JPH08202688A - Joint document creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve the efficiency of collaborative document creation and editing. A data management device having a document creator, an attribute save file 12 for storing a structured document for specifying a document structure, and a document save file 14 for storing a joint document composed of created and edited shared documents 1 and a personal area 3 in which a specific document creator can create / edit a shared document based on input information when creating / editing a shared document
An attribute reflection device 23 that stores all creator variable areas 33 that allow one and all document creators to create and edit shared documents in an attribute storage file with a structured document,
A plurality of data access devices 2 having a document file operation device 16 for reading out shared documents corresponding to the personal area and all creator variable areas based on the structured document of the file in the edit mode and performing the creating / editing processing. It is a collaborative document preparation device provided with and.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a collaborative document preparation apparatus for preparing collaborative documents such as various specifications and documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional collaborative document creation apparatus is a user terminal device installed for each document creator (including user, group, etc.) who creates and edits a joint sentence, and a collaborative document accessible by each document creator. A document storage device having a file having a document storage part and an attribute storage part accessible only to each document creator, and one document creator sends its own attributes from a user terminal device and the document storage device. After reading the joint document from the file, the user terminal device side creates and edits the joint document.
At this time, if one of the document creators accesses the joint document, the reading of the joint document by another document creator is locked, and the other document creators cannot edit or refer to the joint document. ing.

[0003]

Therefore, in the above-described collaborative document creation apparatus, when a collaborative document is created / edited by a certain document creator, another document creator reads and edits the collaborative document, There is a problem that it becomes impossible to refer to it, and the efficiency of the document creation work by co-writing decreases significantly.

In addition, the document creator creates a joint document at any time.
Although it is edited, the resulting document creator who has the access right may accidentally change or delete the description part of the joint document already created or edited by another document creator, which is a security issue. There is also a problem that the ideas of each document creator are not fully utilized.

Therefore, when considering the efficiency and security of the collaborative document creation work, the entire collaborative document is copied by the number of document authors who are co-authors, and all of the document authors define the collaborative document full text or individual areas. Create and edit the document, and after the creation and editing by all the document creators, join the created and edited documents, or modify the document with the agreement of all the document creators to construct the entire joint document Is being done.

However, the creation and editing of such a collaborative document is complicated and requires a great deal of labor for a series of editing operations to complete the collaborative document. Moreover, when the document creator actually creates the document, a so-called lack of communication occurs, that is, the document of another document creator cannot be referred to, and as described above, there is a problem that the correction work of the joint document increases after the content confirmation.

Furthermore, when the document format of each document creator is a fixed format for each individual, there is a problem that it is difficult to enlarge / reduce / transform this fixed format later.

