Patent ID: 8392425
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document management system comprising at least one processor, the document management system using an index item defined in each of a plurality of databases to provide an index value to document data managed by each of the plurality of databases, the document management system comprising: a document publication setting unit configured to set whether to permit a first user who logs into a first database to access document data managed by a second database, wherein the second database is selected from the plurality of databases by an instruction from the first user; and a registration unit configured to use an index item defined in the first database to register an index value as an index value for the document data managed by the second database on the basis of a second instruction from the first user, in a case where the document publication setting unit has set that the first user is permitted to access the document data managed by the second database, wherein the registration unit uses the index item defined in the first database, instead of an index item defined in the second database, to register an index value as the index value for the document data managed by the second database on the basis of the instruction from the first user in a case where the first user is permitted to access the document data managed by the second database in the document publication setting unit, as well as in a case where the first user is not permitted to edit an index value of the index item defined in the second database.