the corresponding folder.

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. Further, storing a 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. It is 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 the 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 aims to manage information using a table on the desktop screen 30, and is provided with functions such as table conversion and partial folder tree retrieval. 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.

The table conversion function outputs information on the table created based on the folder name specified as a keyword on the folder tree created on the device, thereby extracting unnecessary information and managing information without omission of search. This can be done, and its configuration is shown in FIG.

The separate folder instruction unit 52 instructs the separate designated folder tree from the designated conversion target folder tree. An internal memory 16 that holds the management data of the conversion target folder tree and the instruction data of the separate folder tree, a display 20a that displays the separate designated folder tree on the conversion target folder tree, a keyboard 12, a mouse 14, etc. It is composed of the input device of the above and the CPU 24 that executes the corresponding processing.

The keyword folder instruction unit 53 designates a folder having the name as a keyword from the folders constituting the conversion target folder tree as a keyword designation folder. An internal memory 16 that holds instruction data of the keyword designation folder, a display 20a that displays the keyword designation folder on the conversion target folder tree, an input device such as a keyboard 12 and a mouse 14, and a CPU 24 that executes the corresponding processing. , Consists of.

The table data creation unit 55 separates the name of the keyword-designated folder specified by the keyword folder instruction unit 53 and the names of other folders determined by the keyword-designated folder from the positional relationship between the folders in the conversion target folder tree. After creating table data representing a table arranged as a headword based on the instruction data of the folder tree, the information is displayed based on the tagging data assigned by the information tagging unit 63 for each information. It is stored in a form associated with each cell of. 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 table display unit 57 displays a table in which information icons are arranged and displayed based on the table data created by the table data creation unit 55 and the information associated with each cell of 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.

On the table displayed by the table display unit 57, the table information tagging instruction unit 61 assigns a heading word defined in a designated cell to the relevant information as a related tag name. It is composed of a display 20a for displaying a table, an input device such as a mouse 14, a CPU 24 for executing the corresponding processing, and an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 for arranging a work area for performing the processing.

The information tagging unit 63 for each attachment represents a folder in which information is stored as tagging data for identifying information based on the related tag name given to the information or the folder specified on the folder tree. Generate a pathname 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 in-folder information display unit 65 displays the stored information in the instructed folder based on the storage path name string assigned to the information. It is composed of a display 20a that also displays stored information in the corresponding folder, an input device such as a mouse 14, an internal memory 16 or an external memory 18 that arranges a CPU 24 that executes the corresponding processing and a work area that performs the processing. To.

Hereinafter, the details of the table conversion function will be described by taking the folder tree classified as shown in FIG. 6 as an example. Among the names of the folders that make up the folder tree, "year" is not the tag name that characterizes the information to be managed, but the name of the child folder of the corresponding folder "2016", "2017", "2018". It is a group name provided for grouping from one viewpoint as a name, and similarly, "importance" also groups the names "large" and "normal" of the child folders of the corresponding folder, and also "urgency". Is also a group name for grouping the child folder names "emergency" and "normal" of the corresponding folder.

The folder tree shown in FIG. 6 is intended to be classified in an equivalent manner to the folder tree shown separately in FIGS. 7 and 8, and is repeatedly arranged in the folder tree shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. For each of {2016, 2017, 2018}, {large, average} and {A, B, 丙}, a folder whose constituent name is the name of the child folder is specially provided, and each of them is used as the group name which is the name. It is formed by adding "year", "importance", and "creator", which are the classification viewpoints of each applicable classification.

The folder tree shown in FIG. 6 is further formed so that the range to which the corresponding classification is applied can be understood by the storage destination parent folder of the folder having the name of this group name. The categories related to all the information stored in the conversion target folder tree are {2016, 2017, 2018} and {large, average}, and the related folder "year" and folder "importance" are the conversion target folder tree, respectively. The folder "creator" related to {A, B, Hei}, which is a classification related to all information stored in the first folder "P" of the above and stored in the folder named "A", is the folder "A". Stored in.

In the folder tree shown in FIG. 6, the classifications that are repeatedly arranged in the folder tree as described above are removed from the main body folder tree according to the above rules and arranged in parallel as a separate folder tree. It avoids that folders with the same classification are repeatedly placed in multiple places in the folder tree, and as a result, the number of constituent folders in the entire folder tree is reduced exponentially, and the structure of the entire classification is reduced. Is easy to understand and visible. In the present specification, a folder tree that has been subjected to a kind of normalization that prevents duplicate arrangement of folders that perform the same classification by complying with the above rules is referred to as an organized folder tree.

In the present specification, a folder having this group name as its name is referred to as a separate designated folder, and a group name that is the name of the separate designated folder is referred to as a separate name. Further, the folder in which the designated attachment folder is stored is called the attachment destination folder, and the partial folder tree in which the attachment designation folder is the first folder is called the attachment folder tree. On the other hand, the partial folder tree obtained by excluding the separate folder tree from the entire folder tree is called the main body folder tree, and the individual separate folder tree and the main body folder tree are combined into a unit folder tree. Called.

After the user opens the table management application screen 33, when the user instructs the "folder tree registration" button 71 on the function menu 70 on the screen 33, the system operates all the folders held in the system by a known method. In the folder selection screen (not shown) that arranges and displays the folders that the user can access in a tree format, the user displays the first folder of the folder tree targeted by the table conversion function on the folder selection screen. Is specified as the conversion target folder. Hereinafter, the folder tree whose first folder is the conversion target folder is referred to as a conversion target folder tree.

In response to the instruction of the conversion target folder, the system displays the designated folder tree on the table management application screen 33, and displays the sub screen 91 (FIG. 10) of the separate designation mode on the device screen. The system also creates the conversion target folder management data (Fig. 11) in which all the path names of the specified first folder are registered in the "first folder all path names" section, and the file information stored in the folder tree. Information management data (FIG. 12) is created for each. The created conversion target folder management data are linked by the "link pointer" in the order in which they are created, and are saved at a specific location in the system.

Information management data is created for each file information sequentially extracted from the corresponding folder tree by a known method, and the name and all of the corresponding file information are added to the "name part" and "all path name part", respectively. The path name and is registered.

The system also removes the path name registered in the "name part", which is the path name at the end, and the path name equivalent part of the parent folder of the conversion target folder from all the path names of the corresponding file information. The character string is set in the storage path name string data (FIG. 13) as the storage path name string, and the address of the storage path name string data is set in the "storage path name string data pointer" of the corresponding information management data.

In this system, since the storage path name string can be obtained for other unit folder trees for the corresponding information by the tagging supplementary function described later, the storage path name string obtained from all the path names of the above information can be obtained. , It is called the first storage path name column to distinguish it from those other storage path name columns.

In the explanation example, for example, for the information whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1", the name "report" of the corresponding information is applied to the "name part" and "all path name part". "1" and "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1" are registered, and from all the path names, "Report 1" which is the last path name and all paths of the parent folder of the conversion target folder are registered. The path name string character string "P \ A \ A1" from which the name equivalent part "... \" is removed is registered as the first stored path name string.

The information management data created for each information saved in the conversion target folder tree is concatenated in order as an information management data chain by the "concatenation pointer", and the address of the first data is the "information management" of the conversion target folder management data. It is set in the "data pointer section".

On the conversion target folder tree displayed on the table management application screen 33, the user specifies a separately specified folder, for example, by repeating a click instruction with the mouse 14 on the icon of the corresponding folder as a known method. The icon of the designated separate attachment folder is displayed with a special display indicating that the attachment designation has been received (FIG. 14). In the folder tree of the explanation example, the folders whose names are "year", "importance", and "creator" are specified.

The folder in which the click instruction is given by the mouse 14 can be specified by repeating the collation between the click instruction position on the device screen and the display position on the device screen 20a of each displayed folder as a known method. .. The display position of each folder on the device screen can be obtained based on the position on the table configuration folder instruction screen folder management screen of the corresponding folder and the relative position of the corresponding table configuration folder instruction screen with respect to the device screen 20a.

After specifying all the separate designation folders, the system receives the instruction of the "execute" button 93 on the separate designation mode sub screen 91 by the user, and the system receives the above click instruction and the designated separate designation folder. Create separate specification data that registers all the path names for each. The separate specification data is created in the same format as the above-mentioned storage path name column data, and the address of the first data of the separate designation data concatenated in order by the "concatenation pointer" is "separate" of the corresponding conversion target folder management data. It is set to "Specified data pointer".

In the conversion target folder tree for which the attachment is specified, the user tags the information stored in one folder in one unit folder tree that composes it with another unit folder tree. Can be done. On the table management application screen 33 on which the conversion target folder tree targeted by this function is displayed, the user instructs the "T-attached" button 75 on the function menu 70, and then displays the corresponding information icon in another unit. The folder (tagging destination folder) having the name to be tagged in each of the folder trees may be repeatedly clicked and specified with the mouse 14.

In response to this specification operation, the system determines that the click specification of the information icon has been performed between different unit folder trees, and if that determination is obtained, the conversion target folder is selected from all path names of the tagging destination folder. Create the storage path name column data that sets the storage path name column with all the path name equivalent parts of the parent folder removed. The storage path name column data created for each unit folder tree is concatenated in order by the "concatenation pointer", and the address of the start data is set in the "concatenation pointer" of the head storage path name column data.

The fact that the above specification for the information icon is made between different unit folder trees can be determined by the fact that the ancestor folder of the specified information storage folder and the ancestor folder of the specified folder do not share the same separate specified folder. it can. Here, the ancestor folder for one folder (first folder) means that all the path names of the ancestor folder match the front of all the path names of the first folder, and the folder tree is for the first folder. Refers to a folder located higher in the path route within.

In the explanation example, for example, for the information in which all the path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1", all the path names are "... \ P \ A \ Creator \ B". When the tagging destination folder is specified, the storage path name column data in which the storage path name column "P \ A \ Creator \ B" is set is created, and the created storage path name column data is already provided. It will be pointed from the concatenation pointer of the storage path name column data in which the first storage path name string "P \ A \ A1" is set. In the same way, if you specify other tagging destination folders, each will be displayed as the corresponding storage path name column data.
"P ¥ 2018",
"P \ Importance \ Large"
Are added, and each is sequentially concatenated at the end of the concatenated storage path name column data.

In this system, when a folder open operation is performed for one folder, the information in which the storage path name column included in the back is added to all the path names of the folder is selected, and then the selected information is selected. Is displayed on the folder screen as a known method.

Now, if you perform a folder open operation for a folder whose all path names, which are one tagging destination folder in the above example, are "... \ P \ A \ Creator \ B", the corresponding storage path name string As the information to which "P \ A \ Creator \ B" is given, the information in the above example in which all path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1" is specified, and the icon 163 is displayed. It will be displayed on the corresponding folder screen 170 (FIG. 15). It is assumed that the icon 165 of the second information is also displayed on the corresponding folder screen 170 as the information to which the same storage path name column "P \ A \ Creator \ B" is assigned. Further, the icon 164 in the figure is not arranged at this stage.

In addition, after instructing the "display in F" button 77 on the function menu 70, a plurality of folders are clicked and specified using the mouse 14, and then in the plurality of folders displayed by the instruction of the "display in F" button 77. When the "execute button" 143 on the display instruction sub screen 141 (FIG. 54) is instructed, the path name string obtained by excluding all the path names "... \ P" of the conversion target folder from all the path names of the instructed folder is displayed. The information given as the storage path name column is selected, and the icon is displayed on the display screen 145 in the plurality of folders.

