Information searching apparatus for managing and retrieving document data stored in a storage unit

摘要

An information searching apparatus for managing and retrieving document data stored in a storage unit. The storage unit further comprises a managing information storage section for storing document managing information for managing the document data stored. The apparatus sets the document managing information in the managing information storage section in accordance with a type of data managing system and retrieves the stored document data on the basis of the document managing information set in the managing information storage section. Further, the apparatus has a function to change the type of data managing system to a different type of data managing system so that the document data stored are managed and retrieved in accordance with the data managing system changed. The apparatus can effectively manage data such that the document data is managed in accordance with a type of data managing system suitable for a kind of document and a work purpose.