Patent ID: 7127470
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A documents control apparatus that can share with another documents control apparatus an attribute attached to a document, comprising: an attribute sharing unit configured to share said attribute attached to the document with said other documents control apparatus; an edit processing unit configured to edit process said attribute; a switching unit configured to determine whether said attribute is shared with said other documents control apparatus by said attribute sharing unit and, based on the determination by said switching unit, configured to control edit processing on said attribute by said edit processing unit; a documents controlling unit configured to control documents; an attribute attaching unit configured to attach said attribute to each document controlled by said documents controlling unit, said attribute including an item type, a name of said item type, and an item type value; and an item type defining unit configured to assign one or more item types to said attribute attached to each document by said attribute attaching unit.