JPH09330203A - Hypertext type document sharing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easy to select added-value information for an individual, added value information which is made open, etc., by providing a means which can specify a combination of a document to be referred to and added-value information through single operation. SOLUTION: A document index which indicates the correspondence between the added-value information and document as its addition object is provided as the high-order concept of a storage means address. The storage means address showing a link with a directory document text and a document text is represented by the document mark. On the basis of this document mark, and added value information acquiring means 2003 acquires the added value information thereafter through a directory document display means 2004 and a document analyzing means 2005. Similarly, the added-value information acquiring means 2003 acquires information with the added-value information address of the document mark on the basis of the document mark through the respective means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION Hypertext, especially WWW.
Concerning the creation, reference, publication, storage, and sharing of (World Wide Web) documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, one or more users create hypertexts, especially WWW documents, describe links, publish the created documents, and create a directory of the published documents. , The following method is used to refer to this directory and to refer to value-added information such as annotations.

[Creation of Link] First, in the creation of hypertext, a characteristic is the description of the link.
The link is a description of the address of the callee document in the document that is the source of the call in order to easily call the related document from a certain document. Usually, by describing the file name of the callee document as the address, the callee document can be displayed from the beginning.

There are an absolute address and a relative address in the description method of the address of the document as the description of the link. An absolute address is an expression that can identify a document as a link destination only by the address expression. A relative address is an address expression that describes a relative position from a calling document that describes a link. When creating a WWW document on the assumption that it will be copied to another computer, for example, on the assumption that it will be copied for the purpose of disclosing the WWW document as follows, the documents within the range to be copied Then, the address described as a link uses a method described by a relative address.

In the link, not only the text of the callee is designated as described above, but also the address notation described in the link is expanded so that the midpoint of the document of the callee is attached to the address of the document. Can be used. This is often used to specify the beginning of the position to display as a result of following a link.

As a method of describing a position in the middle of the called document, a character position from the beginning is described, or a label defined in the called document is described in advance or each time a link is created. . The method of describing the character position from the beginning is called an external link, and the method of describing the label defined in the called document is called an embedded link.

Of the above-mentioned methods of describing the character position from the beginning of the method of describing the position in the middle of the document of the call destination of the link, the creator of the document of the call destination and the creator of the document that describes the link are not required. There is an advantage that the link can be freely described without requiring agreement and without changing the called document. On the other hand, if the called document is modified and the character position is deviated, the link description becomes invalid.

In the present invention, the problem that the description of the link becomes invalid in this case is solved by another invention. As a method of describing the position in the middle of the document of the callee in the link The method of describing the character position of is assumed.

Among the methods of describing the position of the link in the middle of the called document, the method of describing a pre-defined label in the called document, even if the called document is slightly modified, There is an advantage that the link description itself can be used as it is without having to modify it. However, on the other hand, it has the drawback that you cannot specify the part where the label is not defined as the link destination. It is conceivable to define the label in detail assuming all cases, but in reality, it is difficult to assume all cases and it is not realistic in terms of cost. It is also possible to modify the callee's document and define the label each time the link is written, but if the callee's document is stored in a non-modifiable medium such as a CD-ROM, Considering the case where the original document becomes huge and the positions to be designated as link destinations are varied, this is difficult to realize practically. This drawback is fatal when applying hypertext to documents of various fields. For this reason, the description will proceed based on the above assumptions.

[Publication of Document] Next, hypertext,
In particular, a conventional method for publishing a WWW document will be described.

As a first method of releasing a document, it is desired that a user creates a document in a storage device area where a program called httpd on which a program called httpd operates can refer to the httpd. There is a way to copy a document. A user who refers to a document operates a program called a WWW browser on a computer for document reference, and the WWW browser communicates with httpd via a network to retrieve the document, thereby displaying the document on the reference computer. httpd
The computer on which is operated may be the computer that created the document or another computer.

As a second method of disclosing the document, the user operates httpd on the computer which prepares the document, creates the document in the area of the storage device which can be referred to by httpd, and does not copy the document. There is a way to make it public.

[Directory Document] Next, a directory and a hot list of published documents will be described.

For the convenience of the person referring to the document, a user involved in creating the document enumerates the addresses of the respective documents, creates another document in which this address can be followed as a link, and creates this document. It should be the directory of published documents.
This document will be called a directory document. Copy this directory document to htt on the computer running httpd above.
Put it in the area of the storage device that pd can refer to and publish it. Conventionally, there is no distinction between a directory document and a normal document, but they are treated as distinct for the explanation of the present invention.

[Hotlist] The user saves the address of the file in which the document or the directory document, which has been referred to once, is stored in a format called a hotlist or bookmark for the convenience of referring to the document again. can do. Hotlists or bookmarks are directory documents that you personally create.

If the arrangement of the directory document on the computer for document publication that is often referred to does not meet the user's preference, the directory document is copied on the computer for document reference and the user can copy the directory document. Edit and refer to the edited result as a personal directory document.

[Value-Added Information] Next, there is a method of creating and storing value-added information for a public document such as an annotation for the public document. Here, the storage location of the value-added information will be referred to as a value-added information address. A method of designating the corresponding value-added information address when the document is referred to again later will be described.

The first method of designating a value-added information address is to create and publish only one file on a computer for document reference, which is a list of pairs of addresses of public documents and value-added information addresses. This is a method in which a list file is searched using a public document address as a key while displaying a document, and links to the value-added information are displayed in the display. This is the MCSA Mosai, which was previously developed at the University of Illinois, USA.
This is the method used by the WWW browser known as c (version 2.0). As a method of displaying value-added information,
In addition to this, there is a method of displaying the contents of value-added information on a public document such as a so-called sticky note so as to be superimposed on the display. The first method of designating this value-added information address is a management method of personal value-added information.

The second method of specifying the value-added information address is to specify a computer referred to as a meta information server, which is different from the document reference computer and the document disclosure computer, and the meta information server Create a file that lists the pairs of public document addresses and value-added information addresses, specify the meta information server address when displaying the document on the document reference computer, and pass it through the meta information server. In this method, a public document is acquired as a link, and a value-added information address is embedded as a link in the public document on the meta information server to display a link to the value-added information. This is a method conventionally used by a system developed at Stanford University in the United States, and is a method of managing value-added information disclosed via a meta information server.

[Document Version Storage] Next, document storage will be described. When the content of a document is updated, the following three methods are conventionally used to continuously store the document having the content before the update. Here, the document before update is referred to as document 1 and the document after update is referred to as document 1 '.

The first conventional storage method is to make a copy of document 1 and store it in another file without actually updating the file storing document 1 and then store the content of the other file. Is a document 1 '.

The second conventional storage method is to copy the document 1 and store it in another file, save the other file without updating, and update the copy source file to obtain the document 1 '. Is the way to do it.

The third conventional storage method is to install a file version management system, and when the user performs an operation of updating document 1 to create document 1'and storing it in the original file, The address of the file storing 1'appears to be the same, and the version designation such as the information ID number is defined in addition to the file address.When referring to the file, the document 1 and the document are specified by the file address and the version designation.
There is a method that makes it possible to take out 1's separately.

[0024]

Problems in publication, storage, reference of a document in hypertext, particularly WWW, creation of a directory, and reference of a directory will be described.

[First Problem] The first problem relates to designation of a value-added information file.

The above-mentioned conventional value-added information file search
The first method is that the set of value-added information for one document cannot be divided into multiple sets and the links to the value-added information files displayed simultaneously on the WWW browser cannot be switched for each set. This is a problem. This switching is performed by classifying the contents of value-added information by contents,
Necessary when classifying according to the reader's difference assumed by annotation.

The above-mentioned conventional value-added information file search
Method 2 can be realized by switching the set of value-added information by switching the meta-information server that stores and searches the value-added information file.
The problem is that the user of the W browser needs to specify the address of the meta information server. In other words, the problem is that the user of the WWW browser needs to specify the address of the public document and the address of the meta information server.

A means for solving the above problems and providing a means by which a user can designate a combination of a document and value-added information to be referred to by a single operation without being aware of the address of the document and the address of the value-added information, The first task is to facilitate selection of personalized value-added information and publicized value-added information.

[Second Problem] A second problem to be solved by the present invention is to associate the value-added information with the document when referring to the document one after another while following the links attached to the document, and At this time, when there are a plurality of candidates as the value-added information, the selection thereof, and the correspondence between the address conversion rule collection and the document described in the fourth problem, the link destination as described in the seventh problem, Regarding selection of multiple candidates in a document. The problem with the second problem is that
When referring to a document one after another while following the links attached to the document, it is impossible to easily extract the value-added information already added to the linked document,
Further, when different value-added information exists in the same document, and when there are a plurality of candidates in the linked document and the value-added information, the user has no means for controlling the selection.

To solve the above problem, a means is provided for allowing a user to easily retrieve the value-added information that has already been added to the document while following the link, and further to add different value-added information to the same document. If there is, the second problem is to provide the user with a means for controlling the selection when there are a plurality of candidates in the linked document.

[Third Problem] A third problem to be solved by the present invention is to associate a document with a document registered in a directory document when referring to the document one after another while following links attached to the document. . The problem with the third problem is that when the document is referred to one after another while following the links attached to the document, the document being referred to is already registered in the directory document text or bookmark of the personal storage means. It is that the user cannot easily know what the item is.

When the above problems are solved and the documents are referred one after another while following the links attached to the documents, the document being referred to is already registered in the directory document text or the bookmark of the personal storage means. The third problem is to provide a means by which the user can easily know whether or not it is, and a means for indicating the correspondence with the anchor in the display on the directory document text or the bookmark.

[Fourth Problem] A fourth problem to be solved by the present invention relates to a change of a link accompanying the movement of a hypertext document. The problem with the fourth problem is that, conventionally, when a linked document indicated by an absolute address is copied to another computer, the copied document cannot be traced.

This problem occurs when the first method of document publication of the above conventional techniques is used, that is, when the document is copied to another computer for WWW document disclosure.
In this case, it may be necessary to use the absolute address in the description of the link, and if the linked document indicated by the absolute address is copied to another computer, the copied document may be traced. Can not. The details will be described below.

In this case, as described with respect to the link description method, the method of describing the link by the relative address is used for the document within the range to be copied. Conventionally, a small number of people are involved in the creation of WWW documents, and all the people can jointly use a computer that creates WWW documents to describe relative addresses.

However, when a large-scale hypertext is created, many people are involved in the creation, and it is impossible for all the people to jointly use the computer that creates the document. It is necessary to create documents on different computers and describe the links between those documents, which links use absolute addresses. As a result, it is impossible to describe all links by relative addresses, and absolute addresses must be used.

In MS-DOS and MS-Windows of Microsoft Corporation which are widely used at present, file storage devices are managed in units called drives, and the description of links between documents stored in different drives is relative. It is impossible to describe by address, and we have to use absolute address.

When copying the hypertext created in this way on another computer, as described above, there is a problem that the copy destination document of the link destination document described by the absolute address is not traced. Is.

As a workaround for this problem, a method of correcting the address of a link described in a document when the document is copied and a second method of publishing the above-mentioned conventional document, that is, a computer in which a user creates a document The method of making httpd work on the above is possible. However, this raises a new problem and thus does not solve the problem. The reason will be described later.

A fourth object is to solve the above problems and provide a means for coping with a change in the link of a document due to copying of the document without modifying the document.

[Fifth Problem] A fifth problem to be solved by the present invention relates to disclosure of another document linked to a document intended to be disclosed by a link.

The hypertext indicates a document relationship by linking a plurality of documents with a link. Here, when a certain document is made public, the document linked to the document may be an unpublished document. In this case, an error will occur when the user who referred to the published document tries to follow the link. Users who publish documents are
It is required that there is no unpublished document linked from the document with a link.

The problem here is that when a user intends to publish a document, the link between the document and the unpublished document is explicitly indicated, and the link and the document are provided as information to be published by the user. That is, there is no way to show the necessity of adding a document to be published or deleting a link.

This problem is also a problem regarding privacy and security. This point will also be described.

It is the responsibility of the user who created the published document whether or not to publish the linked document without omission. The fact that a document is unpublished may include confidential information that cannot be published in the unpublished document. Ultimately, the user should decide whether or not to publish the document. Further, the existence of the confidential information needs to be kept secret, and in that case, the existence of the link from the public document to the secret document is not desirable. The user should also judge whether or not the link exists. The problem here is, as mentioned above,
Be aware of links and documents as information published by users,
There is no way to signal the need to add documents or remove links.

A simple method for solving the above problems, presenting a link from a document to be published to an unpublished document and deciding whether or not to delete the link is provided. The fifth issue is to provide a means for saving the trouble of adding documents to be published.

[Sixth Problem] A sixth problem to be solved by the present invention relates to compatibility between personalization and sharing of public information.

The problem is that customization at the time of referring to the directory document on the computer for document disclosure, that is, personalization of the directory document and reflection of the change of the directory document, that is, sharing of the directory document cannot be achieved at the same time.

In the above-mentioned conventional method of creating and referring to a directory document, the user always refers to the directory document on the computer for document publication, which is the entrance to the document database, and the public document in the directory document is referenced. Scrutinize the list of and traverse the hierarchy of directory documents as needed. At this time, there is a problem that one directory document becomes large and it becomes difficult to scrutinize the list of public documents. In order to avoid this problem, for example, a directory document is downloaded and appropriately edited, and an edit such as placing a frequently-referenced document marker in a prominent position is appropriately performed to make the directory document according to the user's preference. The address of the document often referred to is registered in the hot list by using a hot list or a bookmark. But,
This method has a problem that when a new document is added to the directory document on the computer for document publication, the content is not reflected in the result of downloading and editing or the bookmark.

