Patent ID: 6606633
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A compound document management system for managing a structure of a compound document in which data of different formats such as text and image is embedded, comprising:compound document object holding means for holding a compound document object which accommodates various kinds of data objects; and schema object generating means for generating a schema object which manages a structure of relations between data objects accommodated in a compound document object and applying the schema object to the compound document object in question, wherein said schema object, when said compound document object newly relates to other data objects, only if relating of said other data objects in a desired manner is possible, relates the other data objects in question, and wherein said schema object generating means generates a schema file and a relation object, the schema file and relation object comprising a list of structuring rules for initialization of the schema object, and wherein said schema object comprises: a structuring rule table in which said structuring rules defining a relation between data objects are accumulated, said structuring rules expressing a combination of a first object that is the target of relating, a second object to be related, and a relation object relating said first and second objects, and wherein initialization of the schema object includes writing into the structuring rule table a list of structuring rules composed of names of two data objects applied as a schema file and a relation object.