Patent ID: 7882096

Claim:
A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program for managing information on an article shared among a plurality of users on a network, wherein the computer program causes a computer to at least execute: storing hierarchical-relation information indicating a hierarchical relation between the plurality of users by using identification information of the users; authenticating a creating user creating the article by using the identification information of the creating user; receiving the article from the creating user authenticated with a first publication range designating at least one of the plurality of users to which the creating user as authenticated intends to publish the article; adding a related user to the at least one of the plurality of users designated by the first publication range received to obtain a second publication range, the related user being superior or subordinate to the creating user and determined based on the identification information of the creating user in the hierarchical-relation information; wherein the adding includes controlling an accessible user who is accessible to the received article based on a result of a determination to obtain the second publication range; determing whether a predetermined keyword is included in the received article; determining that an output destination of the received article is a user included in the second publication range obtained; and outputting the received article to the output destination determined.