It is also conceivable that all users who refer to the document can edit the directory document on the computer for document disclosure, but this does not solve this problem.
This is because the desired edit result differs for each user, and different edit results cannot be realized simultaneously by one directory document.

The above problem is solved, and the array of directory documents can be edited according to the user's preference.
The sixth problem is to provide a means for the user to know the contents of addition when a new document is added to the directory document on the document disclosure computer.

[Seventh Problem] The seventh problem relates to the accumulation of hypertext.

When the updated document 1'is stored in the file at a different address by the first method of the above-mentioned conventional accumulation, the advantage of WWW "to always refer to the latest document and information" is There is a problem that it becomes impossible.

By the second method of the above-mentioned conventional accumulation, when the content of the file indicated by the address is updated to the document 1'in the server of the provider of the document 1, the user becomes the hot list at the address. There is a problem in that it is not possible to refer again to the document 1, which is the intended content when it is stored. This is a problem caused by the fact that the WWW primarily intends to always refer to the latest documents and information.

Further, the conventional second method of storage has another problem. When the link is shown from another document 2 to document 1, the link points to the updated document 1'and the document 1 that is the content intended by the creator of document 2 Can be different.
Modifying the link stored in Document 2 seems to be sufficient, but this has the problem that it is virtually impossible. Next, the reason will be described.

As its name suggests, the WWW is an information system that has spread worldwide. In the above description, for the sake of convenience, the document having the link pointing to the document 1 is described as if only the document 2 is present, but in reality, the document corresponding to the document 2 exists in the world. Therefore, it is practical to notify the creators of Document 2 around the world of the notification of the update of Document 1, to determine whether or not the link needs to be updated, and to prompt the update.
The problem is that it is impossible.

Further, even if the links of all the documents 2 can be updated, there is a document 3 having a link pointing to the document 2, and it is judged whether or not the update of the document 3 is necessary. , And again, again the same problem as in Document 2 arises. As a result, such a chain continues endlessly. Even in this sense, the problem is that it is virtually impossible to update the link.

Next, the problem of the third conventional accumulation method will be described.

The document in the WWW hypertext is different from the form in which the document of the paper medium is a bundle of sheets of paper, or the document is stored in one file like the conventional word processor. Even if it looks like one document, it is actually composed of multiple files (objects). That is, it is a file that stores the central text data and a data file that stores each of a still image and a moving image that are inserted into the document. These data files are indicated by the links described in the text data. The link is specifically expressed by the address of the data file. The text file that describes the link to the data to be inserted will be called hub text.

When a user refers to a document, he or she first specifies the address of the hub text file. After that, the hub text is automatically extracted, the hub text is further analyzed, and the hub text is described. The data to be inserted is fetched according to the link, and the result of layout as a document is displayed.

At this time, when the data to be inserted is updated, for example, when the still image 1 is updated to become the still image 1 ', the document is updated and a different version exists, but the hub The text file has not been updated. Here, the user specifies the document by the address of the hub text file. At this time, the version of the hub text file can be specified, but the version of the inserted data cannot be specified. As a result, there is a problem that the version as a document cannot be specified.

When the above problem is solved and the user refers again to the document address saved in the bookmark or the like, the document at the time of saving can be retrieved again, and the user specifies the address of the document file. In addition, if you want to follow the links between documents, you can set the version of the document you want, and after that setting you can easily retrieve the version of the document without any special operation. The seventh problem is to provide means for easily changing the setting.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above first to seventh problems and achieve the distribution of hypertext documents.

[Supplementary Explanation of Problem] Here, in the above-mentioned fourth
In contrast to the problem described in the above item, that is, when the linked document indicated by the absolute address is copied to another computer, the copied document cannot be traced, the conventional method is A supplementary explanation is provided as to what is not a workaround. First, the reason why the method of correcting the address of the link along with the copy of the document is not a workaround will be described.

The first reason is as follows. In the above description of the conventional method, it has been explained that the method of describing the character position from the beginning is adopted as the method of describing the position in the middle of the document in the link description method. Here, if the link by the absolute address is corrected as the document is copied, the character position in the file of the document is displaced due to the difference in the number of characters in the description of the absolute address. Therefore, in another document to which the document is linked, it is necessary to simultaneously correct the description of the position in the middle of the document described in the link. In this way, link modification will be chained to all documents. This is not practical when the hypertext is large-scale, and does not solve the above problem.

The second reason will be described below. When the hypertext becomes large-scale, the document data may be stored in a non-rewritable storage medium such as a CD-ROM to prevent the document from being lost or falsified. For a document of such a storage medium, it is required to move the storage medium itself and reload it, which causes the same problem as copying, but at this time, the correction of the link address in the document cannot be rewritten. Impossible because of possible storage media,
It does not solve the above problems.

Next, among the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the second method of disclosing the document, that is, the method of operating httpd on the computer where the user creates the document is described in the fourth subject. Explain the reason why it does not solve the problem.

The first reason arises from the difference between the time when the published document is referenced and the time when the computer that operates httpd and the computer group operate. Published documents may be referenced at any time within 24 hours a day. Therefore, it is desirable that the computer that stores the document and operates httpd for publication is operated 24 hours a day without stopping. On the other hand, documents are usually created on the computer of the user's desk, but general companies recommend that such computers be stopped at night, and the computer also moves when the user moves. As a result, the address of the computer is changed. When the computer is stopped, the document cannot be referenced, and when the address of the computer is changed, the link to the document in the computer cannot be followed. In order to solve this, a computer that can be operated 24 hours a day without interruption for the publication of the document is provided, and the document is copied to the computer, that is, the first publication of the conventional document.
Only the method of is available. After all, we cannot avoid the problem mentioned in the fourth subject.

The second reason is that privacy and security problems arise. Performing the document creation work in the area that can be referred to from httpd has a problem in that an unfinished document is substantially disclosed. To avoid this, the first of the publication of the conventional document
Method, that is, do the document creation work in the area that cannot be referred from httpd and copy it to the area that can be referred to from httpd after completion of the document, or access control that specifies the user who can refer to each document is required . The problem with the first method of publishing the conventional document is as described above. Regarding access control, since the target document in the present invention is hypertext, there is a problem that it is necessary to manage a plurality of documents linked by a link. This is the problem solved by the present invention. There are four issues.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems.
That is, providing a means by which the user can easily specify the public document desired to be referred to and the set of the value-added information at the same time, and regarding the link indicated by the absolute address, copy the linked document. Accordingly, when tracing the copy destination, providing a means for tracing the copy destination document without modifying the link described in the document, and linking from the document intended to be published by the user Providing a means for indicating a public document, providing a means for easily reflecting the change of shared information in the personalization result while personalizing the directory document, and when the user specifies the address of the document file, Also, when following the links between documents, the user can set the version of the document desired, and after that setting, the document of that version can be easily created without any special operation. Ri that can issue, also to provide a means capable of easily changing its settings.

[0071]

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, a document sharing system including a document reference creating device, a document relay device, and a document publishing device, which are connected by a communication path, has been used in the related art. The reference creating device includes a personal storage means, a document reference creating communication processing means, a document reference information obtaining means, a document displaying means, a document analyzing means, a directory document displaying means, a directory document editing means, a directory document analyzing means, and inline display information. The document relay device includes a document relay storage unit, a document relay communication processing unit, a document relay information sending unit, and a document relay information acquisition unit, and the document disclosure device includes a document disclosure storage unit. In the document sharing system including the communication processing means for document disclosure and the information transmission means for document disclosure, in response to the first problem, A document acquisition means and a value-added information acquisition means are provided, and in addition to the means for solving the first problem with respect to the second problem, the document reference creation device includes a directory document search means and a document marker search means. And a document sign comparing means are provided to solve the above-mentioned third problem.
In addition to the means for solving the problem of 2, the document reference creating device is provided with a directory document anchor display changing means,
With respect to the above-mentioned fourth problem, in addition to the means for solving the above-mentioned first problem, in the document reference creating device, a document disclosure copying means, an address translation rule collection acquisition means, and an address translation rule collection address creation means are provided. Address absoluteization means, address conversion means, document registration means, in-line display information registration means, registration address conversion rule addition means, information registration means, link destination address conversion rule creation means, temporary registration means, value-added information registration means and addresses In addition to the means for solving the above-mentioned fourth problem by providing a document disclosure device with a document disclosure information registration means, and a document The reference creation apparatus is provided with a link document automatic acquisition means and a link destination document selection means, and in addition to the means for solving the first problem, with respect to the sixth problem, the document reference creation device In order to solve the above-mentioned seventh problem, the document reference creating apparatus is provided with a directory document virtual sharing means, and a version description collection obtaining means, a new version description collection obtaining means, a version description collection address creating means, and a version designation setting means And a version description collection registering means for registration and a version description collection registration means are provided, and the document relay device is provided with storage means for storing versions in place of the storage means for document relay, and further, the document relay device is provided with the document relay device. Means for registering business information is provided, and the actions of some means are changed with respect to the first to seventh problems.

[Operation for Solving First Problem] The first problem described above, that is, the document that the user wants to refer to by a single operation without being aware of the document address and the value-added information address. The operation for providing the means for designating the combination of the and the value-added information will be described.

As a superordinate concept of the storage means address, a document indicator showing the correspondence between the added value information and the document to be added thereto is provided. Documents to which value-added information is added include document texts and directory document texts. In the document marker, addresses of documents to which value-added information is added are generically called hub addresses. The document indicator is a set of a hub address and a value-added information address described later. Items other than hub address,
Here, if the value-added information address is omitted, the document indicator has the same description as the hub address, that is, the conventional storage unit address. This allows
The description of the document indicator maintains upward compatibility with the description of the storage means address.

The storage means address representing a link in the directory document text or the document text is represented by a document marker, and the storage means address output and acquired between the respective means is replaced with the document marker. That is, the directory document analysis means associates the anchor of the display data created by the directory document analysis means with the document indicator representing the link, instead of previously associating the storage means address representing the link. When a user selects an anchor, instead of outputting the storage means address conventionally associated with the anchor to the document analysis means, the document indicator associated with the anchor is sent to the document analysis means. The document analysis means conventionally obtains information by the storage means address and also obtains the value-added information by using the storage means address as a key. The information may be output to the acquisition means to acquire the information, and the document label may be output to the added value information acquisition means to acquire the added value information. Further, instead of conventionally associating the storage data address representing the link with the anchor of the display data created by it, the document indicator representing the link is associated, and the document display means is defined by the user. When an anchor is selected, instead of outputting the storage means address conventionally associated with the anchor to the document analysis means, the document indicator associated with the anchor is output to the document analysis means. The document acquisition unit acquires information by the hub address of the document marker, and the added value information acquisition unit acquires information by the value added information address of the document marker.

The above is the characteristic operation for solving the first problem.

[Operation for Solving the Second Problem] The second problem described above, that is, the user can easily take out the value-added information already added to the document at the same time as following the link. If different value-added information exists in the same document, the address conversion rule collection and the document correspondence described in the fourth problem are provided.
The operation for providing the user with a means for controlling the selection of a plurality of candidates in the linked document described in the above problem will be described.

In addition to the hub address and the value-added information address, the document indicator introduced in the explanation of the operation for solving the first problem can store the storage source directory document indicator. Is empty in the directory document text or the document indicator in the document text, and the directory document analysis means, when associating the document indicator representing the link with the anchor of the display data created by the directory document analysis means, The document indicator of the displayed directory document text is used as the storage source directory document indicator of the document indicator representing the links, and the document display means has an action for solving the first problem when the user selects the anchor. In the explanation of
Instead of outputting the document indicator associated with the anchor to the document analysis means, the source directory document indicator of the document indicator associated with the document indicator of the document being displayed is displayed. Then, the document indicator associated with the anchor is output to the directory document display means, and the directory document display means displays the document indicator when the document indicator is acquired from the document display means. When the anchor of the directory document is selected, the document indicator corresponding to the anchor is output to the directory document search means, and the document indicator output by the directory document search means is output to the document analysis means. Search method is
If you get the document sign from the calling source, first,
Source directory of the document indicator The directory indicated by the document indicator is searched by the document indicator searching means and the document indicator comparing means using the document indicator obtained as a search key. If the search fails, each directory in the personal storage means is searched. If the document text is searched in the same manner and the search is successful, the document indicator indicating the directory document text that has the search result document indicator is set as the storage source directory document indicator of the search result, and the search result document indicator is displayed. Is output to the calling source means, and when a plurality of document markers are retrieved at the time of this retrieval, the fact is presented to the user and one is selected.

[Operation for Solving Third Problem] The third problem described above, that is, when referring to a document one after another while following a link attached to the document, the document being referred to is already stored in a personal memory. It is possible for the user to easily know whether it is registered in the directory document text or bookmark of the means, and to provide means for indicating the correspondence with the anchor in the display on the directory document text or bookmark. The operation for providing the possible means will be described.

When the directory document display means outputs the document indicator to the document analysis means, it outputs the document indicator to the directory document anchor display changing means, and the directory document anchor display changing means,
When the document indicator is acquired from the calling source, the display method of the anchor corresponding to the document indicator that can be considered to match the acquired document indicator is changed for each anchor of the directory document text being displayed.

[Operation for Solving Fourth Problem] To provide the means for coping with the fourth problem described above, that is, changing the link of the document accompanying copying of the document without modifying the document. The operation will be described.