For example, in the above example, a folder whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ creator \ B" and a folder whose all path names are "... \ P \ year ¥ 2018" are instructed. Then, as the information given to the path name column "P \ A \ creator \ B" and the path name column "P \ year \ 2018" as the storage path name column, all the above path names are "... The information "\ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1" is specified, and the icon 163 is displayed on the display screen 145 in the plurality of folders (FIG. 55). On the other hand, regarding the above-mentioned second information, assuming that the path name string "P \ year ¥ 2018" obtained from the other specified folders is not assigned as the storage path name string, the icon 165 is a plurality of folders. It will not be displayed on the internal display screen 145

The table conversion function is performed on the folder tree that the user has specified separately. If the conversion target folder tree targeted by this function is not displayed on the table management application screen 33, the system receives an instruction from the user to press the "call folder tree" button 72 on the function menu 70, and the system is in the system. The conversion target folder list 101 (FIG. 16) is displayed on the device screen based on the conversion target folder management data stored in. In response to a user instruction on the displayed conversion target folder list, the conversion target folder tree is displayed on the table management application screen 33.

On the conversion target folder list 101, for each conversion target folder, all the path names 103 and the separate name 105 are arranged on one line, and the folders other than the conversion target folder are set as the separate destination folders. Is prefixed with the name 106 of the corresponding attachment destination folder enclosed in (). For the conversion target folder in the explanation example, one line above
"*** ¥ P Year Importance (A) Creator"
Will be displayed.

When the user instructs the "table conversion" button 73 on the function menu 70 on the table management application screen 33 on which the folder tree targeted by this function is displayed, the keyword instruction unit 53 uses the keyword specification sub screen 95 (FIG. 17). ) Is displayed on the device screen, and the user specifies a folder whose folder name is a keyword for selecting information to be managed on the target table on the displayed conversion target folder tree as a keyword specification folder. The user may click and instruct the icons of the corresponding folders one by one with the mouse 14 and then point to the execution button 97 on the keyword designation sub screen 95.

When a plurality of keyword specification folders are specified, the order of instruction may be arbitrary, and it is not necessary to specify the relationship between the keyword specification folders. A plurality of keywords specified in one unit folder tree are interpreted by taking the "sum", and keywords specified in different unit folder trees are interpreted by taking the "product". Further, it is not necessary to specify another folder that is automatically determined by specifying one keyword specification folder as described later.

In addition, if no keyword is specified in one unit folder tree for one attachment, all in the attachment destination folder tree is limited to the case where the attachment destination folder is an ancestor folder of another specified keyword. Folder shall be designated as a keyword specification folder.

Now, on the folder tree of the explanation example, in the child folder of the folder "A", the folder "A1" and the folder "A2", and in the child folder of the folder "B", the folder "B1" and the folder " The folder "2017" and the folder "2018" are specified in the child folders of "Year". (Fig. 18). In the above specification, by specifying the folder "A1" and the folder "A2", the specification of the ancestor folder "A" is omitted. Similarly, by specifying the folder "B1", the parent folder "B" is specified. And its child folders "B11" and "B12" are omitted.

In addition, keywords are not specified for the child folders of the separate designated folder "Creator" and the separate designated folder "Importance", but first, the separate designated folder "Creator" is attached. Since the destination folder "A" is an ancestor folder of the keyword-specified folders "A1", "A2" ..., the folder "A", the folder "B", and all the child folders thereof are The folder "Hei" is supposed to be designated as a keyword designation folder, and similarly, the folder "P" which is the attachment destination folder of the attachment designation folder "importance" is also the keyword designation folder "A1" and " Since it is an ancestor folder of "A2" ..., the folder "Large" and the folder "Medium" are also designated as keyword designation folders as all child folders of the separate designated folder "Importance".

The above designation is based on the following conditions ((A1 + A2 + B1) × (2017 + 2018)
It means the specification to extract the information that satisfies, but the order in which each keyword is specified may be arbitrary, and the relationship between each keyword by "x" and "+" and the grouping by "()" are unnecessary. ..

Here, as a second keyword specification example, when only the folder "B1", which is a child folder of the folder "B", is specified on the folder tree of the explanation example (not shown), the different name is ". Since the separate destination folder is the ancestor folder "P" of the keyword specification folder "B1", the separate folder tree that is "year" and "importance" is in the separate destination folder tree. All folders are designated as keyword specification folders, but on the other hand, in the attachment folder tree whose alias name is "creator", the attachment destination folder "A" is not the ancestor folder of the keyword specification folder "B1". Therefore, the folder in the attachment destination folder tree is not specified as the keyword specification folder.

After designating all the keyword designation folders, the system starts the table conversion procedure (FIG. 19) in response to the instruction of the "execute" button 97 on the keyword designation sub screen 95 by the user, and the table management data (FIG. 20). ) Is created, and first, as a process by the keyword folder instruction unit 53, keyword specification data in which all path names are set is created for each folder to which the instruction of the keyword specification folder is given (step L1). The keyword specification data is created in the same format as the above-mentioned stored all path name data.

The folder to which the keyword specified folder instruction is given can be specified by repeating the collation between the click instruction position on the screen and the display position of each folder, as in the case of the separately specified folder mentioned above, and is created. The keyword designation data is concatenated sequentially by the "concatenation pointer", and the address of the start data is set in the "keyword designation data pointer" of the table management data.

The table management data created for one conversion target folder tree is concatenated by the "concatenation pointer" in the order of creation, and the address of the start data is the "table management data pointer" part of the corresponding conversion target folder management data. Is set to. When the "table call" button 78 is instructed on the function menu 70 on the table management application 33 displaying the corresponding conversion target folder tree, the conversion table list sub-screen 110 (FIG. 21) is displayed on the device screen. The table represented by the desired table management data can be displayed on the screen by the instruction on the displayed conversion table list sub-screen 110. The conversion table list sub-screen 110 has a configuration in which all path names 108 of the conversion target folder related to one table and the specified keyword 109 are arranged on one line, and the conversion table of the explanation example is one line. Above "... ¥ PA1 A2 B1 2017 2018"
Will be placed.

Next, in the table conversion procedure, as a process by the table creation unit 55, tag name string data in which a set of folder names determined by the following method based on the specified keyword designation folder is registered as a tag name string is created (step). L2). In step L2, first, it is determined whether or not there is a designated keyword-designated folder, and if there is a designated keyword-designated folder, each folder constituting the conversion target folder tree is sequentially taken out and taken out by a known method. The following tag name string generation procedure is performed for the new folder (“current folder”) (Fig. 22). The processing when the specified keyword specification folder does not exist will be described later.

In the same procedure, first, among the child folders that are the folders that the current folder directly stores, the child folders that are not specified separately and are specified as keyword specification folders, or , The set of the names of the child folders that are the ancestor folders of the keyword specification folder is specified as one tag name string (step S1).

In the explanation example, when the current folder is the folder "P", the child folder "A" is the ancestor folder of the keyword designation folders "A1" and "A2", and the child folder "B" is also the keyword designation folder. Since it is an ancestor folder of "B1", its names "A" and "B" are constituent tag names of a tag name string that specifies the folder "P" as a parent folder.

On the other hand, the folder "year" and the folder "importance", which are other child folders of the current folder "P", are excluded from the tag name column whose parent is the folder "P" because they are group-specified folders. For "P", the tag name string {A, B} is specified.

Further, regarding the current folder "A", since its child folders "A1" and "A2" are keyword-designated folders, its names "A1" and "A2" are tag name strings whose parent body is the folder "A". Although it is a configuration tag name, on the other hand, since the folder "creator" which is another child folder is a group designated folder, the folder name "creator" is excluded from the tag name column related to the folder "A". Then, for the folder "A", the tag name string {A1, A2} is specified.

As for the folder "B", since the child folder "B1" is a keyword specification folder, the tag name string {B1} is similarly specified, and the child folder "2017" and the child folder are also specified for the folder "year". Since "2018" is a keyword designation folder, the tag name strings {2017, 2018} are specified.

The tag name string generation procedure then determines that the current folder is a keyword-specified folder (step S2), and if that determination is obtained, the current folder and all descendant folders of the current folder. , Specify the set of names of the set of its child folders as a tag name string. However, if there is a separate designated folder in the set of child folders, its name is deleted (step S3).

In the case of this example, for the current folder "B1", since the folder is a keyword specification folder, the tag name strings {B11, B12} are specified as a set of the names of all the child folders thereof.

In step L2, after completing the tag name string generation procedure for all the folders constituting the conversion target folder tree, the separate designated folders are sequentially fetched, and the retrieved separate designated folders are the keyword designated folders in the descendant folders. If the attachment folder is the ancestor folder of the keyword specification folder, and the attachment destination folder is the ancestor folder of the keyword specification folder, the tag name is the set of the names of the child folder collection for the attachment designation folder and all its descendant folders. Identify as a column.

In the case of the explanation example, the folders "importance" and "creator", which are the attachment designation folders, do not have the keyword designation folder in the descendant folders, and the attachment destination of the attachment designation folder "importance". The folder "P", which is a folder, is an ancestor folder of the keyword designation folders "A1", "A2", and "B1", and is a separate destination folder "A" of the separate designation folder "Creator". Is an ancestor folder of the keyword specification folders "A1" and "A2", so as a set of the names of all the child folders, the tag name string {large, average} and the tag name string {A, respectively. B, 丙} will be identified.

On the other hand, in the case of the above-mentioned second keyword designation, since the separate designation folder "creator" does not have the keyword designation folder "B1" in its descendant folder, a tag name string is formed from the descendant folder. There is nothing.

Subsequently, the system creates tag name string data (FIG. 23) for each specified tag name string, and sets tag name data which is a folder name constituting the corresponding tag name string (FIG. 24). Is set in the "tag name data pointer" of the corresponding tag name string data by setting the start data address of the tag name data chain concatenated by the "concatenation pointer". The created tag name column data is concatenated by the "concatenation pointer", and the start data address is set in the "tag name column data pointer" of the table management data.

In this specification, the folder obtained from the tag name string from the name of the child folder is called the parent folder or the parent folder of the corresponding tag name string, and all the path names thereof are "all parent folders" of the tag name string data. Set to "path name". In addition, the hierarchical rank in the conversion target folder tree of the corresponding parent folder is set in the "parent folder hierarchical rank part" of the tag name column data. The hierarchical rank in the folder tree of a folder can be obtained by the number of path names constituting all path names of the same folder tree and all path names of the corresponding folder.

Further, for the tag name string whose parent folder is the separate designation folder, the separate name, which is the folder name of the separate designated folder, is set in the "separate name part" of the tag name string data. In the explanation example, "year", "importance", and "creator" are set for each of the tag name strings {2017, 2018}, {large, average}, {A, B, and Hei}, respectively. Become.

Next, in the table conversion procedure, as a process by the table data creation unit 55, for each tag name column obtained, the condition path name column, which is the data to be referred to when placed on the target table, is the corresponding parent. Set based on all folder path names (step L3).

In step L3, first, after specifying the separately specified folder in which all the path names are included in all the path names of the corresponding parent folder, the folder names of the specified separately specified folders and all the parent folders of the conversion target folder are specified. The part that matches the path name is obtained as the conditional path name string from the list of path names removed from all the path names of the corresponding parent folder.

