DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT CLIENT APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD

摘要

A document management system is provided which enables folder hierarchy management with respect to a document management server not having a function of managing a document in a folder hierarchical structure by using a keyword dictionary and an index function included in the document management server. A document management client registers a keyword indicating a virtual folder structure in the keyword dictionary of the document management server. In addition, an identifier of the keyword dictionary corresponding to a hierarchy to be stored is associated with each folder and document, and registered. The document management client performs control to display the folder and the document in the hierarchical structure based on the registered information pieces. A document management client apparatus may register a keyword in the keyword dictionary, and register a folder and a file as content in a content information management unit of the server.

主权项

1. A document management client apparatus communicating with a document management server including a content information management unit configured to manage basic information of a content, an index information management unit configured to manage an index of the content, and a keyword dictionary configured to manage a keyword in association with a keyword identifier, the document management client apparatus comprising:
a first registration unit configured to register information regarding a hierarchical structure of a folder as a keyword in the keyword dictionary in association with a keyword identifier; a second registration unit configured to register a folder as a content in the content information management unit in association with a content identifier and register a keyword identifier associated with a storage hierarchy of the folder in the index information management unit in association with the content identifier of or associated with the folder; and a third registration unit configured to register a file as a content in the content information management unit in association with a content identifier and register a keyword identifier associated with a storage hierarchy of the file in the index information management unit in association with the content identifier of or associated with the file.