In the document sign introduced in the operation for solving the first problem, in addition to the one described above, the address translation rule collection address is stored, and the address translation rule collection address is for personal use. Storage means,
Alternatively, it is assumed that the address translation rule set stored in the public storage means is shown, and the address translation rule is described in the address translation rule set for a link that needs to be changed along with copying for publication of a document. The copying means for document disclosure acquires the document marker of the document instructed to be published by the user through the document displaying means, the directory document displaying means, and the directory document editing means, and registers each of the document markers for publication. The document registration device is registered by the means, and the directory document text is created from the registered document indicator. The document registration means registers the inline display information registration means, the information registration means, and the document text indicated by the publication document indicator. Register the inline display information by means of adding the address conversion rule for An address translation rule collection is created, and a link destination address translation rule creating means, a provisional registration means, and a registration address translation rule addition means are used to indicate a document marker indicating a link in document text and a link destination document marker of value-added information. An address conversion rule is created and added to the address conversion rule set, and the document text, the added value information and the address conversion are performed by the information registration unit, the added value information registration unit, the address conversion rule set registration unit, and the address conversion rule set address creation unit. In addition to registering the rulebook and creating a document sign after registration, the document acquisition means acquired the information by the hub address of the document sign in the explanation for solving the first problem described above. The address translation rulebook address of the sign is used to obtain the address translation rulebook from the address translation rulebook acquisition means. The inline display information acquisition means acquires each inline display information by converting each address of the document marker of the inline display information by the address absoluteization means and the address conversion means, and the document analysis means, the document analysis means. Means for converting each address of the document marker associated with each anchor of the display data, and the document disclosure information registration means of the document disclosure device accepts the information registration request and stores the information in the request in the document disclosure storage means. It registers and returns a memory address indicating the registered content.

The above is the operation of each means for solving the fourth problem.

[Operation for Solving the Fifth Problem] The fifth problem described above, that is, whether or not to present an unpublished document link from the document to be published and whether to delete the link or not The operation of each means for providing a simple method for making a decision and at the same time providing a means for saving the trouble of adding a document to be disclosed will be described.

Each means has a conventional function or the above
In addition to the operation for solving the first and fourth problems, the following operation is performed.

In the description of the operation for solving the above-mentioned fourth problem, the document publication copying means, before registering each publication document mark in the document publication device by the document registration means, precedes the link document. The automatic acquisition means collects a document marker indicating a link in the document text indicated by each document marker for publication and a link destination document marker in the value-added information, and the link destination document selecting means notifies the user of the link destination document. Select the sign and add the selected linked document sign to the published sign.

[Operation for Solving Sixth Problem] The sixth problem described above, that is, the array of directory document texts can be edited according to the user's preference, and at the same time, the directory document texts on the document disclosure device can be edited. When a new document is added to, the operation for providing the means for the user to know the addition will be described.

Although the directory document text is a list of document indicators representing links in the explanation for solving the first problem, in addition to this, it is assumed that the shared directory document indicator can be stored and the directory document display is performed. The means stores the directory document text in the personal storage means when the instruction to personalize the directory document text on the document disclosure device is acquired by the user,
At this time, when the document indicator of the directory document text on the copy source document disclosure device is used as the shared directory document indicator of the directory document text on the personal storage means, and the directory document text on the personal storage means is referred to, If the shared directory document indicator is stored in it, the directory document text indicated by the document indicator is acquired, and the directory document text that is to be referenced is merged and displayed.

[Operation for Solving Seventh Problem] The seventh problem described above, that is, when the user refers again to the document address saved in the bookmark or the like, the document at the time of saving can be retrieved again. If the user specifies the address of the document file or follows the links between documents, the user can set the version of the document desired and special operation is required after the setting. The operation for providing a means by which the version of the document can be easily retrieved and the setting can be easily changed will be described.

It is assumed that the version designation can be stored at each address of the document indicator used in the above description, and if there is no version designation in the document indicator of the inline display information described in the document text, the version designation is performed. A version description book for storing will be provided, the version description book address will be stored in the document indicator to indicate the correspondence between the document text and the version description book, and the user will refer again to the document address saved in the bookmark or the like. In order to provide a means for retrieving the document at the time of saving, in the document reference creation device,
The document acquisition means acquires the version description collection by the version description collection acquisition means, the new version description collection acquisition means, and the version description collection address creation means, and the inline display information acquisition means includes the address absoluteization means and the version designation setting means. By specifying the version specification of the inline display information to obtain the inline display information, the document analysis means, for the inline display information without version specification, by the registration version description collection creating means and the version description collection registration means, Create a version description book and register it in the document relay device, and record the version description book address and the version designation at the time of registration in the document indicator. Information for document relay is provided by providing storage means for version storage. Instead of searching the document relay storage means by the storage means address in the information transmission request, the output means searches the version storage storage means by the information transmission request storage means address and its version designation. The document relay information acquisition means uses the storage means address of the acquired information and the version designation as the search key instead of storing the information in the document relay storage means as the search key. Information is stored in the version storage storage means, and the document relay information registration means stores the information in the version storage storage means as a search key with the storage means address in the information registration request and the current time as the version designation. The address of the storage means and the version designation are stored and returned to the output source of the information registration request, and the user In order to provide a means for the user to set the version of the desired document when specifying the file address or following links between documents, the version description collection registration means can be used to copy the version description collection. Created by the version description book address creating means so that the version description book address when registering the creation in the document relay device is uniquely determined from the hub address of the document indicator of the document corresponding to the version description book and its version designation. If there is no version specification collection address in the specified document indicator for acquisition, the version specification collection acquisition means determines the version uniquely by the hub address of the document indicator and the version specification. Create by the description book address creation means, and add the version book The version specification of the reply is set to "List",
The version specification list indicated by the version description address specified by the document relay device is acquired, and the version specification list is presented to the user for selection, and the version is specified when the user follows links between documents. In order to provide a means for easily setting the version of the document and making it possible to easily change the setting without requiring any special operation after the setting, the document display means is provided. When a user gives an instruction to save the document being displayed, the document is stored in the directory document of the personal storage unit such as a bookmark, instead of storing the address of the storage unit of the document in the past. The sign is to be stored in the directory document of the personal storage means, and when the links are followed, the document sign representing each link is used as the search key and the second This is achieved by first searching the storage source directory document indicator, as described in the action for solving the problem of the above, and the user converts the version of the document to be extracted into the same directory document text by the directory document editing means. By storing, it is possible to set the version-specified document to be taken out, and by changing the contents of the directory document text, the setting can be changed.

[0090]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION First, an outline will be described, and then the format of data communicated by each device and the contents stored in each storage means will be described, and the operation of the means in each device will be described in detail.

First, an outline will be described.

[Outline] Since the field to which the present invention is applied is a hypertext type document, the “document” means a hypertext type document unless otherwise specified.
When a document that is not hypertext and consists of a single file is meant, it is called a "conventional document".

FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of the system. The document reference creation devices 1001, 1006, the document disclosure device 1004, and the document relay devices 1003, 1007 according to the present invention are mixed with the conventional document reference creation device 1002, the document disclosure devices 1005, 1009, 1010, and the document relay device 1008. Connect and use. The connection shown in FIG. 1 represents a logical connection for hypertext transmission, and is different from the physical connection of each device.

The document reference creating apparatus is shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, the document display means 2001, the document analysis means 2002, the directory document display means 2004, and the directory document analysis means 2005 that constitute the conventional document reference creation apparatus.
In addition to the directory document editing means 2009, the inline display information acquisition means 2006, the personal storage means 2015, the document reference information acquisition means 2014, and the document reference creation communication processing means 2016, the document acquisition means 2003 and the added value information acquisition Means 2007, directory document virtual sharing means 2008, directory document anchor display changing means 2010, document disclosure copying means 2011, linked document automatic acquisition means 2012 and linked document selection means 2013
And directory document search means 3001 and document mark search means 30
02, document mark comparison means 3003, address conversion rule collection acquisition means 4001, address conversion rule collection address creation means 4002, address absoluteization means 5001, address conversion means 5002, version designation setting means 5003, document registration means 6001, and inline display information Registration means 6002, registration version description collection creation means 6003, registration address translation rule addition means 6004, version description collection registration means 6005, information registration means 6006, link destination address translation rule creation means 6007, temporary registration means 6008 and added value Information registration means 6009 and address translation rule collection registration means 60
10, version description collection acquisition means 7001, new version description collection acquisition means 7002, version description collection address creation means
It consists of 7003. The solid line in the figure represents the connection of each means.

As shown in FIG. 8, the document relay device is a document relay communication processing means 8001 which constitutes a conventional document relay device.
In addition to the document relay information sending means 8002 and the document relay information acquisition means 8003, the document relay information registration means 8004, and version storage instead of the document relay storage means constituting the conventional document relay device. Storage means 8005.

The document disclosure apparatus includes document disclosure information registration means 9003 in addition to document disclosure communication processing means 9001, document disclosure information sending means 9002, and document disclosure storage means 9004 which constitute the conventional document disclosure apparatus. Consists of.

Document reference creating apparatuses 1001 and 1006 according to the present invention
Refer to the document stored in the document disclosure device 1004 according to the present invention or the conventional document disclosure devices 1005, 1009, 1010 via the document relay device 1003, 1007 according to the present invention or the conventional document relay device 1008. To do. That is, the document relay devices 1003 and 1007 according to the present invention not only relay the document stored in the document publication device 1004 according to the present invention but also the conventional document publication for the document reference creation device 1001 according to the present invention. Documents stored in the devices 1005, 1009, 1010 can be relayed, and the conventional document reference creating device 1002 can be used.
For this purpose, the documents stored in the conventional document publishing devices 1005, 1009, and 1010 can be relayed. Document relay device
1003, 1007, 1008 and document publishing devices 1004, 1005, 1009, 10
In order to reduce communication between 10, the conventional and inventive document relay devices 1003, 1007, 1008 store the relayed documents themselves and act as a document publishing device for the documents.

[Outline of Version Management] At this time, the document stored in the document disclosure device 1010 according to the present invention or the conventional type by the document reference creating device 1006 according to the conventional type or the present invention via the conventional document relay device 1008. When referring to
When the content of the document stored in the document disclosure device 1010 according to the present invention or the conventional type is updated, only the updated document can be referred to and the original document cannot be referred to. Document relay devices 1003, 10 according to the present invention
By referring to the above document by the document reference creating apparatus 1001 according to the present invention via 07, it is possible to simultaneously refer to the document before update and the document after update even in the above case. That is, the conventional document relay apparatus 1008 erases the document before update and stores the updated document, whereas the document relay apparatuses 1003 and 1007 according to the present invention store the document before update and the document after update. Are stored at the same time and are distinguished by the version. Further, while the conventional document reference creating apparatus 1002 cannot distinguish the versions when referring to a document, the document reference creating apparatuses 1001 and 1006 according to the present invention distinguish the versions when referring to a document. do.

[Outline of Document Registration] The document reference creation apparatuses 1001, 1002, 1006 according to the conventional type and the present invention are the document disclosure apparatuses 1004, 1005, 1009, 1010 according to the conventional type or the present invention.
In the case of storing a conventional document in the conventional method, the conventional method or a conventional communication method different from the communication method used for referring to a document without using the document relay apparatuses 1003, 1007, and 1008 according to the present invention is used. Document publishing device 1004, 10 according to the present invention
05, 1009, 1010 directly stores the hypertext type document. At this time, if the absolute address is described in the link that refers to the document to be registered, the absolute address is written by an editor or the like to the document reference creation device 1001. , 1002,
Document disclosure devices 1004, 1005,
Although there is a method of changing the document on the documents 1009 and 1010, the document reference creating apparatus 1001 according to the present invention is used.
When storing a hypertext type document in the document disclosure device 1004 according to the present invention, the document is stored via the document relay device 1003 according to the conventional type or the present invention, that is, in the same communication method as the reference of the document, at this time, If an absolute address is used in the link that refers to the document to be registered,
Regarding the absolute address, a rule for converting a document on the document reference creating apparatus 1001 to a document on the document publishing apparatus 1004 is created on the document reference creating apparatus 1001 and the rule is created by the document publishing apparatus according to the present invention. The document reference creating apparatus 1001 according to the present invention stores the data in 1004 and executes address conversion using the conversion rule when referring to the document. This avoids changing the document itself.

[Type of Communication] Next, the type of communication performed between each means will be described.

The document reference creating apparatuses 1001, 1002, 1006 according to the conventional type or the present invention refer to the document publishing apparatuses 1004, 1005, 1009, 10 according to the conventional type or the present invention when referring to a document.
10, or the document relay device 10 according to the conventional type or the present invention
The information transmission request is output to 03, 1007, and 1008, and the response of the output destination device is acquired.

Document relay device 10 according to the prior art or according to the invention
03, 1007, and 1008 output the stored information as a response to the device that is the output source of the information transmission request and store it when the information transmission request is acquired and the content of the request is stored by the user. If not, the information transmission request is output to the other document disclosure devices 1004, 1005, 1009, 1010, or the document relay device 1008 to obtain the response of the output destination device, and the response is transmitted to the information transmission request. Output to the source device.

Document publishing device 10 according to the prior art or according to the invention
04, 1005, 1009, 1010, when acquiring the information transmission request, searches its own memory according to the content of the request and outputs the information obtained as a result of the search to the device that is the output source of the information transmission request. To do.

The document reference creating apparatuses 1001 and 1006 according to the conventional type or the present invention register the information, the document publishing apparatuses 1004, 1005, 1009, 1010 according to the conventional type or the present invention, or the conventional type or the present invention. Document relay devices 1003, 10
The information registration request is output to 07 and 1008, and the response of the output destination device is acquired.

Document relay device 10 according to the prior art or according to the present invention
03, 1007, 1008, when the information registration request is acquired, if the information registration request is directed to the device itself, storing means for storing the content of the information registration request and indicating the storage destination. A response including an address is output to the output source of the information transmission request, and when the information registration request is directed to another device, the information registration request is transmitted to another document disclosure device 1004, 1005, 10
It outputs to 09, 1010 or the document relay device 1008 to obtain the response of the output destination device, and outputs the response to the output source device of the information transmission request.

