Patent ID: 7089268

Claim:
A document management method in a document management system including a processor, a memory and display, comprising the steps of: in a document database memory, as inter-document relation information, managing document files according to document template types and pre-setting a list of a plurality of keywords required for each document file and defining linking relations for an update notice among said keywords, said keywords being independent of said document files; registering new correlation between a keyword and a document file in said document database memory as said inter-document relation information by specifying a document file name and a document template type and selecting a keyword among a list of keywords set for each document template type displayed on a document entry screen; on the basis of said inter-document relation information, creating document update notice information comprising updated document information and influenced document information, each being linked with an identification number and storing said document update notice information in said document database memory, said updated document information including a document template type, a document name, a user name of the updated document and a keyword, and said influenced document information including an influenced document template type, an influenced document name, an influenced user name and an influenced keyword; displaying influenced document files and a state of updated document files according to an entered document name in a document update notice screen on a display; and displaying, upon selection of one of said entered document name, detailed information including an updated document file, a keyword relating to the update and an influenced keyword in said document update notice screen.