Further, when the respective document creators share and create / edit the joint document, each document creator creates / edits a predetermined shared share document in the joint document, and When the shared documents after creation / editing are combined to form a joint document, when it becomes necessary to move the shared document of one document creator before and after the shared document of another document creator , It is necessary to copy and confirm the full text of the joint document.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a collaborative document preparation apparatus that enhances the efficiency of collaborative document preparation / editing work. Another object of the present invention is to provide a collaborative document creation device capable of creating and editing a collaborative document while communicating with each other. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a collaborative document preparation device that realizes appropriate security protection.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a collaborative document for creating / editing a collaborative document consisting of shared documents based on input information of a plurality of document creators. The document creation device has an attribute save file that stores a structured document that specifies the document creator and the structure of the document, and a document save file that stores the joint document composed of the created shared document. A data management device, a personal area that enables a specific document creator to create / edit the shared document based on input information when creating / editing the shared document, and the shared sharing by all document creators An attribute reflection device that transmits and stores all creator variable areas that enable creation / editing of a document as a structured document in the attribute storage file,
A plurality of data access devices having a document file operation device that reads out the divided shared documents corresponding to the personal area and all creator variable areas based on the structured document of the file in the edit mode, and performs a creating / editing process. This is a joint document creation device provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a collaborative document creating apparatus for creating and editing a collaborative document composed of shared documents based on input information of a plurality of document creators, a document creator and a document structure are specified. An attribute save file that stores a structured document to be converted, a document save file that stores the joint document composed of the created shared document, and the file when the reference request information is received from the data access device side. A data management device having at least all of the joint documents read from the device and transmitted, and having a document layout management means for performing exclusive processing, and a specific document creator based on input information when creating / editing the shared document. Creating and editing the shared document by the individual area and all document creators that enables the creation and editing of the shared document by An attribute reflection device that transmits and stores all creator variable areas that enable the structured document in the attribute save file, and a personal area and an all creator variable area based on the structured document of the file in the edit mode. The corresponding shared document is read out and created / edited,
Further, the document file operating device for transmitting the reference request information to the data management device based on the input information, and the display device for displaying all of the reference collaborative documents sent from the document layout management device. It is a collaborative document preparation device provided with a plurality of data access devices.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is, in a collaborative document preparation apparatus for producing and editing a collaborative document composed of shared documents based on input information of a plurality of document creators, the document creator and the structure of the document. A data management device having an attribute save file for storing a structured document that specifies a document, and a document layout management means for executing layout processing of all the joint documents of the file based on the structured document; When creating / editing a document, it is possible to create / edit the shared document by a specific document creator based on input information in a personal area and by all document creators. A first attribute reflecting means for transmitting and storing all the creator variable areas to be stored in the attribute storage file as a structured document; The structured document corresponding to the personal area and the variable area for all creators is read out from the file and displayed, and the input information relating to enlargement, reduction, or transformation inputted from the input means is converted into a structured document, and And a plurality of data access devices having second attribute reflecting means for transmitting and storing to an attribute storage file.

In the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, when the shared document is stored in each document storage file in a field unit or a file unit, the attribute storage file includes the personal information. In place of the structured document relating to the area and the variable area for all creators,
Save the read / write permission / prohibition data of the shared document in the filled unit or the file unit for each document creator and the filled unit or the file unit,
It is also possible to perform exclusive processing.

[0014]

Therefore, in the invention according to claim 1, the document creator reads the shared document among the collaborative documents in the document save file in the edit mode by taking the above means. Create and edit on the file operation device. When the shared document is stored and stored in the document save file, the attribute reflection device uses the document creator and the document structure, that is, the personal area in which only the shared document can be created / edited, or the entire document is created. Created by
The variable area for all creators that can be edited, or a structured document such as an occupied space of a shared document is converted and transmitted to a data management device. On the data management device side, the structured document is stored in the attribute storage file, while the shared document created / edited corresponding to the structured document and transmitted from the data access device is stored and stored in the document storage file. Therefore, when one document creator creates / edits a shared document corresponding to the personal area or all creator variable area, another document creator can share the shared document corresponding to his / her own area or all creator variable area. Can be created and edited at the same time, and the creation and editing of joint documents can be performed efficiently.

Next, the invention according to claim 2 has an attribute storage file and a document storage file on the data management device side, and an attribute reflection device and a document file operation device on each data access device side. Therefore, in addition to having the same effect as the invention corresponding to claim 1, when a certain document creator creates / edits a shared document, for example, another document creator refers to it for the reason of creating a shared document. When transmitting the reference request information based on the input information from the document file operation device on the data access device side, the document layout management means on the data management device side retrieves the structured document and the joint document from each file and lays them out appropriately. After executing the process and the exclusive process,
Since it is displayed on the display means of the data access device, other document creators can refer to the joint document even while the other document creator is creating / editing the joint document, and the lack of communication can be eliminated.