Document publishing device 10 according to the prior art or according to the invention
04, 1005, 1009, 1010, when acquiring the information registration request, add to their own memory according to the content of the request, and output the information indicating the result as a response to the device that is the output source of the information registration request. .

[Format of Communication Data] Next, the format of communication data will be described.

The information sending request 10001 is generated by the document reference creating apparatuses 1001 and 1006 according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, a storage means address 10002 described later, a version designation 10003, and a latest information request. It consists of a flag 10004. When the conventional document publishing devices 1005, 1009, 1010 and the document relay device 1008 obtain this information transmission request, the version designation 10003 is ignored and the conventional information transmission request without version designation is processed. do.

As shown in FIG. 11, the information registration request 11001 includes an information registration means address 11002 indicating an information registration means on the document disclosure apparatus or the document relay apparatus, and a registration header 110.
03 and registration information body 11004.

The response 12001 includes a response header 12002 and a response body 12003, as shown in FIG. The response header 12002 of the response to the information transmission request describes the version specification of the requested information, and the response body 12003 describes the requested information. The response to the document sending request is the same in the conventional document disclosure device and the document disclosure device according to the present invention. Although the response to the information registration request differs depending on the information registration means of the conventional document publication device, the publication information registration means of the document publication device of the present invention is the document publication device of the information stored by the document publication device. The version specification is described, and the response body describes the storage unit address indicating the information stored by the document disclosure device.

[Format of each data] Next, the operation of the storage means of each device and the format of each data to be stored will be described.

As shown by 13001 in FIG. 13, the personal storage means 2015 has a plurality of directory document texts 13002, document texts 13003, inline display information 13004, added value information 13005, address conversion rule collection 13006, version description collection 13007. Memorize These are indicated by a directory document text address, a document text address, an inline display information address, a value-added information address, an address conversion rule collection address, and a version description collection address. The personal storage means outputs the information designated by these addresses.

The addresses of these pieces of information stored in the personal storage means 2015 will be collectively referred to as personal storage means addresses. This personal storage means address,
The document disclosure storage means address, which will be described later, is generically referred to as the storage means address. This storage means address can identify the device having the storage means from the address itself. This storage means address corresponds to the URL on the WWW described in the above conventional technique.

The directory document text 13002 is shown in FIG.
Document sign 140 representing a traditional link, as shown in 14001
In addition to the list of 03, the shared directory document indicator 14002 indicating the directory document text of the destination for realizing virtual sharing is stored. The outline of the document mark has already been described, but the details will be described later. Conventionally, the document text doubles as the directory document text. The dotted frame in the figure indicates that the element is one and can be omitted, and the overlapping of the frames represents zero or more repetitions.

The document text 13003 is, as shown in 15001 in FIG. 15, a text 15002 representing the content of the document, a document indicator 15003 for a plurality of inline display information, and a link to a plurality of document texts or directory document texts. The document mark 15004 indicating the is stored.

[0116] The inline display information 13004 is data that is displayed by inserting it in the text when the document text is laid out and displayed, and can be document text, directory document text, or other various types of data. However, in the present invention, description will be given assuming that it is bitmap data.

As shown by 16001 in FIG. 16, the added value information 13005 includes a document marker 16002 to be added, a plurality of annotations 16003, and a link 16006. The annotation 16003 is a document to be added to an annotation. Document sign 16004 and its content 16005, which indicates the position in the text of
The link 16006 is composed of a document indicator 16007 indicating the position in the document text to which the link is added and a document indicator 16008 of another document at the link destination.

The address translation rule set 13006 is 17001 in FIG.
As shown in, it is composed of a plurality of address conversion rules 17002. The address conversion rule 17002 includes an address 17003 before conversion and a version designation 17004 and an address 17005 after conversion for each address in the document indicator 15003 of the inline display information in the document text, and the document indicator 15004 described as a link. Describe version specification 17006. The version designations 17004 and 17006 may be omitted. The collection of address conversion rules 13006 can be manually created, or can be automatically created upon publication of a document as described later.

The version memory 13007 is the document text 1
If the version designation is not described in the document indicator 15003 of the inline display information in 5001, it is created to supplement the version designation, and as shown in 18001 in FIG. 18, a plurality of document indicators 18002 of the inline display information are displayed. Remember.
The structure of the document mark will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 19, the document indicator 19001 is a hub address 19002, a character position in document 19003, a value-added information address 19005, an address conversion rule collection address 19007, a version description collection address 19009, and a storage source directory document indicator 19011. , A document analysis rule address 19012, a document layout rule address 19014, and a version designation 1900 of information indicated by the storage means address for each storage means address 19005, 19005, 19007, 19009, 19012, 19014.
4, 19006, 19008, 19010, 19013, 19015, a deletion flag 19016, and a latest information request flag 19017.

Here, as the hub address 19002, the document text address, the directory document text address, and the inline display information address can be the hub address 19002 in the description of the present invention. The in-document character position 19003 is used to indicate a specific position inside the document, and a range may be designated, and is used in the description of the link destination and the added value information. The value-added information address 19005 is the hub address 19002.
Indicates the value-added information 16001 for the information indicated by, the address conversion rule collection address 19007 indicates the address conversion rule collection 17001 for the information indicated by the hub address 19002, and the version description collection address 19009 is described in the information indicated by the hub address 19002. A version description collection 18001 for inline display information is shown. Document parsing rule address 19012,
The document layout rule address 19014 is the hub address 190.
When the information indicated by 02 is SGML format text, the DTD and DSSSL for parsing the text are shown.

The storage source directory document indicator 19011 indicates the directory document text 14001 in which the document indicator 19001 was stored. This is used to control the search range in the directory document text for the document indicator corresponding to the linked document of the document being displayed, and the destination to publish the document. The storage source directory document text address is not stored in the document markers stored in the stored document text 15001 and the directory document text 14001, and is omitted. It is set when the display data is created by the directory document analysis means 2005, when the link is followed from the anchor by the document display means 2001, and when the directory document search means 3009 searches.

The deletion flag 19016 indicates that when the anchor is displayed, when the document flag 19001 corresponding to the anchor has the deletion flag 19016, the anchor is not displayed as deleted.

If the latest information request flag 19017 is present, each address 19002 of the document marker 19001,
19005, 19007, 19009, 19013, 19015, and Document Marker 1
When the information indicated by 9011 is acquired, the document relay devices 1003, 10
Document disclosure device, not the information stored in 07, 1008
Indicates that information on 1004, 1005, 1009, 1010 is to be acquired.

In the document indicator 19001, the hub address 1
Items other than 9002 can be omitted. Hub address 19002
The document indicator in which the items other than is omitted has the same description as the conventional storage unit address. As a result, the description of the document indicator maintains upward compatibility with the description of the storage unit address.

The document disclosure storage means 9004 is 20001 in FIG.
Multiple directory document text 2000, as shown in
2. Document text 20003, inline display information 20004, added value information 20005, address conversion rule collection 20006 are stored. These are indicated by the directory document text address, the document text address, the inline display information address, and the address translation rule collection address, like the personal storage means, and the structure of the information indicated by them is the same as that described for the personal storage means. Is the same. The document disclosure storage unit 9004 outputs the information indicated by these addresses and the version designation as necessary.

Since the version description collection of the public document is stored in the document relay device or the address translation rule collection, it is not necessary to store the version description collection in the document disclosure storage means.

The addresses of these pieces of information stored in the document disclosure storage means 9004 are collectively referred to as the document disclosure storage means addresses. Further, it has already been mentioned that the storage means address for document disclosure and the personal storage means address are collectively referred to as the storage means address.

The version storage means 8005 is shown in FIG.
As shown in 21001, a response 21005 that stores a response 12001 output by the document disclosure devices 1004, 1005, 1009, 1010 and other document relay units 1007, 1008 in response to the information transmission request 10001.
The storage means address of the information transmission request 10001 and the response 120
The version designation in the response header 12002 in 01 is stored as the storage means address 21003 and the version designation 21004 in the search key 21002, or the document reference creating means 100
1, 1002, 1006 output information registration request 11001, which stores the registration information body of the response 21005, the response body 21007, and the time at that time as the response header 21006, and the memory specified in the registration header 11003 of the information registration request 11001 The means address is stored as the storage means address 21003 in the search key 21002 and the time registration at that time as the version designation 21004.

When the storage means address and version designation are used as search keys when executing the search, the version storage storage means 8005 matches the storage means address 21003 of the stored search key 21002 with the version designation 21004. If there is information, the response 21005 indicated by the address and version designation is output. If the version designation for the search is omitted, there is information that the storage means address 21003 of the stored search key 21002 matches. In this case, the latest response 21005 among them is output as a successful search, and when “List” is specified in the version specification, information that matches the storage means address 21003 of the stored search key 21002 is displayed. In some cases, if the search was successful,
The response body 12003 is the list of version specification 21004 of the information whose storage means address 21003 matches, and the empty response header
Create a response with 12002, output the response, and if the search in each of the above cases is lost, the response header 12002
Is made empty and the response body 12003 is set as “failure”, and the response is output. That is, it is possible to separately store and output information having the same address but different version designations. This is due to the above-mentioned third method of conventional accumulation.

Now, the operation of each means will be described in detail.

Document reference creating devices 1001 and 1006 according to the present invention
In, each means operates as follows.

As shown in FIG. 22, FIG. 23, and FIG. 24, the document display means 2001 waits for an input from the user and an output from another means in step 22001, and if an end instruction is acquired, step 22002 is executed. When the display data and the display data document marker output by the document analysis unit are acquired through the processing of step 22003, the display data is displayed to the user through step 22003 and step 22004.

When the user inputs a document text address or a directory document text address, the addresses entered in step 23002 through step 23001 are used as hub addresses, and in step 23003, a document indicator including only the hub address. Is the link destination document indicator, and if the user has instructed to update the display, the document indicator of the document being displayed in step 23005 through step 23004 is used as the link destination document indicator, and the user in the displayed document is displayed. If an anchor is selected in step 23006, the document indicator corresponding to the anchor is selected as the link destination document indicator in step 23007 and the display data document indicator storage source directory document text address and its version designation are linked in step 23008. Source directory of document indicator Document text address and its bar John is specified,
In step 23009, the link destination document indicator in each of the above cases is output to the directory document display means.

Further, when the document display means receives an instruction from the user to save the document being displayed, the display data document indicator of the document being displayed is used as the save document indicator in step 24002 through step 24001. In step 24003, the latest information request flag of the storage document indicator is set or deleted according to the specification by the user, and in step 24004 the storage document indicator is displayed by displaying a list of directory document texts in the personal storage means and the user To be stored in the directory document text selected by the user. At this time, the directory document text of the personal storage means indicated by the storage source directory document text address of the storage document indicator is presented to the user as the first candidate for the storage destination. In step 24005, the storage source directory document text address of the storage document indicator stored in step 24004 is deleted.

If the document display means receives a user's instruction to open the currently displayed document, step 24
After 006, in step 24007 the document indicator of the document being displayed is used as the publication document indicator, and in step 24008 the publication document indicator is output to the document disclosure copying means.

The directory document display means 2004 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 26, 27, 28, and 29, step 25001
Wait for input from the user and output from other means,
When the end instruction is acquired, the processing is ended by obtaining Step 25002, and when the display data document indicator is acquired together with the display data output by the directory document analysis means, Step 25 is performed.
After 003, the display data is displayed in step 25004.
At this time, the anchor of the document indicator with the deletion flag set is not displayed.

When the document display means outputs the link destination document indicator, the directory document display means obtains the link destination document indicator at step 26002 through step 26001, and also obtains the document text address or the document text address from the user. When the directory document text address is entered, the entered address is used as the hub address in step 26004 through step 26003, the document indicator consisting of only the hub address is used as the link destination document indicator in step 26005, and When the user gives an instruction to update the directory document, the procedure goes to step 2606 and then step 2
If the display data document indicator of the directory document is set as the link destination document indicator in 6007 and the user selects the anchor in the displayed directory document text, step 2600
After step 8, the document indicator corresponding to the anchor is used as the link destination document indicator in step 26009, the link destination document indicator in each case is output to the directory document search means in step 26010, and the directory document search means outputs in step 27001. If the user designates to request the latest information by outputting the link destination document indicator to the directory document anchor display changing means in step 27002 and acquiring the document indicator as a new link destination document indicator, After 27003, the latest information request flag is set in the linked document indicator in step 27004, the hub address version specification and version description address of the linked document indicator are deleted in step 27005, and the linked document indicator is set in step 27006. It is output to the document analysis means as a document acquisition document indicator.

When the directory document display means receives an instruction from the user to save the directory document text being displayed, the display data document corresponding to the directory document text being displayed is processed in step 28002 through step 28001. In step 28003, delete the storage source directory document sign of the saving document sign using the sign as the saving document sign, and set or delete the latest information request flag of the saving document sign according to the user's specification in step 28004. In step 28005, the storage document indicator is stored in any directory document text in the personal storage means. Further, the directory document display means, when the directory document text being displayed is on the document disclosure device and accepts a designation to personalize it,
In step 28007 after step 28006, the directory document text itself is stored in any directory document text of the personal storage means, and at this time, in step 28008, the display data document indicator of the directory document text being displayed is set as the shared directory document indicator. It is stored in the directory document text of the personal storage means.

If the directory document display means receives a disclosure instruction from the user regarding the anchor in the directory document text being displayed, step 2
In step 29002 after 9001, the document marker corresponding to the anchor is set as a public document marker in step 29003.
Outputs the document mark for publication to the document publication copying means.