For example, in the case of the tag name string {A, B, 丙} obtained for the separate designated folder "Creator" in the explanation example, it is included in all the corresponding parent folder path names "... \ P \ A \ Creator". A folder whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ Creator" is specified as a separate designated folder with all the path names to be created, and the folder name "Creator" is all the corresponding parent folders. The part that matches all the path names "... \" of the parent folder of the conversion target folder "P" from the remaining path name column "... \ P \ A" that was removed from the path name. The order column "P \ A" of the path name from which is removed is obtained as the conditional path name column. The obtained conditional path name string is given as a character string in which each constituent path name is concatenated by the symbol "\", and is set in the "conditional path name string data part" of the corresponding tag name string data.

In the case of the explanation example, "P" is set for the tag name string {A, B} as another condition path name string, and the tag name string {2017, 2018} obtained for the separate designated folder "year". "P" is also set for the tag name string {large, average} obtained for the designated folder "importance". On the other hand, "P \ A" and "P \ B" are set for the tag name string {A1, A2} and the tag name string {B1}, respectively, and "P \ A" for the tag name string {B11, B12}. ¥ B ¥ B1 ”will be set.

If it is determined at the beginning of step L2 that the designated keyword designation folder does not exist, a tag name string consisting of the names of its child folders is created for all the extracted current folders. The condition data added to the tag name string is created in the same manner as when the specified keyword specification folder exists. Specific examples will be described later.

Next, in the table conversion procedure, as a process by the table creation unit 55, the tag name string registered in the tag name string data is arranged as a headword based on the tag name string data created as described above. Create table data representing (step L4).

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 area 42, and a vertical heading word arrangement column area 43, and the horizontal heading word arrangement column area 42 is arranged outside the upper end of the icon arrangement column 41. , The vertical heading word arrangement field area 43 is arranged outside the left end of the icon arrangement field 41. The horizontal heading word arrangement field area 42 and the vertical heading word placement field area 43 are collectively referred to as a headword placement field area. In the headword arrangement field area, the headword arrangement field in which one tag name string is arranged is arranged one row or one 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, and the configuration tag name of the tag name string arranged in the heading word arrangement column area is the icon arrangement column. It is arranged in the same row or column as the corresponding cell as a heading word that characterizes the information in each cell in 41.

The headword placement field is also 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. It will form a matrix. The table handled by the table management application may be freely created as long as it conforms to this format.

Step L4 is performed by the procedure shown in FIG. 26, and first, heading word field data is created for each heading word field on the table (step A1). The format of the heading word column data is shown in FIG. In the "corresponding tag name string data pointer part" of the heading word field data, the address of the corresponding tag name string data which is the tag name string data in which the corresponding tag name string arranged in the corresponding heading word field is registered is set. The "separate name part" is set with the different name attached to the corresponding tag name string, and the "direction part" is set with the direction code indicating the direction in which the corresponding headword column is arranged. "0" is set when the arrangement direction is "horizontal direction", and "1" is set when the arrangement direction is "vertical direction".

In addition, the row position or column position where the corresponding heading word arrangement field is arranged is set in the "row / column position part" in the "overall position part" of the heading word column data. If the corresponding headword arrangement field is horizontal, the row position is entered, and if it is vertical, the column position is entered. The row position referred to 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. In the horizontal heading word arrangement field area 42 and the vertical heading word arrangement field area 43, the cell for entering each heading word may span a plurality of rows or a plurality of columns.

In addition, in the "start position part" and "end position part" in the "overall position part", the headword placement column is horizontal as the matrix position at both ends of the placement direction of the headword placement field determined in the subsequent processing. In the case, the column position is set, and in the vertical direction, the row position is set.

Creation of the headword column data (step A1) is performed by the overall procedure shown in FIG. 28. In the same procedure, first, the registered tag name string of the tag name string data in which the name "P" of the first folder of the conversion target folder tree is set in the conditional path name string is specified as the first tag name string and then specified. The first tag name string management data (FIG. 29) is created for each first tag name string (step B1). The address of the registration data of the corresponding first tag name string is registered in the "tag name string data pointer" part of the first tag name string management data.

Each created first tag name string management data is first, in the first tag name string, the first tag created for the main body first tag name string which is the first tag name string that does not include the separately specified folder in its ancestor folder. The name string management data is at the top, and the other head tag name string management data is concatenated in order by the "concatenation pointer" in the order in which the corresponding separate designation folder is placed closer to the main body first tag name string. "to manage.

In the explanation example, the tag name string {A, B}, the tag name string {2017, 2018}, and the tag name string {large, average} are used as the first tag name string, and the condition data is the full path name of the conversion target folder. It is specified as a tag name string that is the same as "... \ P", and the corresponding first tag name string management data is concatenated in the above order.

Next, in step A1, the arrangement direction and arrangement order of each head tag name string are determined (step B2). In the conversion target folder tree shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the tag name string specified as the first tag name string is a tag name string whose parent folder is the first folder "P" of the main body folder tree, or a conversion target. It is a tag name string whose parent folder is the first folder "year" and "importance" of the separate folder tree whose folder "P" is the destination folder.

In this conversion target folder tree, the separate folder tree whose conversion target folder is the destination folder for visibility is arranged on one side of the main body folder tree. The tag name column whose parent folder is the first folder of is assigned to "horizontal", and the tag name string whose conversion target folder is the destination folder is "vertical". Shall be assigned to.

Further, among the first tag name strings related to the above-mentioned separate folder tree, the first tag name strings related to the separate folder tree arranged closer to the main body folder tree shall be arranged in higher order.

In response to the above determination of the arrangement direction and arrangement order of the first tag name column, the first tag name string management data is reconcatenated by the concatenation pointer according to the arrangement order determined for each arrangement direction, and the address of the first data is applicable. It is set in the "horizontal leading tag name column management data pointer" and the "vertical leading tag name column management data pointer" of the table management data.

In the explanatory example, first, the first tag name string {A, B} is arranged in the horizontal direction, the first tag name string {2017, 2018} and the tag name string {large, average} are arranged in the vertical direction, and also vertically. Between the first tag name string {2017, 2018} and the first tag name string {large, average} arranged in the direction, it corresponds to the arrangement order of the parent folder on the conversion target folder tree with respect to the main body folder tree. , The first tag name string {large, average} is arranged next to the first tag name string {2017, 2018}.

In step A1, next, for each placement direction, the registration tag name string of the head data of the head data of the management data chain (referred to as "head tag name string for each direction") and the tag name placed below it. Perform the headword column data creation procedure for creating the headword field data for the headword field for storing and arranging the columns (step B3). The procedure of the heading word column data creation procedure is shown in FIG. For each placement direction, a headword column for storing and arranging the first tag name string and the tag name string placed below it for each direction is also created as a tree, and in the present specification, the tree is used as the headword. Called a column tree.

At the start of this procedure, as an input variable that is replaced for each call of recursive processing performed within the procedure, the input variable "current tag name string" corresponds to the head tag name string in the placement direction. Set the registration tag name column. In addition, "0" is set in the input variables "current heading word field start position" and "current row / column position", and "0" is set in "maximum row / column number" as the final return value of the entire procedure. "Is set.

Here, the "current heading word field start position" refers to the column position at the left end of the corresponding heading word field if the "arrangement direction" of the heading word field is "horizontal direction", and the corresponding heading word field. If the "arrangement direction" of is "vertical direction", it indicates the line position at the upper end of the corresponding heading word field.

Further, the "current row / column position" refers to the row position where the corresponding heading word column is arranged if the "arrangement direction" of the corresponding heading word column is "horizontal direction", and the corresponding heading word column. If the "arrangement direction" is "vertical direction", it indicates the column position where the corresponding heading word column is arranged. Further, the "maximum number of rows / columns" refers to the number of rows or columns occupied by the entire heading word field obtained by the entire heading word field creation procedure in the direction perpendicular to the "arrangement direction".

In the procedure of FIG. 30, first, heading word field data representing the heading word field in which the "current tag name string" is arranged is created, and then the set input argument is set in the corresponding part of the data (step P1). ). Set the address of the "current tag name column" registration data in the "corresponding tag name column data address part" part of the same data, and set the "current row / column position" parameter in the "row / column position part" of the same data. At the same time, set the set value of the "current headword column start position" parameter in the "start position" of the same data.

Further, in step P1, a comparison is made between the "current row / column position" parameter and the "maximum row / column number parameter", and the "current row / column position" parameter is larger than the "maximum row / column number" parameter. If so, update the "Maximum Row / Columns" parameter with the "Current Row / Column Position" parameter.

The headword field data to be created is concatenated by the "concatenation pointer" in the order of creation for each arrangement direction, and the head data thereof are the "horizontal headword field data pointer" and the "vertical heading" of the table management data, respectively. It is set to "word field data pointer".

In the same procedure, the first tag name of the current tag name column is set as the "current tag name" parameter, which is a variable that is replaced every time the process described below is repeated, and then the "cell horizontal start position" parameter is set to "". Set the "start position" set value of the "current headword field data" (step P2).

Next, after creating cell data (FIG. 31) representing the cell in which the set "current tag name" is placed, set the "cell horizontal start position parameter" in the "horizontal start position" of the created cell data. At the same time, the "row / column position" set value of the "current headword field data" is set in the "vertical start position" and "vertical end position" of the cell data, respectively (step P3).

In step P3, a specific value indicating that the cell is in the heading word column is set in the "division portion" of the created cell data, and character string data (FIG. 32) representing the current tag name is set. After creating it, point from the character string pointer of the corresponding cell data.

The cell data created in one headword column forms a cell data chain by being concatenated by the "concatenation pointer" in the order of creation in the corresponding headword column, and the address of the first data is the corresponding headword. It is set in the "cell data pointer" of the column data. Each time the cell data is created, the address of the start data is also set in the "cell data pointer" of the table management data, and the cell data is concatenated at the end of the cell data chain concatenated by the "concatenation pointer 2". ..

Next, in the "current condition path name column" that is different from the current tag name column and the condition path name column is the "current tag name" added to the end of the condition path name column of the current tag name column. The tag name string contained therein is specified as a child tag name string (step P4).

In step P4, the first tag name string management data linked to the first tag name string management data chain is sequentially fetched for each arrangement direction, and for each fetched first tag name string management data, the registered tag name string is started. , The tag name string whose parent folder is the descendant folder of the parent folder is sequentially fetched in the order of its hierarchical position, and it is repeatedly determined that the retrieved tag name string satisfies the above conditions. The tag name string for which the determination is first obtained is specified as a child tag name string. Here, the tag name string whose parent folder is the descendant folder of the parent folder of the first tag name string is specified as a tag name column having all the path names of the parent folder including all the path names of the parent folder of the first tag name string in front. be able to.

In creating the horizontal heading word field in the explanation example, first, when the first tag name string {A, B} is the current tag name string and the current tag name is "A", the condition path name of the current tag name string is used. The condition path name column is {P \ as a tag name string in which the condition path name column is included in the current condition path name column "P \ A" obtained by adding the current tag name "A" to the column "P". The tag name string {A1, A2} and the tag name string {A1, B, 丙}, which are A}, are selected in this order according to the hierarchical order, and the tag name string {A1, A2} is selected as the child tag name string. Be identified.