Further, in the invention corresponding to claim 3, an attribute saving file and a document saving file are provided on the data management device side, and an attribute reflecting device and a document file operating device are provided on each data access device side. Therefore, in addition to having the same effect as the invention according to claim 1, when the area of the shared document is arbitrarily expanded, reduced, or modified, the attribute storage file is used as the second attribute reflecting means of the data access device. A structured document is taken out from and displayed, and the document creator is shown the occupied area state of the shared document.
As a result, when the document creator defines the required area using an input device such as a mouse, the coordinate data from the mouse is converted into a structured document and sent to the data management device. The layout processing of the shared document is executed according to the structured document, and each shared document is stored in the document save file under the new structured document, so that the document area form can be easily modified.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a collaborative document creating apparatus according to the present invention. This collaborative document creation device is composed of a collaborative document including figures and the like, and attribute information of a plurality of document authors (including group units and other units of various document production forms) as co-authors and a plurality of shared documents. A data management device 1 for storing and managing a collaborative document, and a user terminal device provided for each document creator and accessing the data management device 1 to search for the collaborative document, reflect attributes, create and edit documents, etc. And a plurality of data access devices 2 are provided.

The data management device 1 receives the document information such as the document name, the attribute, and the joint document with the data access device 2, and selectively outputs the attribute and the joint document from the document information. A transmission data transmission / reception management unit 11 that distributes a search document to the database access device 2, an attribute storage file 12 that stores and stores attributes including a document name, and an attribute management unit that manages the attributes and the like stored in this file 12. 13, a document storage file 14 for storing and storing a collaborative document including a document name, a document management unit 15 for managing documents stored in this file 14, and files 14, 12
And the document layout management device 16 that matches the attributes of the entire joint document and lays out the joint document and displays the joint document laid out as necessary.

Each of the data access devices 2 is an input / output device 2 that controls a document search request, an attribute instruction, and a document creation / editing process.
1, a remote search unit 22 for outputting information such as a document name for searching a collaborative document in accordance with a document search request from the input / output device 21, and an attribute instruction from the input / output device 21 and necessary for attribute reflection. An attribute reflection device 23 that gives an attribute to a joint document in order to perform exclusive processing for each document creator on the basis of input information, and a new joint document or create a joint document by reading it from the file 14. The document file operation device 24 to be edited, the contents of access of the document creator, the joint document created / edited, etc. are transmitted to the data management device 1, and the joint document etc. transmitted from the data management device 1 are received. Access control unit 25
And is constituted by.

Next, the operation of the apparatus configured as described above will be described. Now, the attribute storage file 12 stores attributes for each document creator and each created document, while the document storage file 14 stores shared documents created by the plurality of document creators. This set of shared documents becomes a collaborative document.

In such a state, when a document creator inputs a search instruction from the input / output device 21, the remote search unit 22 transmits the search request information to the transmission access management unit 25.
Through the data management device 1. Here, if the transmission data transmission / reception management unit 11 determines that there is a search request,
The information to that effect is transmitted to the attribute management unit 13. The attribute management unit 13 reads out the attribute information including the document name from the attribute storage file 12, sends it to the remote search unit 22 of the data access device 2, and displays it on the input / output device 21.

Here, since the document creator knows the composition state of a plurality of joint documents from the display contents of the input / output device 21 from the document name and the attribute information, he / she selects and instructs the documents to be jointly produced, for example, by the document name. A distribution request is made to the data management device 1. Upon receiving the distribution request, the data management device 1 sends, for example, a document name to the document management unit 15. Here, the document management unit 15 reads the joint document from the document name and transmits it to the data access device 2 via the transmission data transmission / reception management unit 11. In the data access device 2, the joint document input through the transmission access management unit 25 is stored in the storage unit (not shown) of the document file operation device 24 and is displayed on the input / output device 21.

After that, when the document creator defines the area of the shared document in the joint document, the attribute reflection device 23 determines the attribute information based on the shared document in the joint document, and the attribute management is performed. Attribute save file 12 through section 13
Save in memory. On the other hand, for the area of the shared document in which the attribute is reflected in the attribute reflection device 23, the document creator can use the input / output device 21 and the document file operation device 24 to create / edit the shared document.

On the other hand, a document creator creates a joint document.
When editing or when simply wanting to refer to the entire joint document, the reference request information is transmitted to the data management device 1 using the input / output device 21 and the document file operation device 24. Upon receiving the reference request information, the transmission data transmission / reception management unit 11 of the data management apparatus 1 determines that the reference request information is the reference request information and sends it to the document layout management apparatus 16.

