Searchable logical document architecture
First Claim
1. A method of searching a collaborative document database, comprising the steps of:
- providing parent documents and child documents in said database;
for each parent document, building an index document listing a portion of said child documents;
providing a search term; and
searching all said index documents for said search term.
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Abstract
A method and system for searching a collaborative document database. The method comprises the steps of providing parent documents and child documents in said database; and for each parent document, building an index document listing a portion of said child documents. The method comprises the further steps of providing a search term, and searching all said index documents for said search term. Preferably, each child document is related to at least one of the parent documents; and the building step includes the step of identifying in the index document for each parent document, at least some of the child documents related to the parent document. With this embodiment, the searching step may include the step of, for each parent document, searching for the search term in the child documents identified in the index document for the parent document.
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1. A method of searching a collaborative document database, comprising the steps of:
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providing parent documents and child documents in said database;
for each parent document, building an index document listing a portion of said child documents;
providing a search term; and
searching all said index documents for said search term. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for searching a collaborative document database, comprising:
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means for providing parent documents and child documents in said database;
means for building, for each parent document, an index document listing a portion of said child documents;
means for providing a search term; and
means for searching all said index documents for said search term. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for searching a collaborative document database, said method steps comprising:
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providing parent documents and child documents in said database;
for each parent document, building an index document listing a portion of said child documents;
providing a search term; and
searching all said index documents for said search term. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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