Further, when the directory document display means receives a disclosure instruction from the user regarding the directory document text being displayed, the document indicator corresponding to each anchor included in the directory document text is passed through step 29004 and step 29005. As a public document sign,
In step 29006, those public document indicators are output to the document public copying means.

The directory document search means 3001 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 31, in step 30001, the document indicator is acquired as a search key document indicator from the calling source means, and if the search key document indicator has a storage source directory document indicator, it is passed through step 30002 and then in step 30003. The directory document text and the search key document indicator indicated by the storage source directory document indicator are output to the document indicator search means, and the search result document indicator output by the document indicator search means is acquired in step 30004, and the hub of the search result document indicator is acquired. If the address is not empty, in step 30006, the storage source directory document indicator of the search key document indicator is set as the storage source directory document indicator of the search result document indicator in step 30006, and
In step 30007, each flag of the search key document indicator is reflected in the search result document indicator, and in step 30008, the search result document indicator is output to the calling source means, and the process ends.
If the hub address of the search result document indicator is empty in 005, and if the search source document indicator does not exist in the search key document indicator in step 30002, step 31001.
From the loop from step 31008, for each directory document text in the personal storage means, the document indicator having the directory document text address as the hub address is used as the search destination directory document indicator in step 31002, and the search destination directory document indicator is used in step 31003. The directory document text and the search key document indicator indicated by are output to the document indicator search means, the search result document indicator output by the document indicator search means is acquired in step 31004, and the hub address of the search result document indicator is acquired in step 31005. If it is empty, the process is repeated from the above step 31001 with the storage means address of another directory document text in the personal storage means as the search destination directory document text address, and the hub address of the search result document indicator is empty in step 31005. If not, in step 31006 the search destination data The directory document indicator is used as the storage source directory document indicator of the search result document indicator, and each flag of the search key document indicator is reflected in the search result document indicator in step 31007, and step 3100
In step 8, the search result document indicator is output to the calling source means, the processing is terminated, and after the above processing is performed for all directory document texts in the personal storage means, in step 31009, an empty search key document indicator storage source directory It is created as a document marker, and in step 31010, the search key document marker is output as a search result document marker to the calling source means, and the process ends.

In the directory document search means, it is assumed that the directory document text indicated by the search destination directory document indicator is acquired through the document reference information acquisition means by creating an information transmission request with the search destination directory document indicator.

As shown in FIG. 32, the document mark search means 3002 acquires the directory document text and the search key document mark output by the calling source means in step 32001, and first, in step 32002, matches the empty match document mark. As a list, in the loop from step 32003 to step 32007, each of the document indicators included in the directory document text is used as the search target document indicator, and if there is an uncompared document indicator in step 32003, it is not compared in step 32004. In step 32005, the document marker comparison means compares the search object document marker with the search key document marker using the document marker as the search object document marker. If they match, step 32006 is followed by step 32006.
In 2007, if the search target document marker is added to the matching document marker list and there is no uncompared document marker in step 32003,
If the matching document indicator list is not empty in step 32008, if there is only one document indicator in the matching document indicator list in step 32009, it is used as the search result document indicator, and if there are multiple document indicators, the user To that effect, select one and use it as the search result document indicator, and then
If the matching document indicator list in 32008 is empty, a document indicator with an empty hub address is created as a search result document indicator in step 32010, and the search result document indicator created in each of the above cases in step 32011 is called. And output to the means.

As shown in FIG. 33, the document marker comparing means 3003 obtains the search target document marker and the search key document marker outputted by the calling source means in step 33001, and then the step 3300
If the search target document indicator has a deletion flag in step 2, it is assumed that the comparison fails in step 33006, and step 3
At 3003, each storage means address other than the storage source directory document text address of both document indicators is compared with the corresponding storage means address, and at this time, if those storage means addresses are omitted in the search key, they match. If they match, the version designations are compared in step 33004. At this time, if the version designations of those storage means addresses are omitted in the search key, it is determined that they match, and this comparison results in a match. In the case of step 33005, it is determined that the search target document marker and the search key document marker match, and in other cases it is determined that they do not match in step 33006, and the result is output to the calling source means in step 33007.

Directory document anchor display changing means 20
34, as shown in FIG. 34, in step 34001, the document indicator is acquired and used as the display change document indicator. In step 34002, if the storage source directory document indicator of the display change document indicator is empty, the process ends. If it is not empty in 34002 and the directory document text indicated by it is not being displayed in step 34003, in step 34004 the storage source directory document indicator is output to the document analysis means as the document acquisition document indicator, and the step is performed. In 34005, the display data and the display data document indicator output by the directory document analysis means are output to the directory document display means and displayed, and in step 34006, the display of the anchor corresponding to the display change document indicator is displayed in the directory document text being displayed. Change the method.

The document analyzing means 2002 is shown in FIG. 35, FIG. 36, FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 38 and 39, in step 35001 the document acquisition document indicator output by the directory document display means is acquired, in step 35002 the document acquisition document indicator is output to the document acquisition means, and in step 35003. A document acquisition document indicator output by the document acquisition unit by acquiring the response body output by the document acquisition unit, the document acquisition document indicator, the version description collection, the address translation rule collection, and the inline display information document indicator list. Is newly set as the document acquisition document indicator, and if the response body is the directory document text in step 35004, the directory document text and the document acquisition document indicator are output to the directory document analysis means in step 35005, and the processing ends. In step 35004, if the response body is document text, inline display information in the loop from step 36001 to step 36003 For each of the document indicators in the document indicator list, in step 36002, the document indicator, the document indicator for document acquisition, and the version description collection are output to the inline display information acquisition means, and in step 36003, the inline display information and version description collection are acquired. Then, in step 37001, the document acquisition document indicator and all the hub addresses in the inline display information document indicator list are storage means addresses for document disclosure, and the version designation is described in the version description collection If the version description address of the acquisition document indicator is the personal storage means, the document acquisition document indicator and the version description collection are output to the version description collection registration means in step 37002, and the registration destination version description address is output in step 37003. And its version specification are acquired, and in step 37004, the registration destination version description address and its Is newly designated as the version description address of the document indicator for document acquisition and its version designation, and in step 38001, based on the document text and each inline display information, the document indicator representing the link in the document text is displayed in the display data. Display data is created by associating each anchor with the document marker as an anchor, and at this time, if necessary, based on the document analysis rule address or the document layout rule address of the document acquisition document marker, the document analysis rule or the document Get the layout rules,
For each document indicator associated with each anchor in the loop from step 38002 to step 38005, in step 38003 the document indicator, the collection of address conversion rules, and the version description collection are output to the address absolute means, and in step 38004, the address absolute document is output. The sign is acquired, and in step 38005 the address absoluteization document sign is replaced with the document sign associated with the anchor. In step 39001, the document acquisition document sign is output to the value-added information acquisition means, and in step 39002 it is added. The value-added information and the value-added information version-specified document indicator are acquired from the value-information acquisition means, and the value-added information version-specified document indicator is newly used as a document acquisition document indicator in step 39003. While creating the display data, at this time, the link destination document indicator in the value-added information and the anchor in the display data Correspondingly, for each document indicator associated with each anchor, the document indicator, the address conversion rule collection, and the version description collection are output to the address absolute means to obtain the address absolute document indicator, and the address absolute document is acquired. The sign is replaced with the document sign associated with the anchor, the display data of the added value information is added to the display data previously created in step 39005, the display data is output to the document display means in step 39006, and in step 39007. At the same time, the document acquisition document indicator is output to the document display means as a display data document indicator.

The document acquisition means 2003 is shown in FIG. 40, FIG. 41, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 43 and FIG. 44, in step 40001, the document acquisition document indicator output by the calling source is acquired, and in step 40002 the document acquisition document indicator is output to the address translation rule collection acquisition means. If the address conversion rule set is acquired in 40003, and there is no version description collection address in the document acquisition document indicator in step 40004, and the hub address of the document acquisition document indicator has a version specified, empty in step 41001. A version description collection, and an empty version description collection address. In step 41002, an information transmission request is created from the hub address of the document acquisition document indicator, its version designation, and the latest information request flag of the document acquisition document indicator. In step 41003, the information transmission request is output to the document reference information acquisition means, and in step 41004, the response is acquired. In step 41006, for the document indicator of each inline display information in the document text or the directory document text which is the response body in the response, the document indicator, the address conversion rule collection, and the version description collection are output to the address absolute means. And get the address absoluteization document sign, step
In step 41008, the address absoluteization document indicators are added to the list of address absoluteization document indicators, and in step 41008, the list of the address absoluteization document indicators is used as the inline display information document indicator list, and in step 41009, the inline display information document indicator list is added. If the hub addresses of all the document indicators have version specifications, in step 41010 the document indicator for document acquisition, the response body, the version description collection, the address translation rule collection, and the inline display information document indicator list are used as the means of the caller. If there is a document indicator for which the hub address version is not specified in the inline display information document indicator list in step 41009, step 4200
In step 1, the document indicator for document acquisition is output to the version description collection obtaining means in step 1, and in step 42002 the version description collection, version description collection address and its version designation are acquired, and in step 42003 the version description collection address and version designation are created. The version description collection address of the document acquisition document indicator and its version are designated, and in step 42004, the document acquisition document indicator, the response body, the version description collection, the address translation rule collection, and the inline display information document indicator list are called. Output to means and exit, step 4000
If there is a version description collection address in the document acquisition document indicator in 4 or if there is no version specified in the hub address of the document acquisition document indicator, in step 43001 the document acquisition document indicator is sent to the version description collection acquisition means. Output and acquire the version description book, version description book address and its version specification in step 43002, and then
In 43003, an information transmission request is created from the hub address of the document indicator for document acquisition, its version designation, and its latest information request flag, and in step 43004 the information transmission request is output to the document reference information acquisition means, and in step 43005. If the response is obtained and the version of the hub address of the document indicator for document acquisition is not specified in step 44001, the version designation in the response header is set as the version of the hub address of the document indicator for document acquisition in step 44002, and step 44003
From step 44005 to step 44 for each inline display information document indicator in the response body document text or directory document text in the response.
At 004, the document indicator of the inline display information, the address conversion rule collection and the version description collection are output to the address absolute means, the address absolute document indicator is acquired at step 44005, and these address absolute document indicators are acquired at step 44006. The list is used as the inline display information document indicator list, and in step 44007, the document acquisition document indicator, the response body, the version description collection, the address translation rule collection, and the inline display information document indicator list are output to the calling source means and the processing ends. To do.

The version description collection obtaining means 7001 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 46, 47, and 48, in step 45001, the document acquisition document indicator is acquired from the calling source means, and in step 45002, if the document acquisition document indicator has the latest information request flag, In 45003, the version description collection output by the new version description collection creating means, its version description collection address, and its version designation are acquired, and in step 45004, the version description collection, version description collection address, and version designation are sent to the calling source means. When the output is completed and there is no version description collection address in the document acquisition document indicator in step 45005, and the hub address of the document acquisition document indicator is a personal storage means address, a blank version description is entered in step 45006. List, the empty as the version description address, and the empty as the version specification. The version description address and the version specification are output to the calling source, and the process ends. In step 46001, the document acquisition document indicator has no version description address and the document acquisition document indicator hub address is for personal use. If it is not the storage means address, the document indicator for document acquisition is output to the version description collection address creating means in step 46002, the version description collection address is acquired in step 46003, and the version description collection address and the "list" are acquired in step 46004. , And the latest information request flag of the document acquisition document indicator, and in step 46005, the information transmission request is output to the document reference information acquisition means and step 46
In 006, the response is obtained, and in step 46007, the response body of the response is used as a list of version description addresses and its version specification. If the list is empty in step 47001, the new version description collection means is activated in step 47002. Then, the version description collection, the version description collection address and the version designation output by the new version description collection creating means are acquired, and the version description collection, the version description collection address, and the version designation acquired in step 47003 are acquired by the caller. Output to the means and exit, step
If there is only one version description book address and its version designation in the list in 47004, they are designated as the document description version description book address and its version designation in step 47004, and multiple version description book addresses are listed in step 47005. And its version are specified, in step 47006, the user can select one version description book address and version specification from the list of version description book addresses and version specifications, or the latest version description book address can be selected. Automatically in step 47007, the selected version description book address and its version designation are used as the document acquisition version description book address and its version designation in step 47007, and the version is added to the document indicator in the document sending request in step 45005. If there is a description address , Step 48001
, The version description collection address and its version designation are used as the document acquisition version description collection address and its version designation, and the document acquisition version description collection address and its version designation and document acquisition document indicator created in each of the above-mentioned cases in step 48002. An information transmission request for acquiring the version description collection is created from the latest information request flag of, the information transmission request for acquiring the version description collection is output to the document reference information acquisition means in step 48003, and the response is acquired in step 48004. Then, in step 48005, the response body of the response is used as a version description collection, the version description collection obtained in step 48006, the version description collection address for document acquisition, and the version specification of the response header are output to the calling source means, and the processing ends. .

The new version description collection creating means 7002 is
Personal storage means 2015 at step 49001, as shown at 49
Create a version rule set whose content is empty in the personal storage means does not perform version control.
In step 2, the version designation is emptied, and in step 49003 the version rule set, the version rule set address, and the version designation are output to the storage means of the calling source.

Version description collection address creating means 7003
As shown in FIG. 50, in step 50001, the document indicator output by the calling source is acquired, in step 50002 the hub address of the document indicator and its version designation are combined, and the extension indicating the version description collection address is added. Are combined into a version description book address, and in step 50003 the version description book address is output to the calling source means, and the processing is terminated.

