STORAGE MEDIA STORING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO MANAGE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT

摘要

An electronic document management apparatus acquires an electronic document comprised of a plurality of components for each of which a first digital signature and a second digital signature are uniquely specified. The electronic document is linked to an aggregate digital signature which aggregates the first digital signatures. After that the apparatus accepts designation of a component to be "hiding prohibited" within the electronic document. Whether or not the component designated to be "hiding prohibited" is at that time in a state of "hiding allowed and deletion allowed" is judged. When the judgment reveals that the state is "hiding allowed and deletion allowed", the second digital signature specified for the component designated to be "hiding prohibited" is deleted. Then the state of the component subject to be "hiding prohibited" is changed from "hiding allowed and deletion allowed" to "hiding prohibited and deletion allowed".