The document layout management device 16 accesses the attribute management section 13 and the document management section 15 to access the attribute storage file 12 and the document storage file 14.
The attribute of the document including the document name or the document without the document name and the collaborative document are acquired, and the entire collaborative document that allows only reference is transmitted to the database access device 2 and displayed on the input / output device 21. At this time, since only the reference is made, even if the joint document is created / edited, the joint document is not accepted and stored in the document storage file 14.

Next, various individual embodiments will be described. (1) About securing private areas in joint documents. In this embodiment, an attribute for prescribing document creation / editing is set in advance in the attribute storage file 12 for each document creator, and a plurality of document creators create / edit a joint document in accordance with the setting contents. In other words, attribute save file 1
On the 2 above, secure a personal area where only a specific document creator can create and edit and a variable area for all creators that all document creators can create and edit, and create a joint document.
It is to improve the efficiency of editing work.

Specifically, it is assumed that the data access devices 2 and 2 of the document creators A and B are connected to the transmission line as shown in FIG. Therefore, in the collaborative document edit mode, the document creator A uses the document file operating device 2
4 and the input / output device 21 are used to create and edit a shared document having a collaborative document, and the attribute reflection unit 23 sets the personal area 3
When the attribute that designates 1 is transmitted, while the created shared document is transmitted from the document file operation device 24,
Attribute management unit 13 and document management unit 1 of the data management device 1
5 receives these and stores the attributes and shared documents in the files 112 and 14, respectively. If the personal area 31 is secured in this way, only the document creator A can change it by the exclusive processing.

If the document creator B secures the personal area 32 by the same processing as described above, only the document creator B can change the shared document in the joint document relating to the personal area 32.

Further, the joint document is read out from the document save file 14, the sharing file which is a part of the joint document is created and edited by using the document file operation device 24 and the input / output device 21, and the attribute reflection unit 23 is used. If the attribute specifying the all creator variable area 33 is transmitted and the shared document after creation / editing is transmitted from the document file operation device 24, both the document creators A and B will be sent to the all creator variable area 33. The corresponding sharing document can be changed.

Therefore, according to the above configuration, the document creator A can edit the shared document in the joint document corresponding to the personal area 31 and the all creator variable area 33, while the document creator A can edit the shared document. The creator B can edit the shared document corresponding to the personal area 32 and the all creator variable area 33. Therefore, both document creators A and B can simultaneously carry out the editing work of the shared document, and the efficiency of the document creation / editing work can be improved.

On the other hand, when referring to the entire text of the joint document, for example, when the reference request information is transmitted from the input / output device 21 and the document file operation device 24, the data management device 1 sets the layout mode based on the document reference request information. To be done. As a result, the document layout management apparatus 16 acquires the shared document having the attributes and the areas 31 to 33 from the attribute storage file 12 and the document storage file 14 through the attribute management unit 13 and the document management unit 15, and the data access apparatus 2 receives the shared document. Since it is transmitted, in this case, the joint document can be displayed on the input / output device 21 via the document file operation device 24, and the joint document having the areas 31 to 33 can be referred to. In this case, of course, it becomes impossible to save the attribute and the joint document, and thus it becomes impossible to create and edit the joint document.

Therefore, if such a document reference means is adopted, even if any document creator is creating or editing a document,
Since the entire collaborative document can be referenced, the lack of communication can be resolved and it contributes effectively to the subsequent editing work. (2) About specific securing examples of the personal areas 31 and 32.

Generally, when a plurality of document creators create a shared document in a collaborative document, the general order, order, etc. of personal areas are determined in advance when the collaborative document is prepared.
More specifically, the input / output device 21 and the attribute reflection device 2
3 is used to transmit a structured document as shown in FIG. 3 to the data management device 1 to secure a personal area for a certain shared document in the joint document.