The version description collection registration means 6005 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 52, in step 51001, the document indicator and the version description collection output by the calling source are acquired, and in step 51002, if the version description collection is empty, the empty version is registered in step 51003. If the version description is not empty, the document address is output to the calling source means in step 51004, and the destination version description collection address and version specification are output to the calling source. The hub address of the indicator is output to the version description collection address creating means, the registration destination version description address is acquired in step 52002, and the document relay information registration means of the document relay device is used as the information registration means address in step 52003. In step 52004, the description address is used as the registration header and the version description is used as the registration information body. Create a registration request, output the information registration request to the document reference communication processing means in step 52005, acquire the response of the document reference communication processing means in step 52006, and register the response body of the response in step 52007. As the version description address,
The version designation of the response header is used as the registration destination version designation, and in step 52008 the registration destination version description address and the registration destination version designation are output to the calling source means.

The address translation rule set acquisition means 4001 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 54, FIG. 55, and FIG. 56, in step 53001, the document acquisition document indicator output by the calling means is acquired, and in step 53002, the address conversion rule collection address is added to the document acquisition document indicator. If there is not, and the hub address of the document acquisition document indicator is the personal storage means address,
In step 53003, the empty is used as the address translation rule set, in step 53004 the address translation rule set is output to the calling source, and the process ends, and in step 54001, the document acquisition document indicator has no address translation rule set address and the document If the hub address of the acquisition document indicator is not the personal storage means address, in step 54002 the document acquisition document indicator is output to the address conversion rule collection address creating means and step 5400 is executed.
Obtain the address translation rule collection address in 3 and step 5
In 4004, an information transmission request is created from the address conversion rule collection address, the version designation of the "list", and the latest information request flag of the document acquisition document marker, and step 54005
In step 54006, the information transmission request is output to the document reference information acquisition means, the response is acquired, and in step 54007, the response body of the response is a list of address conversion rule collection addresses and their version specifications. If it is empty, in step 55002 the empty is taken as the address translation rule set, in step 55003 the address translation rule set is output to the calling means, and the process ends, and in step 55004 the address translation rule set address is set as the only address translation rule set address. If the version is specified, in step 55005 they are designated as the address conversion rule collection address for document acquisition and its version specification, and in step 55004, if there are a plurality of address conversion rule collection addresses and its version specification,
In step 55006, the user is allowed to select one address translation rulebook address and version designation from the address translation rulebook address and version designation list, or the latest address translation rulebook address is automatically selected. If the selected address translation rulebook address and its version designation are used as the document acquisition address translation rulebook address and its version designation in step 55007, and the document acquisition document indicator has the address translation rulebook address in step 54001. In step 56001, the address conversion rulebook address and its version designation are used as the document acquisition address translation rulebook address and its version designation, and in step 56002 the document acquisition address translation rulebook address and its version created in each of the above cases. Latest information on designation and document sign for document acquisition An information transmission request for address translation rule collection acquisition is created from the request flag, the information transmission request is output to the document reference information acquisition means in step 56003, and the document reference information acquisition means outputs in step 56004. Obtain the response, and in step 56005, use the information response in the response as a set of address translation rules in step 56.
In 006, the address translation rule set is output to the calling source means.

Address translation rule collection address creating means 4002
As shown in FIG. 57, in step 57001, the document indicator output by the calling source means is acquired, in step 57002, the hub address of the document indicator and its version designation are combined, and the address translation rule collection address is indicated. Combine the extensions and use this as the address translation rule set address, step 57
At 003, the address translation rule collection address is output to the calling source means, and the processing ends.

The inline display information acquisition means 2006 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, in step 58001, the inline display information document indicator, the document acquisition document indicator, and the version description collection output by the calling means are acquired, and in step 58002, the hub address of the inline display information document indicator and its version designation are acquired. An information transmission request from the latest information request flag of the document acquisition document indicator, and outputs the information transmission request to the document reference generation information acquisition means in step 58003
If the response is acquired in 58004 and the version is not specified in the hub address of the inline display information document indicator in step 58005 and the version is specified in the response header of the acquired response, the version specified in the response header is specified in step 58006. Is specified as the hub address version of the inline display information document indicator, and in step 58007 the inline display information document indicator is added to the version description collection,
In step 58009, the response body of the response acquired in step 58008 is used as the inline display information, and the inline display information and the version description collection are output to the calling source means, and the processing ends.

As shown in FIG. 59, the added value information acquisition means 2007 acquires the document acquisition document indicator output by the calling means in step 59001, and in step 59002 the added value information of the document acquisition document indicator. An information transmission request is created from the address, its version designation, and the latest information request flag, the information transmission request is output to the document reference creation information acquisition means in step 59003, and a response is acquired in step 59004, and in step 59005. If no version is specified in the value-added information address of the document acquisition document indicator, in step 59006 the version specification in the response header of the response is used as the version description of the value-added information address of the document acquisition document indicator in step 59007. In step 59008, the response body in the acquired response is used as the value-added information, and the value-added information and the document acquisition document indicator are called by the calling means. Output to

As shown in FIG. 60, the address absolute means 5001 acquires a document indicator, an address conversion rule collection and a version description collection from the calling source means in step 60001, and in step 60002 the document indicator and version description collection. Is output to the version specification setting means, the document indicator with version specification is acquired in step 6003, the document indicator with version specification and the address conversion rule set are output to the address conversion means in step 60004, and the address is converted in step 60005. The document marker is acquired, and the document marker after the address conversion in step 60006 is used as the address absolute document marker in step 60007.
Outputs the address absoluteization document sign to the calling means.

As shown in FIG. 61, the version designation setting means 5003 acquires the document indicator and the version description collection from the calling source means in step 61001, uses the document indicator as the search key document indicator, and searches in step 61002. If there is a version specification in the hub address of the key document indicator, in step 61006 the document indicator is a document indicator with a version specification. In step 61002, if the hub address of the document indicator does not have a version specification, in step 61003 the version description collection is displayed. Search for a document indicator that matches the search key document indicator with the hub address from, and if the search is successful,
After 61004, in step 61005, the retrieved document indicator and the search key document indicator are integrated into a new search key document indicator, and in step 61006, the document indicator is a version-specified document indicator. 61004
From step 61006, the document indicator is changed to the version-specified document indicator, and in step 61007, the version-specified document indicator is output to the calling source means and the processing is terminated.

As shown in FIG. 62, the address converting means 5002 obtains the document indicator and the address translation rule set from the calling source means in step 62001, and in step 62002, addresses each storage means address in the document indicator. The address conversion rule in the conversion rule set is applied to perform conversion to create a post-address conversion document indicator, and in step 62003, the post-address conversion document indicator is output to the calling source means.

As shown in FIG. 63, the directory document analysis means 2005 acquires the directory document text and the document acquisition document indicator output by the document analysis means 2002 in step 63001, and converts them into the directory document text acquired in step 63002. If the shared directory document indicator is stored, the directory document text acquired in step 63003 is output to the virtual directory document sharing means, and as a result, the directory document text output by the virtual directory document sharing means is acquired in step 63004. Then, in step 63005, display data is created by correlating each anchor with the document marker as an anchor in the display data based on the directory document text, and in step 63006, the document marker for document acquisition is anchored. The storage source data of each document sign associated with The directory document display means outputs the display data document indicator and the display data to the directory document display means in step 63008.

The directory document editing means 2009 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 65 and FIG. 66, in step 64001, the user accepts an editing operation such as rearranging, inserting, or deleting each anchor by the user with respect to the directory document text displayed on the directory document display means 2004, and the user Step 64 if the edit operation was to save the directory document text
After 002, in step 64003, it is stored as an arbitrary directory document text in the personal storage means, and when the user's editing operation is deletion of the anchor of the directory document text, the process proceeds to step 65001 via step 64004. , Step 65 if the shared directory document indicator is not set for the directory document text to be edited
The conventional deletion processing is performed in 002, and if it is not set, the non-display flag is set in the document indicator of the anchor in step 65003 without actually deleting it.

If the user's editing operation is to insert a document marker, the process proceeds to step 66001 through step 64005, and the directory document text of the insertion destination is not stored in the document publishing device, that is, for personal use. If it is stored in the storage means, the conventional insertion processing is performed in step 66002, and if the directory document text of the insertion destination is stored in the document publication device, in step 66003 the document of the inserted document indicator is inserted. , The display data document indicator of the insertion destination directory document text is used as the storage source directory document indicator of the inserted document indicator, and the document indicator inserted in step 66004 is used as the publication document indicator. Output to the document disclosure copy means,
If the user's editing operation is another editing instruction,
Conventional editing processing for each editing operation is performed in step 64007 through step 64006, and if the user's editing operation is another editing instruction, step 64008 is completed.

The document publication copying means 2011 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 69, in step 67001, the list of public document indicators output by the calling means is acquired, and the step
In 67002, the storage source directory document indicator of the publication document indicator is used as the publication destination directory document indicator, each publication document indicator is output to the link document automatic acquisition unit in step 67003, and the link document automatic acquisition unit outputs it in step 67004. Get list of linked document indicators, step 6700
In step 5, directory document text is created from all linked document indicators and stored in the personal storage means as temporary publication selection directory document text.
Then, a document indicator having the temporary publication selection directory document text as the hub address is output to the link destination document selecting means, and the document indicator to be disclosed to the user is selected via the link destination document selecting means. The directory document text for temporary publication selection storing the output of the resultant link destination document selection means is acquired, and in step 67008, the document indicator in the directory document text for temporary publication selection and each publication document indicator are merged. Then, as a new publication document indicator, for each publication document indicator in the publication document indicator list in the loop from step 68001 to step 68003, in step 68002 each publication document indicator is output to the document registration means, In step 68003, the registration destination document indicator output by the document registration means is acquired, and in step 68004, the registration destination document indicator is registered for registration. Create a directory document text, step as registration information body for registration directory document text and registered header a public directory document labeled the public for information registration means of information disclosure device and the information registration means address in step 69001 69002
Creates an information registration request in step 69003, outputs the information registration request to the document reference creation communication processing means in step 69003, acquires the response of the document reference creation communication processing means in step 69004, and returns the response in step 69005. Set the response body in the above as the registered directory document text address, and
In step 69007, a document indicator is created with the registered directory document text address as the hub address in 69006.
Add to any directory document text in personal storage with.

The link document automatic acquisition means 2012 is shown in FIG. 70 and FIG.
As shown in 71, in step 70001, the publication document indicator output by the calling source is acquired, in step 70002, the publication document indicator is output to the document acquisition means, and in step 7000
In step 3, the document acquisition document indicator output by the document acquisition means, the response body, the version description collection, the address translation rule collection, and the inline display information document indicator list are acquired, and in step 70004 the response in the response is acquired. The main body is the document text, the empty is the list of linked document indicators in step 70005, and the link is executed in step 71001 for each document indicator representing the link in the document text that has not been subjected to the loop processing in steps 70006 to 71008. Of the unprocessed document indicator, the address conversion rule collection, and the version description collection are output to the address absolute means, the address absolute document indicator is acquired in step 71002, and the public document indicator storage source directory is displayed in step 71003. The document indicator is used as the storage source directory document indicator of the address absoluteization document indicator, and the address absoluteization document indicator is deleted in step 71004. The search result document indicator is output to the directory document search means, the search result document indicator is acquired in step 71005, and the storage source directory document indicator of the search result document indicator is not empty in step 71006, and the address is the personal storage means address. If, step 71
In 007, the search result document indicator is added to the list of link destination document indicators, and it is output to the directory document anchor display changing means in step 71008, and if the above processing is completed for all the document indicators representing links in the document text, step
At 70007, the list of linked document indicators is output to the calling source means, and the processing is terminated.

As shown in FIG. 72, the link destination document selecting means 2012 acquires the document indicator output by the calling source in step 72001, outputs it to the document analyzing means 2002 in step 72002, and the directory document analyzing means in step 72003. 2005,
By presenting the directory document text for temporary publication selection to the user via the directory document display means 2004, the user makes the directory document editing means 2009 delete the document indicator which is not desired to be published in step 72004, and the result is temporarily stored. Save to the text document directory for selective public selection and exit.

