| 摘要 |
Methods for searching relationships between and among documents are detailed. One method includes steps for selecting one or more initial search items from a group consisting of: (a) document objects, (b) link references to document objects, (c) link reference attributes, and (d) link relationship attributes. The method also includes steps for identifying one or more link relationships using the selected initial search items, and for presenting one or more link relationships attributes describing the identified link relationships. A user interface for presenting and searching relationships between document objects located on a network is also detailed. The user interface may include a first portion of a screen display for displaying one or more link relationship attributes and a second portion of the screen display for displaying one or more entries from a group consisting of: (a) link references that represent the document objects, (b) link relationship attributes describing the link relationships, (c) link reference attributes describing the link references, and (d) document objects. The displayed entries in the second portion of the user interface are related to the displayed one or more link relationship attributes in the first portion. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method for searching established document object relationships, the method comprising:
accessing, using a server, one or more link relationships stored on a memory device, wherein the one or more link relationships comprise a record, each record having a pointer to a first document object, a pointer to a second document object and information identifying one or more attributes describing the relationship between the first document object and the second document object, wherein the link relationships are stored separately from the first document object and the second document object; prompting, using a server, selection of one or more link relationship attributes through a user interface; searching established link relationships using the selected one or more link relationship attributes, wherein the searching includes identifying one or more link relationships that the one or more selected link relationship attributes participates in; and transmitting, for display, information describing the one or more identified link relationships; thereby transforming a search request into a display describing the one or more identified link relationships. |
