Data management system, data management method, and program
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1. A data management system for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to managed data, said system comprising:
- means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the managed data to which the meta data is to be appended;
means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of a type of content from among plural types of content of the managed data;
means for displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type of content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the managed data;
means for changing a display of a group of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the managed data;
means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of meta data to be appended to the selected managed data from the provided group of candidates of the meta data; and
means for appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed data.
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Abstract
According to this invention, upon managing a plurality of data by individually appending meta data used to search for the data, an input sheet that describes predetermined candidates of meta data is prepared, the user selects meta data from the candidates of meta data, and the selected meta data is saved in association with the data. Upon making a search, a data search is conducted using meta data, and after the data found by search are partially provided to the user, the user selects desired data. In this way, everyone can easily and efficiently append information for a search to data to be managed.
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1. A data management system for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to managed data, said system comprising:
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means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the managed data to which the meta data is to be appended; means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of a type of content from among plural types of content of the managed data; means for displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type of content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the managed data; means for changing a display of a group of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the managed data; means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of meta data to be appended to the selected managed data from the provided group of candidates of the meta data; and means for appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data management method for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to managed data, said method comprising the steps of:
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accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the managed data to which the meta data is to be appended; accepting a user'"'"'s selection of a type of content from among plural types of content of the managed data; displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type of content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the managed data; changing a display of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the managed data; accepting a user'"'"'s selection of a meta data to be appended to the selected managed data from the provided group of candidates of the meta data; and appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed data. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable medium, for executing a data management method for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to managed data, said program comprising:
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code for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the managed data to which the meta data is to be appended; code for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of a type of content from among plural types of content of the managed data; code for displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type of content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the managed data; code for changing a display of a group of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the managed data; code for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of meta data to be appended to the selected managed data from the provided group of candidates of the meta data; and code for appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed data. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A data management system for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to data to be managed, said system comprising:
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means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the types of content from among plural types of content of the data to be managed; means for providing a screen of a display device with a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type of content each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the data to be managed; means for changing a display of a group of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the data to be managed; means for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of meta data from the provided group of candidates of the meta data; means for inputting the data to be managed to which the selected managed data is appended after the user'"'"'s selection of the meta data; and means for appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A data management method for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to data to be managed, said method comprising the steps of:
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accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the types of contents from among plural types of content of the data to be managed; displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type and content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the data to be managed; changing a display of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of the content of the data to be managed; accepting a user'"'"'s selection of meta data from the provided group of candidates of meta data; inputting the data to be managed to which the selected meta data is appended after the user'"'"'s selection of the managed data; and appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable medium, for executing a data management method for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to managed data, said program comprising:
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code for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of the types of contents from among plural types of content of the data to be managed; code for displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user'"'"'s selection of type of content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the data to be managed; code for changing a display of a group of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the data to be managed; code for accepting a user'"'"'s selection of meta data from the provided group of candidates of meta data; code for inputting the data to be managed to which the selected meta data is appended after the user'"'"'s selection of the managed data; and code for appending the selected meta dat to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed data. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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