File management system and file management method
First Claim
1. A file management system for managing files stored in a file storage, comprising:
- file link control means for giving file identifiers of an earlier version file of each file and a later version file of each file to each file as a file version attribute; and
file information getting means, being responsive to a request for getting a version group having a specific version relationship with a specified file, for tracing the version attributes of the specified file and getting information of files belonging to said version group.
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Abstract
A file management system includes a file link control section for relating earlier and later version files to files and a version group information getting section for getting a version group consisting of files having specific relationship with a specified file based on relation information. The file link control section relates the files to each other only with the file identifiers of the earlier and later version files and enables highly flexible registration and deletion in version relationships, and linking and separating of version groups associated with the registration or deletion. The version group information getting section traces the relation information for getting file information.
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8 Claims
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1. A file management system for managing files stored in a file storage, comprising:
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file link control means for giving file identifiers of an earlier version file of each file and a later version file of each file to each file as a file version attribute; and file information getting means, being responsive to a request for getting a version group having a specific version relationship with a specified file, for tracing the version attributes of the specified file and getting information of files belonging to said version group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A file management method for managing files stored in a file storage, comprising the steps of:
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giving file identifiers of an earlier version file of each file and a later version file of each file as a version attribute of each file, thereby assigning version relationships among the files to the flies; and when getting files in a version group having a specific version relationship, tracing the file identifiers of the earlier or later version files from the version attribute of a specified file as a start point and collecting the files having the specific version relationship with said specified file. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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