In the explanation example, when the current tag name string is {A1, A2} and the current tag name is "A1", the child tag name string is the condition path name string "P \ A" of the current tag name string. As a tag name string that includes the condition path name string in the current condition path name string {P \ A \ A1} obtained by adding the current tag name "A1", the condition path name string is "P \". Similarly, when the tag name string {A, B, 丙} that is "A" is specified, the current tag name string is {A1, A2}, and the current tag name is "A2", the child tag name is similarly specified. As a column, a tag name column {A, B, 丙} is specified.

In the explanation example, when the current tag name string is {A, B} and the current tag name is "B", the current tag name "B" is added to the condition path name string "P" of the current tag name string as its child tag name string. The current condition path name string "P \ B" obtained by adding "" is used as a tag name string in which the condition path name column is included, and the tag name string whose condition path name column is "P \ B" { B1, B2} is specified, and as a child tag name string for the current tag name "B1" in the current tag name string {B1, B2}, the current tag is added to the conditional path name string "P \ B" of the current tag name string. The tag name string {B11, B12} that includes the condition path name string {P \ B \ B1} for the current condition path name string "P \ B \ B1" obtained by adding the name "B1". Will be identified.

In creating the vertical heading word column of the explanation example, first, the first tag name string {2017, 2018} registered in the first data of the first tag name string management data is set as the current tag name string, and the current tag name is set to ". In the case of "2018", since there is no tag name string whose parent folder is the descendant folder of the parent folder of the first tag name string, the first tag name string registered in the first data of the next first tag name string management data {Large, average} is extracted, and the condition path name string {P} is the current condition path name string "2018" obtained by adding the current tag name "2018" to the condition path name column "P" of the current tag name string. Since it is included in "P ¥ 2018", it will be specified as a child tag name string.

In the following step P5, it is determined that the corresponding child tag name string has been specified in the above determination, and if that determination is obtained, the heading word field data creation procedure is recursively performed in the following step P6 (). Step P6). In step P6, the child tag name string specified in step P4 is set as the "current tag name string" as an argument input to the same procedure, and the "row" of the "current headword field data" so far is set. The number obtained by adding "1" to the "/ column position" set value is set as the new "current row / column position", and the "horizontal start position" of the corresponding cell is set as the new "current headword column start position". To.

In the following step P7, the "termination position" of the child heading word field, which is the return value of the recursive execution of the heading word field data creation procedure in step P6, is set as the "horizontal end position" of the corresponding cell data.

If it is determined in step P5 that the corresponding child tag name string has not been specified, the "horizontal start position" set value of the same cell data is set to the "horizontal end position" of the corresponding cell data. Is set (step P8).

In step P7 or step P9 following step P8, it is determined that the "next position tag name" following the current tag name exists in the corresponding tag name string, and if that determination is obtained, the current tag name is present. The number obtained by adding "1" to the "horizontal end position" of the cell data corresponding to the tag name is set in the "cell horizontal start position parameter", and the "current tag name" is updated by the next position tag name. After that (step P10), the process returns to step P3.

If the determination in step P9 is not obtained, in the following step P11, the set value of the "horizontal end position" of the last created cell data is used as the "horizontal end position" of the heading word field data. After setting, finish the whole procedure.

In step B3, finally, the "maximum number of rows / columns" and the "total number of arrangement widths" obtained for the two headword column trees synthesized for each arrangement direction are stored in the specific storage position of the table data creation unit 55. Remember. The total number of placement widths is the length occupied by all the headword columns that make up the corresponding headword column tree in the "placement direction" for one "placement direction". It is represented by the number of lower end cells included, and can be obtained as the "horizontal end position" of the heading word field data created last. Here, the lower end cell refers to a cell constituting each heading word field located at the lowermost end in the heading word field tree.

The "maximum number of rows / columns" for each placement direction is set to "the number of rows of the horizontal heading word column" and "the number of columns of the vertical heading word column", respectively, and the "total width of the placement" for each placement direction. Is set in "the total width of the vertical heading word column" and "the total width of the horizontal heading word field", respectively.

In the following step B4, the arrangement direction information is set in the created heading word field data. First, "0" is set in the "direction part" of the headword column data set as "horizontal direction", and "1" is set in the headword field data set as "vertical direction", and then the "arrangement direction" is set. For each cell data pointed from the "cell data pointer" of the headword field data in which "" is "vertical", the "horizontal" position information and the "vertical" position information are exchanged with each other. The existing "vertical start position" and "vertical end position" are newly set as "horizontal start position" and "horizontal end position", respectively, and the conventional "horizontal start position" and "horizontal end position" are set. The "end position" may be newly set as the "vertical start position" and the "vertical end position", respectively.

The determination of the arrangement direction of each head tag name string in step B2 can be performed by, for example, the following processing as a method in which a large difference does not occur between the horizontal dimension and the vertical dimension of the target table. In the same process, for each head tag name string, the total width of the headword column tree in which the tag name strings arranged below the tag name string is arranged is obtained as the total partial width. In step P4, the total number of partial arrangements of the headword column tree created for each first tag name string is the tag name string whose parent folder is the descendant folder of the parent folder for the corresponding first tag name string. When it cannot be specified, it can be obtained by immediately performing step P8 through step P5 without extracting the next first tag name string in the head tag name string management data chain.

In this method, the head data of the head tag name string management data chain and the registration tag name string of the next position data are set as the top tag name string in the horizontal direction and the top tag name string in the vertical direction on the table, respectively. The part that is determined by the "total horizontal width" and "total vertical width", which are the parameters in the repetition of the above and subsequent processes, and the top horizontal tag name string and the top vertical tag name string, respectively. After setting the total number of arrangement widths, the "total number of horizontal widths" and "total width in the horizontal direction" at that time are used for each of the first tag name string management data to be sequentially fetched from the third configuration data of the first tag name string management data chain. A comparison is made between the "total number of vertical widths", and the corresponding direction on the side with the smaller value is selected as the placement direction of the corresponding first tag name column, and then the "total width number" ("total width in the horizontal direction") in the selected direction. Update to the current "total width number" by the number obtained by multiplying "number" or "total vertical width number") by the total partial width width corresponding to the extracted first tag name column management data. repeat.

In the case of the explanatory example, after the first tag name string {A, B} and the first tag name string {2017, 2018} are selected as the top tag name strings in the horizontal and vertical directions on the table, respectively, the following Since the "total width in the horizontal direction" and the "total width in the vertical direction" when the first tag name string {large, average} is taken out are "6" and "2", respectively, the first tag The arrangement direction of the name string {large, average} is determined as the "vertical direction".

Further, in the case of the second keyword instruction example described above, the first tag name string {B1} and the first tag name string {2016, 2017, 2018} are the top tag names in the horizontal and vertical directions on the table, respectively. After being selected as a column, the "total width in the horizontal direction" and "total width in the vertical direction" when the first tag name column {large, average} is taken out are "2" and "3," respectively. Therefore, the arrangement direction of the first tag name string {large, average} to be extracted next is determined as the "horizontal direction".

Next, step L2 creates icon arrangement column data (FIG. 33). (Step A2). The uppermost row position and the leftmost column position 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 55 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 "Overall position" of the icon placement field data, respectively. Is set to.

Further, the line position at the lower end of the icon arrangement column 41 is obtained as the number obtained by adding the above-mentioned "horizontal heading word column total width number part" set value to the above "horizontal heading word field total width part" set value. , Set to the "lower end position" in the "overall position". Further, the rightmost column position of the icon arrangement column 41 is obtained as the number obtained by adding the above-mentioned "horizontal heading word column total width number part" set value to the above "vertical heading word field row number part" set value. , Set to the "rightmost position" in the "overall position".

In the icon arrangement field 41, cells having both horizontal and vertical dimensions of "1" are arranged as a matrix, and cell data in which the position information is set in the "position information unit" is created for each cell. To. A specific value indicating that the cell is in the icon arrangement column is set in the created cell data "division". The created cell data is concatenated by the "concatenation pointer", the address of the start data is set in the "cell data pointer" of the icon arrangement column data, and the address of the icon arrangement column data is the icon arrangement of the table management data. Set in the field data pointer. Further, in the created cell data, the address of the start data thereof is pointed from the "cell data pointer" of the table management data, and the created cell data is concatenated to the end of the cell data chain concatenated by the "concatenation pointer 2".

All the cells constituting the icon arrangement field 41 can be specified, for example, by specifying the cells on one row starting from the leftmost cell in the order of arrangement, starting from the first row and repeating for all rows. it can. The column position and row position of the leftmost cell on the first row of the icon placement column 41 are set values of the "upper end position portion" and the "leftmost position portion" in the "overall position portion" of the icon placement column data, respectively. The column position of the cell located on the right side of one cell on one row is the column position of the previous cell plus "1", and the row of the cell located in the next row of one row. The position is the line position of the previous line on the icon arrangement column 41 plus "1".

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

The format of "row break position data" or "column break position data" is shown in FIG. The "line break position data" is obtained by arranging the positions for dividing each heading word column in the vertical direction in the horizontal direction and the positions for dividing each constituent cell in the icon arrangement field 41 in the horizontal direction in order from the left side. The "column-separated position data" is obtained by arranging the positions for vertically dividing each heading word field area 42 in the horizontal direction and the positions for vertically dividing each constituent cell in the icon arrangement field 41 in order from the upper side.

The "row break position data" or "column break position data" includes the "left end position" and "upper end position" of the entire table, and the "horizontal heading word field width dimension" and "vertical heading". It can be obtained based on the "word field width dimension" and the "horizontal width" and "vertical width" predetermined for the constituent cells of the icon arrangement field 41. Here, the "horizontal heading word field width dimension" is the vertical dimension of the horizontal heading word field, and the "vertical heading word field width dimension" is the horizontal dimension of the vertical heading word field. ..

In the case of column break position data, after setting the leftmost position of the table as the configuration data at the beginning,
First, to create column break position data that sets the position where "vertical heading word field width dimension" is added to the set value of the previous configuration data, is to create "vertical heading word field number of rows" set value. After repeating the number of times, creating column-separated position data by adding the "horizontal width" defined for the icon placement column cell to the set value of the previous configuration data is created in the icon placement column cell. You only have to repeat as many times as you want in the horizontal direction. The number in the horizontal direction of the icon arrangement column cell is obtained as 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 break position data" or "column break position data" are set in the "row break position data pointer" and "column break position data pointer" of the table management data, respectively.

The width and height of the entire table obtained by the above processing are determined in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, respectively, based on the "logical position / physical position correspondence ratio" described later and the physical dimensions of the display screen 20a, respectively. When it is larger and smaller than the appropriate value, the width and height of the icon arrangement column cell may be expanded according to the ratio of the width and height of the entire table to the appropriate value, respectively.

In step L4, position information is subsequently set in all the character string data representing the character string on the corresponding table (step A4). From the cell data chain pointed from the cell data pointer of each headword column data and icon arrangement column data, the constituent cell data is sequentially extracted, and the character string data pointed by the character string data pointer in the extracted cell data is extracted. , Perform the following processing.

First, the rectangular boundary position of the cell represented by the corresponding 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 "end 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" and the "start row position" and "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 position 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 L4 is a border line representing the boundary line separating the icon arrangement field 41 and the heading word arrangement field, and a border line representing each cell provided in the icon arrangement field 41 and the headword arrangement field. Create data (step A5). The format of the ruled line data is shown in FIG.

