Patent ID: 7275066

Claim:
A method performed on a computer system having a Central Processing Unit (CPU) coupled to computer readable memory to store a list of identifiers, and said method to create and manage links amongst units of information based on said list of identifiers arranged in an hierarchical order wherein each identifier identifies an associated unit of information, said method comprising the steps of: storing said list of identifiers in the computer system, wherein said list of identifiers has a user determined relative hierarchical order to direct a link management system in the creation of said links; examining said list of identifiers to determine the hierarchical order of said identifiers within said list of identifiers; linking a unit of information to at least one other unit of information based on the relative hierarchical order of identifiers including: an identifier identifying said unit of information; and another identifier identifying said at least one other unit of information, wherein: said units of information are units of target information; each said identifier of said list of identifiers is configured to identify source information content of a unit of source information assigned to a unit of target information from among said units of target information; said list of identifiers further comprises: a first subset of identifiers that identifies said units of target information to be generated by said system, said first subset hierarchically ordered to indicate preferred linking of said units of target information; a second subset of identifiers that identifies said source information content to be inserted into said units of target information being identified by said first subset of identifiers; said step of linking is configured to link a unit of target information from among said units of target information to at least one other unit of target information from among said units of target information based on the relative hierarchical order of identifiers including: an identifier of said first subset that identifies said unit of target information; at least one other identifier of said first subset that identifies said at least one other unit of target information; and said method further comprising the steps of: generating said units of target information; and inserting at least one source information content into a unit of target information from among said units of target information based on an identifier of said second subset identifying said at least one source information content.