Patent ID: 7194489

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing physical-file-based data adapted to be manipulated via a file-based computerized editor, wherein the physical-file-based data includes a physical file having a plurality of file elements, the method comprising the steps of: (a) representing the physical-file-based data as a plurality of individual components, each individual component having a unique identity and identifier, wherein said individual components are adapted to be manipulated by a transaction-based computerized editor; (b) storing (i) a latest version of the individual components, and (ii) information to fully document changes made to each version of each individual component during each of said plurality of successive sessions, wherein said changes comprise additions, modifications and deletions, in a store, wherein all of said individual components corresponding to one physical file of said physical-file-based data are stored in a single store, and said single store contains no individual components of a different physical file of said physical-file-based data; and (c) recreating equivalent physical-file-based data for use within an environment of a physical-file-based computerized editor from said individual components in said store and storing said recreated equivalent physical-file-based data, wherein said recreated physical-file-based data is adapted to be edited via a physical-file-based editor in a plurality of successive sessions.