The icon placement field 41 and the heading word placement field, and the positions at both ends of each ruled line that separates the boundaries of each cell are the corresponding icon placement field 41, the headword placement field, 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. The upper end position and the lower end position of the icon arrangement field 41 are set to the "upper end position part" and the "lower end position part" in the "overall position part" of the icon arrangement field definition data, respectively. It can be obtained based on the line position and the "line break position data".

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

Similarly, the left end position and the right end position of the vertical heading word arrangement field, and the upper end position and the lower end position are also the "row / column position part" and the "start" in the "overall position part" of the heading word field definition data, respectively. It can be obtained based on the "position part" and the "end position part", and the "row break position data" and the "column break position data".

The left end position and right end position, as well as the upper end position and lower end position of each cell constituting the heading word arrangement field are divided into the cell data position information, the "row break position data", and the "column break position data" as described above. It can be calculated based on.

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 field 41, each heading word arrangement field, and each boundary line that separates each cell. Further, as the modification information of the ruled line data, specific values predetermined for each of the icon arrangement column 41, the heading word arrangement column, and the cell are set. The created ruled line data are sequentially connected to each other by the "concatenation pointer", and the head data thereof is set in the "ruled line data pointer" of the table management data.

By the above processing, in the case of the explanatory example, the table data representing the table shown in FIG. 36 is created. The created table data is managed in the table data creation unit 55 in a form in which the address of the corresponding table management data is set in the "table management data pointer unit" of the conversion target folder tree management data. Further, in the case of the second keyword instruction example described above, the table data representing the table shown in FIG. 37 will be created.

Next, the system identifies the information in which the icon is arranged and displayed in each cell in the icon arrangement field 41 on the conversion table, and registers the specified information in the corresponding cell data (step). L5). In this step, first, for each cell in the icon arrangement column 41, the headwords arranged on the same row and the same column as the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names for each heading word arrangement column. , Create the related data (FIG. 38) registered in association with the tag name string identification name that specifies the corresponding tag name string in the heading word arrangement column in which the specified related tag name is arranged.

Headwords placed in the same row and column as the corresponding cell can be found by repeatedly collating the position information determined for the cell storing each headword with the position information of the corresponding cell. Each headword placed on the table can be retrieved by sequentially tracing the cell data attached to the corresponding headword field data from the cells constituting each headword placement field placed on the table. Can be done.

In the "tag name string identification name part" of the related data, all the path names of the parent folder of the first folder of the conversion target folder tree are removed from all the path names of the corresponding parent folder as the data to identify the corresponding tag name string. Set the path name string character string, and set the relevant related tag name in the "tag name part" of the related data. The related data created for the corresponding cell is concatenated in order by the "concatenated pointer" as the related data chain, and the address of the start data is set in the "related data pointer" of the corresponding cell data.

In step L5, the information to be arranged in each cell in the icon arrangement field 41 on the table is subsequently selected, and the selected information is registered in the corresponding cell. In this step, first, for each cell, the tag name string identification name registered in each related data obtained and the related tag name are concatenated via "\", and then all the related tag names are obtained, and then for each cell. From the set of all related tag names obtained in, the set of all related tag names, which is the set excluding all the related tag names included as character strings in all other related tag names in the set, is obtained, and each cell is obtained. The information placed in is specified as the information in which the same set of storage path name strings as the corresponding effective related tag name set is registered.

The cells corresponding to the heading word "A", the heading word "A1", the heading word "B", the heading word "2018", and the heading word "Large" on the conversion table (FIG. 36) created in the above explanatory example. about,
Tag name column identification name "P" vs. tag name "A",
Tag name "A1" for the tag name column identification name "P \ A",
Tag name column identification name "P \ A \ creator" with tag name "Otsu",
Tag name column identification name "P \ year" with tag name "2018",
Tag name "Large" for the tag name column identification name "P \ Importance",
The related data associated with is obtained, and the following related all tag names obtained from the obtained related data,
"P ¥ A",
"P \ A \ A1",
"P \ A \ Creator \ B"
"P ¥ 2018",
"P \ Importance \ Large"
All effective related tag name set "P \ A \ A1" excluding "P \ A" included in "P \ A \ A1" and "P \ A \ Creator \ B",
"P \ A \ Creator \ B"
"P ¥ 2018",
"P \ Importance \ Large"
Is obtained, and all path names to which the same set of storage path name columns as the obtained set is given are "... \ P \ A \ Otsu \ A1 \ Report 1" The above information is specified. become.

The information management data of the information selected for each cell is concatenated in order as an in-cell information management data chain by the "concatenation pointer 2", and the address of the first data is the "in-cell information management data pointer" of the corresponding cell data. It is set in "Department".

Finally, in the conversion procedure, as a process by the table display unit 57, the table represented by the table data created as described above is displayed on the table management application screen 33 (step L6). In step L6, the character strings and ruled lines that are the components of the table are displayed based on the created table data, and are arranged on the table based on the created table data and the designated conversion target folder tree. Display the information icon.

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 from the cell data pointer of each headword field data and table management data (2) Characters pointed to by the separate name character string data pointer of each headword field data Column data

Further, the ruled lines constituting the table are displayed based on the ruled line data extracted from the "ruled line data pointer" of the table management data. The character string and the ruled line are displayed at the corresponding physical position on the display screen 20a after the position information is converted into the physical position on the display screen 20a. 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. , The physical position on the display screen 20a is converted by adding the arrangement position of the entire table management application screen 33 stored in the system as the "table position relative to the screen management application screen" with respect to the display screen 20a.

In each cell in the icon arrangement column 41 on the table, the icons of the information registered in the in-cell information management data chain associated earlier are placed in the corresponding cell at intervals determined in the order of connection in the same chain. The layout is displayed, and the name of the information is displayed at the bottom of the displayed icon as a known method. The information icon is displayed based on the icon image data registered in the data object management data in which "all path names" registered in the corresponding information management data are set. Information that satisfies the conditions determined by the specified keyword will be output on the displayed table. In addition, the search for information can be easily performed on the table created by specifying the keyword that holds down the search search range.

In the above example, in the cell corresponding to the heading word "A1", the heading word "B", the heading word "2018", and the heading word "Large" on the table, all the above path names are "*** ¥ **". The information icon 163 of the name "Report 1" saved in the folder "* \ P \ A \ A1" and with the attached tag names "Otsu", "2018", and "Large" is the name of the information. It will be displayed in the corresponding cell along with "Report 1" (Fig. 39).

Now, when an open operation is performed on the information icon displayed in the cell, the cell containing the information for which the open operation has been performed is first identified based on the open instruction position. The cell containing the information to which the open operation is given can be identified by repeating the collation between the position information of each cell data constituting the cell data chain created for the corresponding table and the open instruction position.

Next, the information management data registered in the in-cell information management data chain of the specified cell is sequentially fetched, the placement position of the corresponding information is obtained, and the same as in the specific case of the above-mentioned cell. By repeating the matching between the arrangement position and the open instruction position, the information management data to which the open operation is given is specified. Subsequently, the file information screen of the corresponding information is opened on the device screen by the data object management data in which all the path names set in the specified information management data are set.

In the above process, the open instruction position on the display screen 20a is determined in advance after being converted to the physical position on the table management application screen 33 based on the relative arrangement position on the display screen 20a of the entire table management application screen 33. It is converted into a logical position on the table management application screen 33 based on the "logical position / physical position correspondence ratio", and is collated with the position information of each cell or each information.

When the information associated with one cell cannot be arranged in the cell, for example, as a known method, the information is arranged in the order of registration in the information management data chain in the cell, and then at the end of the arranged information. , A predetermined image icon indicating "there is associated information other than the arrangement information" is displayed (not shown), and the user specifies a specific icon such as a double click. According to the instruction, the in-cell information display screen 160 (FIG. 40) in which the icons of all the information associated with the corresponding cell are arranged and displayed is displayed. On the in-cell information display screen 160, the information icons 155 registered in each information management data linked to the in-cell information management data chain of the corresponding cell data are arranged in the order of concatenation in the in-cell information management data chain. Is displayed.

When the user performs an open instruction operation on the information icon displayed on the in-cell information display screen 160, first, the in-cell information display screen is subjected to the same method as in the case of the information arranged in the cell described above. Based on the open instruction position in, the system identifies the relevant information to which the open operation is added from the relevant in-cell information management data chain, and then displays the corresponding file information screen by all the path names of the specified information. Open on the screen.

In the conversion target folder tree, the user can be restricted not to have folder names having the same notation but different meanings, and the processing by the system can be simplified as follows. First, as the condition data of each tag name string, instead of the above-mentioned condition path name string, the parent folder name located at the end of the condition path name string is set as the condition name, and then the heading word field data creation procedure is performed as follows.

The procedure is started by first setting the folder name of the conversion target folder as the condition name, and in step P4 of selecting the child tag name string for the current tag name in the current tag name string, the current tag name string is selected. Select the tag name column that includes the condition name as the child tag name column in the path name column to which the current tag name is added to the condition name.

In the case of the explanatory example, even if b, first, for the current tag name "A" constituting the current tag name string {A, B}, the current tag name is added to the condition name "P" of the current tag name string {A, B}. For the path name string {P, A} obtained by adding "A", {A1, A2} and {A, B} are selected as the child tag name strings as the tag name strings including the condition names. To.

Next, among the selected tag name strings {A1, A2} and {A, B}, the current tag name "A1" constituting the tag name string {A1, A2} preferentially selected according to the above criteria. Is a tag name string that includes the condition data for the path name string {A, A1} obtained by adding the current tag name "A1" to the condition name "A" of the tag name string {A1, A2}. {A, B} is selected as the child tag name string.

Also, in the set of related tag names obtained for each cell, the effective related tag name is a set excluding the related tag name that is the name of the parent folder of the tag name column to which the other related tag names in the set belong. While obtaining the set, the storage path name column given to the information management data is replaced with the storage folder name which is the path name at the end, and the information placed in the cell is the effective relation obtained for that cell. Select the same storage folder name set as the tag name set as the given information.

In the cells corresponding to the heading word "A1", the heading word "B", the heading word "2018", and the heading word "Large" in the above example, the related tag name set {A, A1, B, 2018, large} can be obtained. Among them, a set excluding the related tag name "A" which is the name of the parent folder of the tag name string {A1, A2} to which the related tag name "A1" belongs Effective related tag name set {A1, B, 2018, Large,} is set,
All the above path names are saved in the folder "*** \ *** \ P \ A \ A1", and the attached tag names "Otsu", "2018", and "Large" are added. The information of the name "Report 1" that gives the set of storage folder names {A1, B, 2018, Large,} will be placed in the corresponding cell.

The information can be saved in the conversion target folder tree by dragging the information icon onto the corresponding cell in the icon arrangement field 41 on the conversion table on the table management application screen 33.

Information icon that is provided outside the conversion target folder tree and is saved in a folder whose all path names are "*** \ *** \ Report folder" and whose name is "Report 2". Corresponds to the heading word "A", the heading word "A1", the heading word "A", the heading word "2018", and the heading word "Large" on the conversion table (FIG. 36) created in the above explanatory example. When dragged onto the cell, the system performs the information storage procedure shown in FIG. 41).

