A method of operating an electronic information processing system to manage the retention of documents therein.

摘要

A method of operating an electronic information processing system manages the retention and deletion of data, in the form of documents, in the system. Expiration dates relating to a document are associated with a document label for the document, which identifies a business use classification of the document, and an ownership label, which classifies the document with respect to its end user owner. The document is removed from the system only when a predetermined relationship exists between a current date and the two expiration dates.