Patent ID: 7051048

Claim:
A data management system for managing data by appending meta data for a data search to managed data, said system comprising: means for accepting a user's selection of the managed data to which the meta data is to be appended; means for accepting a user's selection of a type of content from among plural types of content of the managed data; means for displaying on a screen of a display device a group of candidates of meta data based on the user's selection of type of content, each group of candidates being prepared in advance in correspondence with each type of content of the managed data; means for changing a display of a group of candidates of meta data to be provided in response to a change of the selected type of content of the managed data; means for accepting a user's selection of meta data to be appended to the selected managed data from the provided group of candidates of the meta data; and means for appending the selected meta data to the selected managed data by saving an association between the selected meta data and the selected managed data.