In the same procedure, first, all the path names of the information to be saved "*** \ *** \ report folder \ report 2" and the name "report 2" are given, respectively, and the "all path names" and "names", respectively. After creating the information management data set in "Department", the created information management data is pointed to from the corresponding conversion target folder management data. The end of the information management data chain and the information management data chain in the cell of the drag destination cell Concatenate at the end (step Z1).

The procedure subsequently creates related data based on the headwords arranged on the same row and in the same column as the drag destination cell on the table (step Z2). The created related data are concatenated in order by the "concatenated pointer", and the start address thereof is set in the "related data pointer part" of the corresponding information management data.

The procedure then obtains all the related tag names in which the corresponding tag name string identification name and the tag name are concatenated for each of the obtained related data, and then from the set of all the obtained related tag names. Create storage path name string data (FIG. 13) in which all the remaining related tag names excluding all related tag names included as character strings in all other related tag names are registered as storage path name strings (step Z3).

In the case of the explanation example, for the above drag destination cell,
Tag name column identification name "P" vs. tag name "A",
Tag name "A1" for the tag name column identification name "P \ A",
Tag name column identification name "PA \ Creator" with tag name "A",
Tag name column identification name "P \ year" with tag name "2018",
Tag name "Large" for the tag name column identification name "P \ Importance",
The related data associated with is obtained, and among all the related tag names obtained, the related all tag names "P \ A" are the related all tag names "P \ A \ A1" and the related all tag names "P \ A". Since it is included as a character string in "A \ Creator \ A", all the remaining related tag names are "P \ A \ A1",
"P \ A \ Creator \ Instep",
"P ¥ 2018",
"P \ Importance \ Large"
Will be registered as a storage path name column, respectively.

In the same procedure, the storage path name column that does not include the path name that has been separately specified in the configuration path name is selected as the main body storage path name string from the obtained storage path name columns. Above, the storage path name column data in which the main body storage path name column is registered is used as the first storage path name column data, and the storage path name column data in which each obtained storage path name string is registered is registered in the corresponding information management data (step). Z4). In the case of the explanation example, each of the above-mentioned storage path name strings is registered with the storage path name string "P \ A \ A1" as the main body storage path name string.

The procedure then identifies the relevant data object management data by all path names registered in the relevant information management data, and then inserts the symbol "\" at the end of all path names in the parent folder of the conversion target folder. The new all path names obtained by adding the main body storage path name string and adding the information name to the added name column via the symbol "\" are referred to as the "all path name part" of the relevant information management data. Set to "All path name part" of the specified data object management data. (Step Z5).

In the case of the explanation example, the name string "***" obtained by adding the main body storage path name string "P \ A \ A1" to all the path names "*** \ ***" of the parent folder of the conversion target folder. All new path names "*** ¥ *** \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 2" obtained by adding the information name "Report 2" to "\ *** \ P \ A \ A1" Will be set in the "all path name part" of the information management data and the "all path name part" of the corresponding object data.

The procedure then redisplays the table in the form of including the information in each cell ((step Z6). In the case of the explanatory example, the icon 164 of the corresponding information "report 2" is the heading word "A". , The heading word "A1", the heading word "A", the heading word "2018", and the heading word "Large" are arranged and displayed in the cells (FIG. 39).

On the other hand, if an open instruction is given to the folder 172 whose all path names are "... \ P \ year ¥ 2018" on the conversion target folder tree of the explanation example, the storage path name string "P \ year ¥ 2018" is given. As the information to which "" is added, in addition to the icon 163 etc. of the information for which all the path names already saved are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1", the operation to save to the conversion table now The information icon 164 whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 2" will be displayed on the corresponding folder screen 172 (FIG. 42).

In this system, the above-mentioned tagging supplementary function can be efficiently performed by the method described below. When the user instructs the "whole T-adding button" 76 on the function menu 70, the system displays the tagging supplementary sub-screen 131 (FIG. 43) and tags the conversion target folder tree in the configuration folder. A folder storing information that requires supplementation (hereinafter referred to as tagging supplementary information) is displayed on the table management application screen 33 in a special display form (FIG. 44).

When the user opens the specially displayed folder, only the tagging supplement required information icon is selected and displayed on the displayed folder screen. If the information is tagging supplementary required information, there is at least one storage path name column that should be created for the folder tree related to all the attachment destination folders located above the folder tree route for that information. It can be determined to do.

For one folder, the separate folder tree whose ancestor folder is the separate destination folder is all the path names of the separate designated folders registered in the separate designated data and all the ancestor folders of the corresponding display target folder. It can be specified by repeatedly collating with the path name.

In the above explanation example, for example, for the information in which all the path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1", all the path names are created "... \ P \ A \" first. The storage path name column data in which the storage path name column "P \ A \ Creator \ B" is set is created by specifying the tagging destination folder that is "person \ B", but it is another destination folder. Since the storage path name column data is not created and registered for the separate folder tree attached to the folder "P", it is determined as supplementary tagging required information, and the storage folder "A1" is specially displayed (Fig.). 44) The icon 163 will be displayed on the folder screen 171 obtained by opening the storage folder "A1" (FIG. 56).

The user opens the above-mentioned specially displayed folders one by one by clicking the mouse 14 on the conversion target folder tree, and then opens each information arranged on the displayed folder screen one by one. Repeatedly instructing a click and instructing the "execution button" 133 on the tagging supplementary screen 131.

In response to the instruction of the "execute button" 133, the system identifies the attachment destination folder located above the path path of the instructed folder, and is obtained from the attachment destination folder from the specified attachment destination folder. A table in which the tag name string obtained from the specified separate folder tree is specified by specifying the attachment destination folder whose storage path name column is not registered in the information management data of the corresponding information, and arranged by the overall procedure for creating headword field data. Is created as a supplementary table with tags and displayed on the device screen.

The information "Report 1" stored in the folder where all the path names in the explanation example are "... \ P \ A \ A1" is tagged according to the instruction of the "T" button 75 described above. If not, the ancestor folder "... \ P \" of the storage folder is used as a separate destination folder, and the folder "... \ P \ year" and the folder "... \ P \ importance" are specified. In addition, the folder "... \ A \ Creator" is specified as a separate folder with another ancestor folder "... \ P \ A" as the separate destination folder in the corresponding folder. The tagging supplementary table shown in FIG. 45 in which the tag name strings {A, B, 丙}, {2016, 2017, 2018} and {Large, average} obtained from the folder tree are arranged is obtained.

When the user indicates a cell whose related tag name is the target tag name on the displayed tagging supplementary table with the mouse 14, the cell is determined by the method according to steps Z2 and Z3 of the above-mentioned information storage procedure. The required storage path name column is created from the related data and added to the relevant information management data.

In the above example, for example, when a cell corresponding to the heading word "B", the heading word "2018", and the heading word "Large" on the table of the figure is specified, all the effective related tag names of the specified cell are specified. As,
"... \ P \ A \ Creator \ B"
"... ¥ P ¥ year 2018",
"... ¥ P ¥ Importance ¥ Large",
Is obtained, and all the obtained effective related tag names are additionally added to the corresponding information as a storage path name column.

Now, if you perform a folder open operation on the folder 172 whose all path names are "... \ P \ year ¥ 2018" on the conversion target folder tree, the corresponding storage path name column "P \ year ¥ 2018" The above information whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1 \ Report 1" is specified as the information to which "" is added, and the icon 163 is displayed on the corresponding folder screen. (Fig. 42).

If one row or column on the table is occupied by one heading field and there is one heading word placed therein, the heading field is removed from the table and replaced. In addition, the headword may be placed at an appropriate position outside the table as a common tag name that characterizes all the information on the table in common.

For example, when performing the table conversion function with "B1" as the designated keyword as the second keyword instruction example, instead of the table created as described above (in the case of the second keyword instruction example, the table shown in FIG. 37). , Horizontal heading word column A table in which the heading words "B" 201 and "B1" 202 in the first row are arranged outside the table (FIG. 46 will be created.

The row to be deleted or the column to be deleted, which is a row or column in which the common tag name is arranged, is identified as follows. The placement row or placement column of the headword column of the table created by the table creation procedure is taken out from the top row or the leftmost column, and sequentially from the top or left. , Or, specify the number of headword columns located in the column by referring to the "row / column position part" of each headword field data, and if the number of the specified headword fields is 1, it is placed inside it. The number of tag names to be deleted is specified by referring to the tag name column registered in each headword field data, and if the number is 1, it is set as the deletion target row or the deletion target column.

Next, create common tag name data in which the headword placed on the specified deletion target row or deletion target column and the tag name column identification name of the corresponding tag name column correspond in the form of related data. Then, the created common tag name data is concatenated in the order of creation by the "concatenation pointer", and the address of the start data is set in the "common condition data pointer" of the corresponding table management data.

The pair of the tag name column identification name registered in the first common tag name data and the common tag name is placed on one row at an appropriate position outside the table, and the tag name registered in the subsequent common tag name data. The pair of the column identification name and the common tag name is sequentially arranged on the subsequent rows at the same horizontal position as the pair of the tag name column identification name and the common tag name registered in the first common tag name data. In the case of the explanatory example, in FIG. 46, the pair 201 of the tag name string identification name “P” and the common tag name “B” and the pair 202 of the tag name string identification name “P \ B” and the common tag name “B1” are shown in the table. It will be placed on a line at an appropriate position outside of.

For the tag name string identification name and common tag name registered in the common tag name data, character string data is created that gives a fixed position outside the table, and the address of the created character string data is "Other character string data. Is set to. On the other hand, the heading word field data and cell data related to the common tag name and the character string data pointed to from the cell data are deleted.

In addition, the set value of the "upper end position" and "left end position" of the icon arrangement column data, the position information of the cell data of the cell provided inside the icon arrangement column 41, and the heading related to the common tag name data. The position information of the heading word field data other than the word field and the position information of the cell data of the cell provided inside the data are reduced by the number of rows to be deleted or the number of columns to be deleted.

Furthermore, the row break position data corresponding to the row to be deleted and the column break column position data corresponding to the column to be deleted are deleted, and all the remaining row break position data and the set value of the column break position data are before deletion. It is updated in such a way that the difference between the first data set value and the first data set value after deletion is subtracted, and then all the character string data and the border line data are converted to the updated line break position data and column break position data. Will be recreated based on.

Further, the related data related to each cell in the icon arrangement column 41 of the table in which the common tag name is arranged as described above is in the form of adding the common tag name data to the related data created for the cell in the table. Desired. It will be.

In this device, as a partial folder tree retrieval function, by designating the configuration folder as a selection folder on the folder tree designated as the retrieval source folder tree, the specified selection folder and the specified selection folder will be described later. Information can be retrieved by extracting a partial folder tree consisting of related folders as an fetched partial folder tree and then specifying a keyword on the fetched partial folder tree.

When the user instructs the "partial registration" button 85 on the function menu 70 on the table management application screen 33, the system receives the instruction and described above based on the conversion target folder management data stored in the system. When the conversion target folder list is displayed on the device screen and the user indicates the folder tree to be the extraction source folder tree on the conversion target folder list, the system creates partial folder tree management data (FIG. 47). Then, the selection name input screen 121 (FIG. 48) is displayed.

