Management of Document Attributes in a Document Managing System
First Claim
1. A method of storing attributes describing documents in a document management system software application which is configured to be run on a computer with an operating system and a file system, wherein the documents to be managed are stored in said file system and said documents are described by attributes such as identifiers and properties characterized in that the attributes are stored as separate elements attached to said documents.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of storing attributes describing documents in a document management system software application which is configured to be run on a computer with an operating system and a file system, wherein the documents to be managed are stored in said file system and said documents are described by attributes such as identifiers and properties. The attributes are stored as separate elements attached to said documents. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a document management system software application which is configured to be run on a computer with an operating system and a file system, wherein the document management system is for managing documents stored in said file system, wherein said documents are described by attributes such as identifiers and properties. The document management system is configured to handle document attributes being separately and directly attached to said documents.
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- 1. A method of storing attributes describing documents in a document management system software application which is configured to be run on a computer with an operating system and a file system, wherein the documents to be managed are stored in said file system and said documents are described by attributes such as identifiers and properties characterized in that the attributes are stored as separate elements attached to said documents.
- 8. A document management system software application which is configured to be run on a computer with an operating system and a file system, wherein the document management system is for managing documents stored in said file system, wherein said documents are described by attributes such as identifiers and properties characterized in that the document management system is configured to handle document attributes being separately and directly attached to said documents.
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