This structured document means attributes such as (a) designation of user (document creator), (b) designation of size of personal area, (c) designation of editability of the entire user, and (d) designation of page. Therefore, here, the personal area is secured by adding the structured document as described above to a certain shared document of the joint document.

It should be noted that it is possible to freely change the size of the shared document and the editing person (document creator) at any timing. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the personal area 31 of the document creator A is the personal area 3 of the document creator B.
When it is higher than 2, if the designated location is changed by using the structured document as the attribute, the sharing document corresponding to the personal area related to the document creator A can be moved after the document creator B. Is. At that time, it is not necessary to copy the entire joint document, and the shared document corresponding to a certain personal area in the joint document can be freely moved only by changing the structured document. (3) Regarding an example of changing the area shape of the personal area.

First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the personal area 3
When enlarging or reducing 1, 32, etc., the attribute reflection device 2
3 enlarges or reduces the area shape of the personal area using the structured document as described above.

Functionally, the attribute reflecting device 23 receives the attribute request containing the document name or the attribute request not containing the document name from the input / output device 21 as shown in FIG. A part of the input / output device 21 is configured while determining the attribute acquisition display unit 41 that fetches the previous attribute from the attribute storage file 12 and displays it on the input / output device 21, and the attribute displayed by the attribute acquisition display unit 41. A coordinate data recognition means 43 for recognizing coordinate data input from the mouse 42, and a structured document for converting the coordinate data recognized by the coordinate data recognition means 43 into a structured document as shown in FIG. 4B. The conversion means 44 is provided, and the structured document converted by the structured document conversion means 44 is transmitted to the data management device 1 via the transmission access management unit 25. And it has a configuration.

On the other hand, on the side of the data management device 1, when the structured document transmitted from the attribute reflection device 23 is received, the attribute management unit 13 outputs the attribute related to the joint document from the attribute storage file 12, that is, the structured document. It is taken out and sent to the document layout management device 16. Here, the document layout management device 16 retrieves the corresponding joint document from the document storage file 14 via the document management unit 15 according to the structured document, and shares the corresponding personal area based on the new structured document. The document layout processing is executed by expanding or reducing the area of the document. Then, before or after the layout process of this document, the structured document newly changed by the attribute management unit 13 is stored and saved in the attribute save file 12.

As another example of changing the area shape of the personal area, for example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the original areas 31 and 32 which are the original shapes on the left side of the figure are replaced with the personal areas 31 and 32 on the right side of the figure. In the case of the transformation, the transformation can be easily performed using the structured document shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to the configuration of the series of embodiments as described above, as shown in FIG. 7A, each document creator uses the structured document in the attribute storage file 12 in advance to set the personal area 31 and If the all creator variable area 33 is defined, each document creator can create and edit a shared document corresponding to the personal area and all creator variable area in the attribute save file 12 under the edit mode, and at the same time Since the document creator can also create and edit the shared document corresponding to his / her own personal area and all creator variable areas, the collaborative document can be efficiently created / edited.

In addition, in this apparatus, since the structured document relating to the personal area 32 of another document creator B is stored in the attribute storage file 12, the document creator A selects the document creator B from the structured document, The reservation status and editing status of C can be easily confirmed. As a result, the document creator A can proceed with the creation and editing of the joint document while grasping the editing status of the other document creators B and C and the overall status. In this way, each document creator can proceed with the editing work in real time, and can edit while collaborating with other document creators while checking the overall situation.

Further, by registering the structured document, the exclusive function with respect to other document creators eventually works, the security of the joint document corresponding to the personal area can be maintained, and further, while the document is being created by a certain document creator, other Figure 7
As shown in (b), the entire collaborative document can be viewed, which greatly contributes to the creation / editing of the shared document corresponding to one's own personal area.