The address of the conversion target folder management data that manages the specified extraction source folder tree is registered in the "extraction source management data address" of the partial folder tree management data, and the created partial folder tree management data is defined in the system. Stored in the area,

The user inputs the name of the selected folder in the selection name input field 123 on the displayed selection name input screen 121, and stores the extraction part folder tree in the extraction destination folder all path name input field 125. Enter all pass names. The input of the selected folder name in the selected name input field 123 may be in no particular order.

After inputting the selected folder name, the system receives the instruction of the "execute" button 127 on the selected name input screen 121 by the user, and the system has the name input in the selected name input field 123 in the specified extraction source folder tree. Specify the folder as the selected folder. If there are multiple folders whose folder name is the entered name, a selection screen (not shown) corresponding to all path names of the corresponding multiple folders is displayed for each input name. It is assumed that the user selects the corresponding folder for each input name on the displayed screen.

Selected name designation data for the specified selected folder (Fig. 49 is created, all path names of the specified selected folder are registered in the "all path names", and "1" is set in the "division". When there are multiple created selection name specification data, each selection name specification data is concatenated as a selection name specification data chain by the concatenation pointer, and the address of the first data is the "selection name" of the partial folder tree management data. It is set in the specified data pointer section.

The system then populates the selected folder's ancestor and descendant folders, as well as the separate destination folder that is the ancestor folder of the selected folder, and all the folders contained in that separate destination folder. Create additional. The additionally created selected name designation data is added to the selected name designation data chain after "0" is set in the division portion. In the above creation of the selected name designation data, it is determined that the selected name designation data has already been created for the same folder, and duplicate creation for the same folder shall be avoided.

Next, from the created selection name specification data, the selection name specification data created for the folder specified as the attachment destination folder is registered in the conversion target folder management data related to the relevant partial folder tree management data. After specifying by referring to the separate management data that has been specified, create the separate designation data again for the registered folder of the specified selected name designation data, and concatenate the created separate designation data in the separate designation data chain. Set the address of the first data in the "separately specified data pointer part" of the partial folder tree management data.

Next, the system inputs each created selected name specified data and all registered path names of the separately specified data, and the part corresponding to all path names of the parent folder of the first folder of the extraction source folder tree. Update by replacing with all path names of the specified export destination folder, create data object management data by copying the corresponding data object management data, and copy the updated applicable registered all path names of the data object management data Register in "All path name part". Subsequently, based on the created data object management data, the extraction partial folder tree composed of the registration folders of the selected name designation data and stored in the extraction destination folder is displayed on the table management application screen 33.

For example, when "A1", "A2", "B1", "2017", and "2018" are specified as the selection names on the table, the partial folder tree shown in FIG. 50 is created and displayed on the table management application screen 33. Is displayed. In the displayed partial folder tree, the name "importance" of the separate folder related to "A1", "A2", and "B1" specified as the selected folder, "2017" specified as the selected folder, It is displayed in the form of receiving the special display specified by the name "year" of the separate folder related to "2018" and the name "creator" of the folder having the above relationship with the selected folders "A1" and "A2". Will be.

Now, when the user instructs "partial call" 86 on the function menu 70 on the table management application screen 33, the conversion target folder list 101 representing the folder tree management data created in the system is displayed, and the conversion target folder list 101 is displayed. When the user specifies one conversion target folder above, the system displays the partial folder tree list 311 displaying the partial folder tree created from the conversion target folder (FIG. 51). On the partial folder tree list 311 is the partial folder tree in which the specified conversion target folder is registered in the "extraction source management data address" from the partial folder tree management data created in the system. Is selected and displayed.

On the subfolder tree list 311, the full path name 111 and the selected name 113 are arranged on one line of the table for each subfolder tree, and the selected names in the separate folder tree are applicable. The name 115 of the attachment destination folder of is prefixed. One line exemplified in FIG. 51 "A1, A2, B1, B2, (year) 2017, 2018"
Is the part where the folders "A", "A1", "A2", "B1", "B2" and the folders "2017" and "2018" placed in the separate destination folder "Year" are designated as the selected folders. Shows the folder tree.

When the user selects and instructs one subfolder tree on the displayed subfolder tree list, the corresponding subfolder tree is displayed on the table management application screen 33, and then the user "table conversion". When the button 73 is instructed, the keyword selection sub screen 95 is displayed as in the case of the conversion target folder tree. When the user specifies a keyword on the displayed folder tree and instructs the execution button 97, the table conversion function is executed and the created conversion table is displayed on the table management application screen 33.

When the folder "A", the folder "B", and the folder "Large" are specified as the keyword specification folders on the displayed partial folder tree shown in FIG. 50 (Fig. 52), the tag name strings {A}, {A1, A2 }, {B}, {2016, 2017, 2018}, {Large}
Conditional data "P" determined for the tag name string {A}
Tag name string {A1, A2} Condition data "P \ A"
Conditional data "P \ A" determined for the tag name string {B}
Conditional data "P" determined for the tag name string {2016, 2017, 2018}
Tag name string {Large} Condition data "P"
Based on, the table shown in FIG. 53 will be obtained.

In this device, if the "table conversion" button 72 is instructed and then the execution button 97 on the keyword specification sub screen 95 is instructed without specifying the keyword, the configuration folder of the target folder tree is instructed. The table conversion function is performed assuming that all of the above are instructed.

Note that the designation of the selected folder for extracting the partial folder tree shown in FIG. 50 is the same as the selection of the keyword designation folder made for the folder tree shown in FIG. 6 as an explanatory example. If the "table conversion" button 73 is instructed to the partial folder tree shown in FIG. 50 without specifying the keyword, the same table as the table shown in FIG. 36 will be created.

Next, the system determines whether the folder tree displayed on the table management application screen 33 is a conversion target folder tree or a partial folder tree, and if the determination is a partial folder tree, From the information management data registered in the conversion target folder management data that manages the extraction source folder tree, select the information management data to which the same related data as the fixed related data is assigned to each cell on the table, and then select it. The selected information management data is concatenated in order by the concatenation pointer 3, and the address of the start data is set in the information management data pointer of the corresponding cell data. Subsequently, the created table is displayed with the corresponding information icon associated with each cell.

In the table shown in FIG. 36 created for the extraction source folder tree, the cells corresponding to the headword "A", the headword "A1", the headword "B", the headword "2018", and the headword "Large" are displayed. The above information, which is arranged and has the name "Report 1", is given the above-mentioned set of storage path name strings, while in the table shown in FIG. 53 created based on the fetched partial folder tree. , For the cells corresponding to the headword "A1", the headword "B", and the headword "2018", the same effect as the above set of storage path name strings is included, including the related tag names arranged as common conditions. All related tag name set "P \ A \ A1",
"P \ A \ Creator \ B"
"P ¥ 2018",
"P \ Importance \ Large"
Is determined, the icon 163 of the above information is arranged in the same cell (FIG. 53).

The partial folder tree retrieval function can also be performed by dividing the functions between the server side that manages the retrieval source folder tree and the terminal side that manages the retrieval folder tree. When the user inputs the selected folder name on the selection name input screen 121 displayed by the instruction of the "partial registration" button 85 on the table management application screen 33 started in the terminal side device, the input selection names are concatenated. It is sent to the server side as the selected name data chain.

Upon receiving this transmission, the server side creates a partial folder tree consisting of folders selected from the extraction source folder tree based on the received selected name data chain, and returns the created partial folder tree to the terminal side.

The terminal side displays the received partial folder tree on the screen, creates the corresponding table based on the instruction of the keyword specification folder following the instruction of the "table conversion" button 72 by the user, and then about each cell of the created table. The obtained related data is transmitted to the server side as a concatenated related data chain.

The server side that received the related data chain selects the information management data that matches the received related data chain from the information saved in association with the extraction source folder tree, and manages the information by concatenating the selected information management data. Reply to the terminal side as a data chain. The terminal side arranges the returned information on the corresponding cell based on the collation between the returned information management data and the related data obtained for each cell on the table.

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 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 embodiments 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 area 43 Vertical heading word placement field area 52 Separate Attached folder specification part 53 Keyword specification part 55 Table data creation part
57 Table display unit 61 Table information tagging instruction unit 63 Information tagging unit for each attachment 65 Information display unit in folder 70 Function menu 71 FT registration button 72 FT call button 73 Table conversion button 75 T attachment button 76 Overall T attachment button 78 Table call button 81 Setting button 85 Partial registration button 86 Partial call button 90 Name field 91 Separate specification sub-screen 93 "Execute" button 95 Keyword specification sub-screen 97 Execute button 101 Conversion target folder list 103 All paths of conversion target folder Name 105 Attachment name 106 Attachment destination folder name 110 Conversion table list Sub screen 108 All path names of the folder to be converted 109 Specified keyword 111 All path names of the partial folder tree 113 Selection name 115 Attachment destination folder name 121 Selection Name input screen 123 Select name input field 123
125 Extraction destination folder All path names Input field 127 "Execute" button 131 Tagging Supplementary sub screen 133 "Execute" button 141 Display instruction in multiple folders Sub screen 143 "Execute" button 145 Display screen in multiple folders 155 Information icon 160 cells Inside information display screen 163 Information "report 1" icon 164 Information "report 2" icon 165 Second information icon 170 Of the folder whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ creator \ B" Folder screen 171 Folder screen of a folder whose all path names are "... \ P \ A \ A1" 172 Folder screen of a folder whose all path names are "... \ P \ Year 2018" 201 Tag name string Identification name "P" and common tag name "B" pair 202 Tag name string Identification name "P \ B" and common tag name "B1" pair 301 First part of conversion target folder tree Folder tree 302 Conversion target folder 1st part of the tree Partial folder tree included in the folder tree 305 2nd part of the folder tree to be converted Folder tree 306 3rd part of the folder tree to be converted Folder tree 311 Partial folder tree list

Claims (36)