The document registration means 6001 has the same functions as shown in FIG. 73, FIG. 74, FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 76 and 77, in step 73001 the document indicator output by the calling source means is acquired as the document registration document indicator, and in step 73002 the hub address of the document registration document indicator is the personal storage means address. In step 73003, the document registration document indicator is output to the document acquisition means as the document acquisition document indicator in step 73003, and the document acquisition document indicator output by the document acquisition means in step 73004, and the response body,
Acquire the version description collection, the address conversion rule collection, and the inline display information document indicator list, and use the response body as the registration document text in step 73005, and use the address conversion rule collection output by the document acquisition means as the registration address conversion rule collection. Then, the version description collection output by the document acquisition means is used as the registration version description collection, and steps 74001 to 7
Step 40002 for each inline display information document indicator in the list of inline display information document indicators in the 4004 loop.
If the hub address of the inline display information document indicator is the personal storage means address in step 74003, the inline display information document indicator and the corresponding inline display information document indicator in the registration document text and the registration address are registered. The conversion rule collection and the registration version description collection are output to the inline display information registration means, and step 74004
At step 74002, the registration address conversion rule collection and the registration version description collection output by the inline display information registration means are acquired. If the hub address of the inline display information document indicator is not the personal storage means address in this case, If processing is not performed for all the inline display information document indicators in the inline display information document indicator list in the above loop, in step 75001 the hub address of the document registration document indicator and its version designation are specified. Output to the registration means, and in step 75002 the registration destination storage means address and version designation output by the information registration means are acquired, and in step 75003, a document indicator that designates them as a hub address and version designation is used as a registration destination document indicator. Create and version the registration destination document indicator and registration version description collection in step 75004 The information is output to the description book registration means and the registration destination version description book address and its version designation are acquired in step 75005, and the registration destination version description book address and its version designation are acquired in step 75006. If the hub address of the document registration document indicator is not the personal storage means address in step 73002, and the hub address of the document registration document indicator and its version specification are the hub address and its version specification in step 76001. Create a sign to make it a registered document sign,
In step 76002, an empty registration document text is used, and the address translation rule collection indicated by the document registration document indicator is used as a registration address translation rule collection. In step 76003, the version description collection address of the document registration document indicator is the personal storage means address. Otherwise, in step 76004, the version description collection address of the document registration document indicator and its version designation are used as the version description collection address of the registration destination document indicator and its version designation, and in step 76003 the version description collection address of the document registration document indicator If it is a personal storage means address, in step 76005, if the version description collection address of the document registration document indicator is a personal storage means address, the document registration document indicator and its version description collection address are indicated. Export the version description book to the version description book registration means. Force step 76006
The registration destination version description address and its version designation are acquired with, and the registration destination version description address and its version designation are used as the version description address of the registration destination document indicator and its version designation. In step 77001, the collection of registration address conversion rules, the registration document text, and the value added information indicated by the value added information address of the document registration document marker are output to the link destination document address conversion rule creating means, and in step 77002 the registration address. The translation rule collection is acquired, the registration destination document marker and the registration address translation rule collection are output to the address translation rule collection registration means in step 77003, and the registration destination address translation rule collection address and its version designation are acquired in step 77004. Register destination address conversion rule collection address and its version specification Convert Regulations address and version specified, step 7700 outputs the document labeled document registered in the value-added information registration unit in step 77005
In step 6, the document marker for document registration output by the value-added information registration means is acquired, and in step 77007, the registration destination document marker is output to the calling source means, and the process ends.

The inline display information registration means 6002 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 79, inline display information document indicator output by the calling source in step 78001, document indicator of inline display information in the corresponding document text, registration address conversion rule collection, and registration Version description collection, and outputs the hub address of the inline display information document indicator and its version designation to the information registration means in step 78002, and the registration destination storage means address and version output by the information registration means in step 78003. The designation is acquired, and in step 78004 the registration destination storage means address and its version designation are used as the registration destination inline display information address and its version designation, and in step 78005 the hub address of the document indicator of the inline display information in the document text and its version designation. Is the address before conversion and its version, and in step 78006 the registration destination The line display information address and its version designation are used as the post-translation address and its version designation, and in step 78007, the pre-translation address and its version designation, the post-translation address and its version designation, and the registration address translation rule collection are registered. It is output to the address translation rule adding means, a new collection of registration address translation rules is acquired in step 78008, and step 79
At 001, the inline display information document indicator, the registration destination inline display information address, its version designation, and the registration version description collection are output to the registration version description collection creating means, and at step 79002, a new registration version description collection is created. Then, in step 79003, the collection of address conversion rules for registration and the collection of version descriptions for registration are output to the calling source means, and the processing ends.

Link destination document address conversion rule creating means 60
As shown in FIG. 80 and FIG. 81, 07 acquires the document registration document indicator, the registration document text, the registration address conversion rule collection, and the added value information output by the calling source means in step 8001, and the step In the loop from 80002 to step 81008, for each document marker that represents a link in the registration document text and the linked document marker of the value-added information,
In the loop from 80003 to step 81008, for each address in the document indicator, in step 8004 each address is made a temporary registration address, and in step 81001, if the temporary registration address is a personal storage means address, in step 81002, the temporary registration address. Is output to the temporary registration means, the temporary registration destination storage means address is acquired in step 81003, the temporary registration address and its version designation are used as the pre-conversion address and its version designation in step 81004, and the registration destination inline display information address is designated in step 81005. And its version designation,
In step 81006, the empty address is used as a post-translation address and its version designation, and in step 81007, the pre-translation address and its version designation, the post-translation address and its version designation, and the registration address translation rule collection are added to the registration address translation rule adding means. If the temporary registration address is not the personal storage means address in step 81001, there is no processing for this case, and the above loop processing is performed. When is completed, in step 80005, the collection of address translation rules for registration is output to the calling source means, and the process is terminated.

The address conversion rule collection register 6010 is shown in FIG.
2. As shown in FIG. 83, in step 82001, the document indicator and the address translation rule set output by the calling source are acquired,
If the address translation rule set is empty in step 82002, the empty is set as the registration destination address translation rule set address in step 82003, the empty is designated as the version, and step 82004 is set.
At step 82002, if the registered address translation rule set address and the version designation are output to the calling source means and the process ends, and if the address translation rule set is not empty, step 83001.
In step 83002, the hub address of the document indicator is output to the address conversion rule collection address creating means, the registration destination version description collection address is acquired in step 83002, and in step 83003 the document relay information registration means of the document relay device is used as the information registration means address. Registration destination address translation rulebook Address is the registration header and address translation rulebook is the registration information body
83004 creates an information registration request, outputs the information registration request to the document reference communication processing means in step 83005, and
In 83006, the response from the document reference communication processing means is acquired, in step 83007, the response body of the response is the registration destination address conversion rule collection address, the version specification of the response header is the registration destination version specification, and the registration destination address is step 83008. The conversion rule collection address and the registration destination version designation are output to the calling means.

As shown in FIG. 84, the added value information registration means 6009 obtains the document indicator of the output of the calling source in step 84001, and in step 84002, the value added information address of the document indicator and its version designation are informed. The storage means address output to the registration means, and the storage means address output by the information registration means and its version designation in step 84003 are used as the value-added information address of the document marker and its version designation, and step 8400
In step 4, output the document sign to the calling means and complete.

The registration address conversion rule creating means 6004
In step 85001, the pre-translation address, its version designation, post-translation storage means address, its version designation, and registration address translation rule collection output by the calling source means are acquired, and the pre-translation address and its version obtained in step 85002 are acquired. Create an address translation rule by designating and translating the address and its version, and if the address translation rule is not the identity translation rule in step 85003,
In 85004, in the address translation rules in the registration address translation rule set, delete the address translation rule whose pre-translation address and its version specification match, add the address translation rule created in step 85005, and add it in step 85006. The collection of address translation rules for registration is output to the calling means.

The registration version description collection creating means 6003
In step 86001, the inline display information document indicator output by the calling source, the registration destination inline display information address and its version designation, and the version description collection for registration are acquired, and the inline display information document indicator acquired in step 86002 is acquired. Regarding the document indicator in the corresponding registration version description book, the registration destination inline display information address and its version designation are the hub address of the document indicator in the registration version description book and its version designation,
In step 86003, the registration version description collection is output to the calling source means.

The information registration means 6006 acquires the storage means address output by the calling source means in step 87001 as the registration source storage means address and at the same time acquires the version designation, and in step 87002 the registration source storage means address is an individual. If it is not the storage means address for the storage, the storage means address and the version designation are output to the calling means in step 87003, and the processing is terminated. If the registration source storage means address is the personal storage means address in step 87002, the step is executed. In 87004, an information transmission request is created with the registration source storage means address and its version specification, in step 87005 the information transmission request is output to the document reference information acquisition means, and in step 87006 the response output by the information acquisition means is sent. After obtaining it, in step 87007, the response body in the response is used as registration information, and in step 87008, it is used for disclosure of the information disclosure device. An information registration request is created from the address of the information means, the registration source storage means address, and the registration information, the information registration request is output to the document reference creation communication processing means in step 87009, and the statement reference creation is performed in the statement step 87010. The response output by the communication processing means is obtained, and in step 87011 the response body in the response is used as the registration destination storage means address, and in step 87012 the registration destination storage means address and the version specification in the response header in the response are specified. Is output to the calling means, and the processing ends.

The temporary registration means 6008 acquires the storage means address output from the calling source means in step 88001 as the registration source storage means address, and if the registration source storage means address is not the personal storage means address in step 88002,
In step 88003, the storage means address is output to the calling source means, and the processing is terminated. In step 88002, if the registration source storage means address is the personal storage means address, empty is set as the registration information in step 88004, and in step 88005. An information registration request is created from the address of the information disclosure device of the information disclosure device, the registration source storage device address, and the registration information. In step 88006, the information registration request is output to the document reference creation communication processing device, and in step 88007. In step 88008, the response body output from the document reference creating communication processing means is acquired, and in step 88008, the response body is used as the registration destination storage means address, and in step 88009 the registration destination storage means address is output to the calling source means. And finish.

The virtual directory document sharing means 2008 acquires the directory document text as personalized directory document text from the directory document analyzing means in step 89001, and the shared directory stored in the personalized directory document text in step 89002. The document indicator is used as the document indicator for document acquisition, the version designation of the document indicator for document acquisition is deleted in step 89003, and step 89
The latest information request flag is set in 004, the document acquisition document indicator is output to the document acquisition unit in step 89005, and the response body output by the document acquisition unit in step 89006, the document acquisition document indicator, and the version description. Collection, address translation rule collection, and inline display information document indicator list are acquired, the response body is set as the shared directory document text in step 89007, and the document indicator in the shared directory document text is not in the personalized directory document text in step 89008. Is added to the personalized directory document text, and in step 89009 the personalized directory document text is output to the directory document analysis means.

The document reference information acquisition means 2014
When the information transmission request output by the calling source is acquired in 90001 and the storage means address in the information transmission request is the personal storage means address in step 90002, the information indicated by the storage means address is used as the response body in step 90003. Create a response with an empty response header, output the response to the calling source means in step 90004, and terminate. If the storage means address in the information transmission request is not the personal storage means address in step 90002, step 9005 In step 90, the information transmission request is output to the document reference creating communication processing means.
The response is acquired in 006, the response is output to the calling source means in step 90007, and the processing is terminated.

The document reference creation communication processing means 2016 acquires the output of the calling source means in step 91001 and acquires the output in step 910.
If the output of the calling source means is an information transmission request in 02, in step 91003 an information transmission request is sent to the document disclosure apparatus or the document relay apparatus via the communication path in accordance with the storage means address in the information transmission request. If the output is output, the response output by those devices is acquired in step 91004, the response is output to the calling source means in step 91005, and the output of the calling source means is an information registration request in step 91006. ,
In step 91007, the information registration request is output to the document disclosure device or the document relay device via the communication path according to the registration destination device address in the information registration request, and in step 91008, the response output by those devices is acquired. In step 91009, the response is output to the calling means.

The operation of each means in the document relay device is as follows.

The document relay communication processing means 8001
When the document reference creation device and the other document relay device acquire the information transmission request to be output to the document relay device via the communication path in 92001, the information transmission request is transmitted in step 92002 to the document relay information transmission means. Output to step 9200
In 3 get the response output by the document relay information sending means,
In step 92004, the response is output to the device that is the output source of the information transmission request through the communication path, and in step 92005, when the information transmission request output by the document relay information acquisition unit is acquired, the information transmission request is output in step 92006. The information transmission request is output to the document disclosure device or the document relay device via the communication path according to the storage means address in the device, the responses output by those devices are acquired in step 92007, and the response is documented in step 92008. Output to relay information acquisition means, and then step
In 92009, when the document reference creation device and another document relay device acquire an information registration request to be output to this document relay device via the communication path, in step 93001, the information registration means address in the information registration request is In the case of indicating the document relay information registration means of its own device, an information registration request is output to the document relay information registration means in step 93002, and step 93003 is executed.
Then, in step 93004, the response is output to the device that is the output source of the information registration request via the communication path, and in step 93001, the destination indicated by the information registration means address is the document relay information registration means of the own device. If not, step 93005
Then, the information registration request is output to the document disclosure device or the document relay device via the communication path according to the information registration means address,
In step 93006, the responses output by those devices are acquired, and in step 93007, the responses are output to the device that is the output source of the information registration request via the communication path.

Document relay information sending means 8002
In 94001, the information transmission request output by the document relay communication processing means is acquired, and in step 94002, when the latest information request flag is included in the information transmission request, the information transmission request is transmitted in step 94003. If the latest information request flag is not included in the information sending request in step 94002, the response is output by the document relay information acquiring means in step 94004. If the search is successful, the version storage means is searched, and if the search is successful, a response is obtained from the version storage means in step 94006 and step 94007. If the search fails, the step is executed.
In 94008, the information transmission request is output to the document relay information acquisition means, in step 94009 the response output by the document relay information acquisition means is acquired, and in step 94010, the response acquired in each of the above cases is the document relay communication processing. Output to the means.

Document relay information acquisition means 8003
In 95001, the information sending request output by the calling source means is acquired, in step 95002, the information sending request is output to the document relay device communication processing means, and in step 95003, the response output by the document relay device communication processing means is sent. Get and Step 95
In 004, the response is stored in the version storing storage means using the storage means address in the information transmission request and the version designation of the response header as a search key, and the response acquired in step 95005 is output to the document relay information transmission means. .

Document relay information registration means 8004
In 96001, the information registration request output by the calling source means is acquired, in step 96002 the registration header in the information registration request is used as the search key storage means address, in step 96003 the registration information is used as the version description for registration, and in step 96004
The search key storage means address is used as the search key and the version designation is searched as "list" to search the version storage storage means. If the search is successful, in step 97001, in the response of the version storage storage means The response body of is acquired as a list of version specifications, and for each version specification of the list, in the loop from step 97003 to step 97008, the search key storage means is searched in step 97004 using the address and version specification as search keys in the version storage storage means. Then, in step 97005, the body of the response of the storage means for version storage is acquired as a version description collection, and in step 97006 the contents of the version description collection and the version description collection for registration are compared, and if they match, step 97007. The search key storage means address is used as the response body, and the version Create a response with the response header as the response header, and output the response to the step of calling the sentence in step 97008, and when all the above searches or comparisons have failed, the current time is registered in the version for registration in step 98001. As a designation, in step 98002, the registration version description collection is stored in the version storage storage means using the search key storage means address and the registration version designation as the search key, and in step 98003, the search key storage means address is used as the response body and registration is performed. A response is created with the response version specification as the response header, and in step 98004, the response is output to the means that called the sentence and the processing ends.

