Distributed document management system
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1. A distributed document management method, comprising the steps of:
- changing access information of document data;
generating correspondence information indicating a correspondence between access information before a change and access information after a change, and storing this correspondence information; and
searching for the document data using correspondence information indicating a correspondence between the access information before a change and the access information after a change.
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Abstract
When an operation such as a move, name change, copy, deletion, etc. is performed for document data, a history manager stores history information of the operation in a history table. Upon receipt of the notification that retrieval of the document data is unsuccessfully made from a document processing application, the history manager searches the history table, and returns new identification information stored after an update operation is performed. The document processing application obtains the new identification information, and retrieves the corresponding document data from a file system.
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20 Claims
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1. A distributed document management method, comprising the steps of:
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changing access information of document data; generating correspondence information indicating a correspondence between access information before a change and access information after a change, and storing this correspondence information; and searching for the document data using correspondence information indicating a correspondence between the access information before a change and the access information after a change.
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2. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a computer which comprises the functions of:
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corresponding access information before a change to access information after a change, and storing these information; and searching for the document data based on a correspondence between the access information before a change and the access information after a change.
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3. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a computer which comprises the functions of:
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storing a history of identification information of document data which is distributed and managed by a plurality of host computers; searching for the document data based on specified identification information; reading out a history of the specified identification information, when a search for the document data based on the specified identification information is unsuccessfully performed; searching for the document data based on the history of the specified identification information; reading out a history of a domain managing the specified identification information, when the search for the document data based on the history of the specified identification information is unsuccessfully performed; and searching for the document data based on the history of the domain managing the specified identification information.
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4. A distributed document management apparatus, comprising:
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history information storing means for corresponding access information before a change to access information after a change, and storing this information, when access information of document data is changed; and searching means for searching for the document data based on a correspondence between the access information before a change and the access information after a change, which are stored in said history information storing means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A distributed document management apparatus, comprising:
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history information storing means for corresponding access information before a change to access information after a change, and storing this information, when access information of the document data is changed; domain history information storing means for storing a history of a domain in which a plurality of host computers are grouped; first searching means for searching for the document data based on a correspondence between the access information before a change and the access information after a change, which are stored in said history information storing means; and second searching means for searching for the document data based on the history of the domain stored in said domain history information storing means, when said first searching means fails to retrieve the document data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A distributed document management system for managing documents composed of document data which are distributed, located, and stored in a plurality of host computers interconnected over a network, and are connected by links, comprising:
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domain history information storing means for storing history information of domain change information about a domain in which host computers storing document data are grouped; and domain history information managing means for searching said domain history information storing means according to a request to specify identification information of the domain, and notifying identification information of a new domain corresponding to the identification information when the specified identification information of the domain is included in the history information, wherein when an access request source of the document data fails to retrieve the document data, the access request source notifies said domain history information managing means of the identification information of the domain having the document data, obtains identification information of a new domain, and retrieves the document data. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A distributed document management system for managing documents composed of document data which are respectively stored in computers, and connected by links, comprising:
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history information storing means for storing history information of a process performed for document data, which includes a move or a name change of the document data; and history information managing means for searching said history information storing means according to a request to specify identification information of the document data, and notifying new identification information corresponding to the identification information when the specified identification information is included in the history information, wherein when an access request source of the document data fails to retrieve the document data, the access request source notifies said history information managing means of the identification information of the document data, obtains new identification information, and retrieves the document data. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A distributed document management method, comprising the steps of:
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storing a history of identification information of document data which is distributed and managed by a plurality of host computers, in each of the plurality of host computers; storing a history of a domain in which the plurality of host computers are grouped, in one of the plurality of host computers in the domain; searching for the document data based on specified identification information; reading out a history of the specified identification information from any of the plurality of host computers, when a search for the document data based on the specified identification information is unsuccessfully performed; searching for the document data based on the history of the specified identification information; reading out the history of the domain managing the specified identification information from any of the plurality of computers, when the search for the document data based on the history of the specified identification is unsuccessfully performed; and searching for the document data based on the history of the domain managing the specified identification information.
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