Information is managed in a form specified by the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which it is stored, and the name of itself, which is concatenated with a specific separation code in between, and the management operation for the information is performed for each information. In an information management device that is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image created and defined for each type of information.
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. It is an information management method using a table in which the arranged headword arrangement column is provided.
In a combination tag name tree that combines multiple tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape, a step of specifying a keyword from the configuration tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree, and
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name column of, the step of assigning the parent tag name as conditional data,
A step of creating a table in which the tag name string assigned for each placement direction of the heading word field is arranged in the heading word field of the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of the combination tag name tree to the information as the storage tag name, and
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. Steps to display the icon of the information in association with the corresponding cell,
A method in an information processing device consisting of. The method according to claim 1, wherein for each tag name tree, the arrangement direction of the headword column in which the tag name to which the tag belongs is arranged is determined by a method. Separated in the combination tag name tree obtained by adding one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree to the separate tag name which is one constituent tag name on the other tag name tree. In the first tag name column obtained from the tag name tree, the attachment destination tag name is placed as a condition name, and for the attachment tag name tree for which no keyword is specified for the configuration tag name, the attachment is made. The method according to claim 1, wherein only when the destination tag name is an ancestor tag name of a keyword specified elsewhere in the combination tag name tree, all the affiliation tag names are used as the table structure tag name. Receives an instruction for the information to which the configuration tag name of one TT is given, and the storage path name obtained from the corresponding separate folder tree from the attachment destination folders located above the tree path route of the storage folder of the instructed information. Steps to identify the destination folder whose column is not registered in the information management data of the relevant information,
A step to create a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name string obtained from the specified separate folder tree is arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data, and
Claim 1 to give information as a storage tag name a related tag name that is not a condition name of another related tag name among the obtained related tag names obtained by receiving an instruction from a cell of the created table. The method described in. The method according to claim 1, wherein a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell is given as a storage tag name in response to an instruction to save information in a cell of the created table. The method according to claim 1, wherein an open instruction is received for the storage tag name on the TT, and an icon of information to which the instructed storage tag name is given is displayed on a specific screen. The tag name tree is a tree of the folder names of the folders that make up the folder tree in which the folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is the attachment tag name tree. Steps to be taken by storing the first folder of
The tag name column is a step to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the separate destination folder from the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. The method according to claim 3, which is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding attached tag name tree from the above. As condition data, a step to set a condition path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string, and a step
As related data, a step to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
The step of setting the storage path name and the storage path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
The method according to claim 1, wherein information is assigned to one cell to which a set of stored path name strings having a predetermined relationship with a set of all related path names obtained is assigned. In the combination TT, a partial TT consisting of the specified tag name, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the descendant tag name is created, registered, and then the information is specified by specifying the keyword in the called registered partial TT. The method according to claim 1, wherein the take-out is performed. Information is managed in a form specified by the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which it is stored, and the name of itself, which is concatenated with a specific separation code in between, and the management operation for the information is performed for each information. It is an information management device that is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image created and defined for each type of information.
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. As an information management device using a table provided with an arranged headword arrangement column,
In a combination tag name tree in which a plurality of tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape are combined, a means for specifying a keyword from the constituent tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree,
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name string of, the means to give the parent tag name as conditional data,
A means for creating a table in which the tag name strings assigned for each placement direction of the headword column are arranged in the headword field in the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
A means of assigning a combination tag name tree configuration tag name to information as a storage tag name,
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. An information processing device that displays the displayed information icon in association with the corresponding cell. The device according to claim 10, wherein for each tag name tree, the arrangement direction of the heading word column in which the tag name to which the tag belongs is arranged is determined by a method. Separated in the combination tag name tree obtained by adding one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree to the separate tag name which is one constituent tag name on the other tag name tree. In the first tag name column obtained from the tag name tree, the attachment destination tag name is placed as a condition name, and for the attachment tag name tree for which no keyword is specified for the configuration tag name, the attachment is made. The device according to claim 10, wherein only when the destination tag name is an ancestor tag name of a keyword specified elsewhere in the combination tag name tree, all the affiliation tag names are used as table configuration tag names. Receives an instruction for the information to which the configuration tag name of one TT is given, and the storage path name obtained from the corresponding separate folder tree from the attachment destination folders located above the tree path route of the storage folder of the instructed information. A means to identify a destination folder whose column is not registered in the information management data of the relevant information,
A means of creating a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name strings obtained from the specified separate folder tree are arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data.
10. A related tag name that is not a condition name of another related tag name is given to the information as a storage tag name among the obtained related tag names in response to the instruction of the cell of the created table. The device described in. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the device is instructed to store information in a cell of the created table, and a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell is given as a storage tag name. The device according to claim 10, wherein an open instruction is received for the storage tag name on the TT, and an icon of information to which the instructed storage tag name is given is displayed on a specific screen. The tag name tree is a tree of the folder names of the folders that make up the folder tree in which the folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is the attachment tag name tree. By storing the first folder of the above in a separate destination folder,
The tag name column is a means to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the attachment destination folder among the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. The device according to claim 12, which is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding attached tag name tree from the above. As condition data, a means for setting a condition path name string representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string, and a means for setting the condition path name string.
As related data, a means to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
A means for setting a storage path name and a storage path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information is assigned to one cell with a set of stored path name strings having a predetermined relationship with the set of all related path names obtained. In the combination TT, a partial TT consisting of the specified tag name, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the descendant tag name is created and registered, and then the information is retrieved by specifying the keyword in the called registered partial TT. 10. The apparatus according to claim 10. Information is managed in a form specified by the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which it is stored, and the name of itself, which is concatenated with a specific separation code in between, and the management operation for the information is performed for each information. In an information management device that is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image created and defined for each type of information.
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. It is an information management method using a table in which the arranged headword arrangement column is provided.
In a combination tag name tree in which a plurality of tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape are combined, a means for specifying a keyword from the constituent tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree,
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name string of, the means to give the parent tag name as conditional data,
A means for creating a table in which the tag name strings assigned for each placement direction of the headword column are arranged in the headword field in the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
A means of assigning a combination tag name tree configuration tag name to information as a storage tag name,
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. A method in an information processing device that displays an icon of the information in association with the corresponding cell. The method according to claim 19, wherein for each tag name tree, the arrangement direction of the heading word column in which the tag name to which the tag belongs is arranged is determined by a method. Separated in the combination tag name tree obtained by adding one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree to the separate tag name which is one constituent tag name on the other tag name tree. In the first tag name column obtained from the tag name tree, the attachment destination tag name is placed as a condition name, and for the attachment tag name tree for which no keyword is specified for the configuration tag name, the attachment is made. The method according to claim 19, wherein only when the destination tag name is an ancestor tag name of a keyword specified elsewhere in the combination tag name tree, all the affiliation tag names are used as the table structure tag name. Receives an instruction for the information to which the configuration tag name of one TT is given, and the storage path name obtained from the corresponding separate folder tree from the attachment destination folders located above the tree path route of the storage folder of the instructed information. A means to identify a destination folder whose column is not registered in the information management data of the relevant information,
A means of creating a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name strings obtained from the specified separate folder tree are arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data.
Claim 19 that, among the related tag names obtained in response to the instruction of the cell of the created table, a related tag name that is not a condition name of another related tag name is given to the information as a storage tag name. The method described in. The method according to claim 19, wherein a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell is given as a storage tag name in response to an instruction to save information in a cell of the created table. The method according to claim 19, wherein an open instruction is received for the storage tag name on the TT, and an icon of information to which the instructed storage tag name is given is displayed on a specific screen. The tag name tree is a tree of the folder names of the folders that make up the folder tree in which the folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is the attachment tag name tree. By storing the first folder of the above in a separate destination folder,
The tag name column is a means to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the attachment destination folder among the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. The method according to claim 21, which is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding attached tag name tree from the above. As condition data, a means to set a condition path name string representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string, and a means
As related data, a means to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
A means for setting a storage path name and a storage path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
The method according to claim 19, wherein information is assigned to one cell to which a set of stored path name strings having a predetermined relationship with a set of all related path names obtained is assigned. In the combination TT, a partial TT consisting of the specified tag name, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the descendant tag name is created, registered, and then the information is specified by specifying the keyword in the called registered partial TT. The method according to claim 19, wherein the take-out is performed. Information is managed in a form specified by the path name, which is the name of all the folders in which it is stored, and the name of itself, which is concatenated with a specific separation code in between, and the management operation for the information is performed for each information. In an information management device that is performed as an operation on the device screen for an icon that is an image image created and defined for each type of information.
Rectangular cells for arranging information icons are arranged in a matrix, and outside the matrix, each tag name string, which is a set of tag names that characterize information, is provided, and the corresponding tag name string is used as a headword. It is an information management method using a table in which the arranged headword arrangement column is provided.
In a combination tag name tree that combines multiple tag name trees in which tag names are arranged in a tree shape, a step of specifying a keyword from the configuration tag names excluding the first tag name of each tag name tree, and
For the tag name specified as a keyword and the tag name specified as a keyword, the tag name that is placed at the ancestor position in the tag name tree to which it belongs and is not the first tag name in the tag name tree, and is specified as a keyword. For the tag name, the set of tag names that share the parent tag name is specified as the tag name string from the table structure tag names consisting of the tag names placed at the descendant positions in the tag name tree to which the tag name belongs. , In the specified tag name string, for the first tag name string which is a tag name string consisting of the child tag name of the first tag name of the tag name tree, the specific value given in particular is given as condition data, and other than that. For the tag name column of, the step of assigning the parent tag name as conditional data,
A step of creating a table in which the tag name string assigned for each placement direction of the heading word field is arranged in the heading word field of the corresponding placement direction by a predetermined method based on the given condition data.
The step of assigning the configuration tag name of the combination tag name tree to the information as the storage tag name, and
For each cell in the table, the table configuration tag names arranged in the positional relationship defined with the corresponding cell are specified as related tag names, and a set of stored tag names having a defined relationship with the specified set of related tag names is given. A method in an information processing device that displays an icon of the information in association with the corresponding cell. The method according to claim 28, wherein for each tag name tree, the arrangement direction of the heading word column in which the tag name to which the tag belongs is arranged is determined by a method. Separated in the combination tag name tree obtained by adding one tag name tree as a separate tag name tree to the separate tag name which is one constituent tag name on the other tag name tree. In the first tag name column obtained from the tag name tree, the attachment destination tag name is placed as a condition name, and for the attachment tag name tree for which no keyword is specified for the configuration tag name, the attachment is made. The method according to claim 28, wherein only when the destination tag name is an ancestor tag name of a keyword specified elsewhere in the combination tag name tree, all the affiliation tag names are used as the table structure tag name. Receives an instruction for the information to which the configuration tag name of one TT is given, and the storage path name obtained from the corresponding separate folder tree from the attachment destination folders located above the tree path route of the storage folder of the instructed information. Steps to identify the destination folder whose column is not registered in the information management data of the relevant information,
A step to create a tag name string supplementary table in which the tag name string obtained from the specified separate folder tree is arranged by a predetermined method based on the condition data, and
28. Claim 28, in which a related tag name that is not a condition name of another related tag name is given to the information as a storage tag name among the obtained related tag names in response to the instruction of the cell of the created table. The method described in. 28. The method of claim 28, wherein the method of claim 28 receives an instruction to save information in a cell of the created table and assigns a related tag name obtained for the instructed cell as a storage tag name. The method according to claim 28, wherein an open instruction is received for the storage tag name on the TT, and an icon of information to which the instructed storage tag name is given is displayed on a specific screen. The tag name tree is a tree of the folder names of the folders that make up the folder tree in which the folders for storing information are arranged in a tree shape, and the addition to the attachment destination tag name of the attachment tag name tree is the attachment tag name tree. Steps to be taken by storing the first folder of
The tag name column is a step to obtain as a set of names excluding the name of the folder specified as the separate destination folder from the names of the child folders stored in the corresponding parent folder.
The path name column in which the condition data of the tag name column is added to the end of the attached ancestor path name column, which is the ancestor path name column determined in the corresponding attachment destination tag name tree. The method according to claim 30, which is obtained by removing the folder name of the first folder of the corresponding attached tag name tree from the above. As condition data, a step to set a condition path name column representing a path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name string, and a step
As related data, a step to set all related path names by adding the related tag name to the end of the conditional path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the corresponding parent tag name of the corresponding tag name column of the corresponding related tag name.
The step of setting the storage path name and the storage path name column representing the path route in the corresponding tree of the storage path name, and
28. The method of claim 28, wherein the information is assigned to one cell with a set of stored path name columns having a predetermined relationship with the set of all related path names obtained. In the combination TT, a partial TT consisting of the specified tag name, the ancestor tag name of the specified tag name, and the descendant tag name is created, registered, and then the information is specified by specifying the keyword in the called registered partial TT. The method according to claim 28 for taking out.