The operation of each means in the document disclosure device is as follows.

The document disclosure communication processing means 9001 sends an information transmission request in step 99002 through step 99001 when each device acquires an information transmission request to be output to the document disclosure device via the communication path. It is output to the document disclosure information transmitting means, the response output by the document disclosure information transmitting means is acquired in step 99003, and the response is output to the device which is the output source of the information transmission request through the communication path in step 99004. When each device acquires an information registration request to be output to this document disclosure device via the communication path, the information registration request is output to the document disclosure information registration means in step 99900 through step 9900. Then, in step 99007, the response output by the document disclosure information registration means is acquired, and in step 9900
At 8, the response is output to the device that is the output source of the information registration request via the communication path, and the process ends.

Document disclosure information sending means 9002
In step 100001, the information sending request output by the calling means is acquired, in step 100002, the information indicated by the address of the storage means of the information sending request is acquired from the document disclosure storage means, and in step 100003, the version of the information is designated. A response is created using the response header as the information and the response body as the response body, and the response is output to the calling means in step 100004.

The document disclosure information registration means uses step 1010.
In 01, the information registration request output from the calling source means is acquired, in step 101002, the response header in the information registration request is used as the registration source storage means address, and in step 101003, a certain conversion rule is applied to the registration source storage means address. Then, the public storage means address is converted and the result is used as the registration destination storage means address. If the registered information body in the information registration request is empty in step 101004, the empty is designated as the version in step 101005 and the step 101004 is executed. If the registration information body in the information registration request is not empty in step 101006, the information in the information registration request is stored in the location of the public storage means indicated by the registration destination storage means address in step 101006, and the information stored in step 101007 is stored. The registration time in the registration destination storage means is designated as the version, and in each of the above cases, the version designation is made as the response header in step 101008. It creates a response to response body of 憶 means addresses, and outputs the response to the calling unit in step 101009.

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As described above, the present invention provides means for allowing a user to specify a combination of a document and value-added information to be referred to by a single operation without being aware of the address of the document and the address of the value-added information. Value-added information for
It is possible to easily select the publicized value-added information. Further, even when it is necessary to specify the combination of the document itself and the document analysis rule or the document layout rule as in the SGML document, it is possible to easily specify the combination.

Further, when a user can easily take out the value-added information already added to the document at the same time when the link is followed, further, when different value-added information exists in the same document, , If there are multiple candidates for the linked document, by prioritizing the value-added information whose address is described in the sign of the document stored in the same directory document as the sign of the original document of the link, The user can control the selection of the value-added information by editing the directory document. Also, when saving the address of the document at the link destination, by presenting the directory document in which the sign of the document at the link source is stored as the first candidate for the save destination, it is possible to assist in organizing the address of the document. You can

Further, when displaying the latest contents indicated by the sign according to the sign of the stored document, conventionally, once the contents cached in the proxy server etc. are acquired and displayed according to the sign of the document, the latest contents are displayed. Although the user has instructed to reacquire the contents of the above, by describing the latest information request flag in the sign of the document, it is possible to immediately obtain and display the detailed contents from the sign of the document.

Further, when referring to a document one after another while following the links attached to the document, if the document being referred to is already registered in the directory document text or the bookmark of the personal storage means, By changing the display method of the anchor corresponding to the document in the bookmark document display,
The user can easily know whether the document is registered in the directory document text of the personal storage means or the bookmark, and the correspondence with the anchor in the display on the directory document text or the bookmark is used. The person can easily know.

Even if the location of the linked document is changed by copying the linked document, the address indicated by the link can be changed and the link can be traced correctly without modifying the document.

Also, a simple method for presenting an unpublished link from a document to be published and determining whether or not to delete the link is provided. At the same time,
It is possible to save the trouble of adding documents to be published.

Further, the directory document array can be edited according to the user's preference, and at the same time, when a new document is added to the directory document on the document disclosure computer, the user must acquire the added content. You can

When the user refers again to the document address saved in the bookmark or the like, the document at the time of saving can be retrieved again, and when the user specifies the address of the document file, When following a link between them, the user can set the version of the desired document, and after that setting, the document of that version can be easily retrieved without requiring any special operation, and the setting is easy. Can be changed to

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a system for executing a hypertext type information sharing method using an apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 represents a part of the device according to the invention.

FIG. 3 represents a part of the device according to the invention.

FIG. 4 represents a part of a device according to the invention.

FIG. 5 represents a part of the device according to the invention.

FIG. 6 represents a part of the device according to the invention.

FIG. 7 represents a part of the device according to the invention.

FIG. 8 represents a part of a device according to the invention.

FIG. 9 represents a part of the device according to the invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing one of the data formats used inside the device in the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing one of the data formats used inside the device in the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing one of the data formats used inside the device in the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing one of data formats used inside the apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 47 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 54 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 55 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 57 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 59 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 60 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 61 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 62 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of a hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 64 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 65 is a flowchart showing a part of processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 66 is a flowchart showing a part of processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

67 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

68 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of a hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 70 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

71 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 72 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 73 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 74 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 75 is a flowchart showing a part of processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 76 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

77 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 78 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 79 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 80 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

81 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

82 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 83 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 84 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 85 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 86 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

87 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

88 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 89 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of a hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 91 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 92 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing part of the processing contents of a hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 94 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 95 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

96 is a flowchart showing a part of processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

97 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 98 is a flowchart showing a part of processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing a part of processing content of a hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 100 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing content of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention.

101 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the hypertext type information sharing method according to the present invention. FIG.

Claims (19)

[Claims] 1. A mark adopting a description method in which a value-added information address is additionally written in addition to the address of the document as a mark indicating a linked document indicating a document relation and a mark designating each document in a document directory. When referring to the document indicated by, the content indicated by the address of the document described in the sign was acquired and the display data of that content was created. A document analysis method, characterized in that the content indicated by the value-added information address is acquired and the display data of the content is combined with the display data of the content indicated by the document address. 2. A description method in which a document analysis rule address and a document layout rule address are additionally written in addition to a document address as a mark indicating a linked document indicating a document relationship and a mark indicating each document in a document directory. When referring to the document indicated by the sign that was adopted by, the document was displayed in the sign in addition to the fact that only the content indicated by the address of the document described in the sign was acquired and the display data of that content was created. A method of analyzing a document, characterized in that the contents indicated by the document analysis rule address and the document layout rule address written together with the address are acquired, and the document is analyzed according to the contents to create display data. 3. A document display method, wherein an address of a directory in which an address of a document for a user to call the document being stored is stored as a storage source directory document address, and is being displayed. When calling the link destination document in the document, search the indicator of the document having the address of the linked document in the directory indicated by the storage source directory document address, and if the search fails, another The document indicated by the sign detected by the document sign search method in the directory is set as the document to be called, and the sign indicating the linked document indicating the relation of the document indicated by the sign and each document in the document directory are set. A description method was adopted in which a value-added information address was added to the address of the document as a designated sign. When referring to the document indicated by the sign, in addition to acquiring only the content indicated by the address of the document described in the sign and creating the display data of that content, it was also written in the address of the document in the sign. A method of displaying a document in which the content indicated by the added value-added information address is acquired and the display data of the content is combined with the display data of the content indicated by the document address and displayed. 4. A document display method, wherein the address of the directory in which the address of the document for the user to call the document is stored for the document being displayed is stored as the storage source directory document address and is being displayed. When calling the link destination document in the document, search the indicator of the document having the address of the linked document in the directory indicated by the storage source directory document address, and if the search fails, another The document indicated by the sign detected by the document sign search method in the directory is set as the document to be called, and the sign indicating the linked document indicating the relation of the document indicated by the sign and each document in the document directory are set. In addition to the document address, the document analysis rule address and the document layout rule address are used as indicators to specify. When referring to the document indicated by the sign that adopted the description method described in parallel, in addition to acquiring only the content indicated by the address of the document described in the sign and creating the display data of that content, the sign A document display method in which the contents indicated by the document analysis rule address and the document layout rule address written together with the document address are acquired, the document is analyzed according to the contents, and display data is created and displayed. 5. A document display method, wherein the address of the directory in which the address of the document for the user to call the document is stored for the document being displayed is stored as the storage source directory document address. A document display method, characterized in that, when a user saves a document address, the directory indicated by the storage source directory document address is presented as the first candidate of the save destination directory. 6. A method for analyzing a document, wherein a description indicating a link destination document indicating a document relation and a latest information request flag in addition to the address of the document as a marker designating each document in the document directory. When referring to the document indicated by the sign that adopted the method, instead of acquiring the content indicated by the address of the document from the cache of the proxy server, the cache of the proxy server is cleared and the information is obtained from the original server. A document analysis method characterized by: 7. A method for displaying a directory document, wherein when the directory is searched to select a marker of a document to be called as shown in claim 3, the color of the display method of the anchor of the directory document corresponding to the marker is selected. A method for displaying a directory document, characterized by changing, etc. 8. A method of displaying a directory document, wherein when a directory search is performed as shown in claim 4 and a marker of a document to be called is selected, a color of the display method of the anchor of the directory document corresponding to the marker is selected. A method for displaying a directory document, characterized by changing, etc. 9. A method of copying a document, wherein when a document in which a sign is described in a certain document or directory is copied, a conversion rule is created for an address described in the sign and the conversion rule of the address is set. A document copying method characterized by being described on a sign. 10. A document analysis method, wherein when a document or a document in which an indicator is described in a directory is copied, each address in the indicator when an address conversion rule is described in the indicator. A document analysis method characterized in that the conversion rule is applied to and information is acquired based on the converted address. 11. A method of copying a document, wherein when a user instructs to copy a document created on a document reference creating device, each address such as value-added information in a sign indicating the document is written. 10. The document copying method according to claim 9, wherein only the address indicating the personal storage means on the document reference creating device is copied and the address in the sign is changed with respect to the copied address. . 12. A method of copying a document, wherein when copying a document in which a mark is described as a link in a certain document,
10. The signature of a document described as a link in the document to be copied is detected, and the user is allowed to specify whether or not to copy the document for each signature. Document copying method described in 11. 13. A method of copying a document, wherein when copying a document in which a mark is described as a link in a certain document,
Detects the mark of the document described as a link in the document to be copied, and stores the address of the directory in which the user called the document for the document being displayed. Source directory Document address When calling the link destination document in the document being displayed, the indicator of the document having the link destination document address is searched in the directory indicated by the storage source directory document address, and the search is performed. The document mark which is found by a document mark search method of searching in another directory when it fails, is used as the mark of the document to be copied. The document copy method described in any of the above. 14. A method for displaying a directory document and a method for analyzing a directory document, wherein when a user instructs to personalize a directory document obtained from a document disclosure device and displayed, the directory document is conventionally used. Instead of storing the duplicate copy in the personal storage means, when storing the duplicate copy of the directory document in the personal storage means, the address on the original document publication device is stored in the copy as a shared directory document indicator. In addition to the method for displaying a directory document, which is characterized in that, when the directory document stored in the personal storage means is analyzed, the display data is created by using each indicator in the directory document as an anchor. If the shared directory document indicator is stored in the It is characterized in that a query document is acquired and compared with the content thereof, and if there is a marker added to the acquired content, it is added to the directory document stored in the personal storage means to create display data. Directory document analysis method. 15. A document analysis method, wherein when a user specifies an address and creates display data of a document, a combination of version designation such as the last update date of each of the document text and inline display information. Is created and stored, and the address designated by the user is further stored in the personal storage means as a marker of the document, and the version designation is stored in the marker, and when calling the document from the marker, A document analysis method characterized in that the version designation is explicitly specified for each of the document text and the inline display information, and the content indicated by the mark is acquired. 16. A document storage method, wherein a proxy server receives a request from a document reference creation device, receives the same request in the past, and stores the response when the response has already been stored. If the response to the same request has not been stored in the past, the request is relayed, the request is relayed to the document disclosure device, and the response to the request is obtained from the document disclosure device. In the document storage method of storing the response and returning it to the document reference creation device, when the response is stored, if the version designation such as the last update date is different, the response itself is stored as a different one. When the version request is specified in the request from the server, the response corresponding to the specified version is returned from the accumulated responses to the document reference creation device. Document storage how to. 17. A combination of version designation such as the last update date of each of the document text and inline display information when the display data of the document is created by the user by designating the address on the document reference creating device. Is created and stored, and the address designated by the user is further stored in the personal storage means as a marker of the document, the version designation is stored in the marker, and the document is called from the marker. , Document text and inline display information are created according to the request from the document reference creation device for each version of the document text and inline display information created by acquiring the contents indicated by the indicators by clearly specifying the version specification. The document storage method according to claim 16, wherein the method stores the document. 18. An address of a directory in which an address of a document for a user to call the document is stored for a document being displayed is stored as a storage source directory document address, and a destination of a link in the document being displayed is stored. When the document is called, the document having the address of the linked document in the directory indicated by the storage source directory document address and the version specification set such as the last update date of each of the document text and inline display information Documents that are searched by searching the sign of the above and search in another directory if the search fails. The document indicated by the sign found by the sign search method is the document to be called, and each of the text to be displayed and inline display information. Document analysis method and document table characterized by explicitly specifying the version of the document Method. 19. The document copying method according to claim 11, wherein when a user instructs to copy a document indicated by a document mark, a version designation set is added to the value-added information. A method of copying a document, characterized by copying the described file and changing its address in the sign.