Further, by appropriately enlarging / reducing and transforming the personal area using the mouse, the coordinate data by the mouse is converted into a structured document, and the document layout management device 16 as a whole based on the structured document. Since the document is laid out, the collaborative document can be constructed while freely changing the document area. (4) Exclusive processing by review approval In this review approval processing, as shown in FIG. 8, the document creator A uses the document file operation device 24 and the input / output device 21 to create / edit a joint document, and then executes the input / output device. When a review approval command from the document creator A is input from 21, the attribute reflection device 23 creates the review approval data of the document creator A of the input / output device 21 or transmits it based on the review approval command. Here, the attribute management unit 13 on the side of the database management device 1 stores the review approval data 41 in addition to the information of the document creator who has the approval authority, for example, the structured document, as the attribute corresponding to the edited joint document. By storing in the attribute storage file 12, the editing process from the document creators B, C, ...

Therefore, according to the above-mentioned embodiment, it is possible to surely prevent the intentional change after the review and approval of the joint document. (5) Regarding the preservation of the substance of joint documents.

In this device, as shown in FIG. 9, a data management device 1 having a server role and a data access device 2 having a client role are provided as a machine environment for creating and editing a collaborative document. The management device 1 side has an attribute storage file 12 and a document storage file 14, while the data access device 2 side also owns a substantial document storage file 14a for storing actual documents, and personal areas 31, 32 related to joint documents. And all creator variable area 3
Storing the structured document No. 3 in the attribute save file 12;
The shared document corresponding to its own personal area is stored and stored in the substantive document storage file 14a, while the joint document corresponding to the all creator variable area is also stored in the document storage file 14 of the data management apparatus 1. .

It should be noted that a procedure of saving the shared document corresponding to the personal area in the document save file 14 of the data management device 1 at the stage when the shared document is completely determined may be adopted. In this device, for example, when the storage capacity of the document storage file 14 on the side of the data management device 1 having the role of a server is small, the storage portion is shared while considering the nature of the document, and the personal area is used when editing a joint document. Quickly read the shared document related to
At the same time, it is to ensure flexible editing and improve work efficiency. It is especially effective when creating a common document according to the machine environment. (6) Regarding exclusive processing of personal areas in joint documents.

In this embodiment, when one collaborative document has a filled structure for each personal area of each document creator as shown in FIG. 10, exclusive processing is performed for each filled unit.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10A, the attribute storage file 12 is provided with a filled NO area for each individual area that constitutes a joint document for each document creator, and each filled NO area for each document creator is provided. , Read / write not possible = 1, read + write enabled = 0, read + write disabled =-
1 is stored and stored in the document storage file 14, while one document (joint document) composed of a plurality of fields, for example, 1 to 3 is stored in the document storage file 14 as shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, when a certain document creator specifies a document and attributes of each field of a joint document and reads out the document of each field and executes the document creation / editing process, the attributes are Based on the document creator of the save file 12 and the contents of each field, it is determined whether or not the shared document in the personal area can be edited, and according to the editability, the document is created / edited for each field.

As another example, when one joint document is composed of a plurality of files, an exclusive process is performed in units of files. Also in this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (a), a file NO area is provided in the attribute storage file 12 for each document creator, and read / write disabled = 1, read + write enabled = 0 in each file NO area for each document creator. Read + write not allowed = −1 is stored and stored, while the document storage file 14 stores and stores one document (joint document) composed of a plurality of files 1 to 3 as shown in FIG. . Also in this embodiment, the exclusive process can be surely executed according to the document creator of the attribute storage file 12 and the contents of the file NO area, as in FIG.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, a personal area and a variable area for all creators are defined for each shared document constituting a collaborative document, and a structured document is created in the attribute storage file. Since the document is saved, a plurality of document creators can simultaneously create a shared document corresponding to the personal area and the all creator variable area at the same time, and the efficiency of collaborative document creation / editing can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, even when a certain document creator is creating / editing a document, all the joint documents can be referred to under the condition of exclusive processing, so that communication between a plurality of document creators can be facilitated. .

Furthermore, if coordinate data of a shared document is input from an input device, it can be converted into a structured document and saved in an attribute save file, whereby the area of the shared document can be easily changed, and the structured document can be further changed. Based on the above, the layout processing of each shared document can be performed to obtain an appropriate array.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a joint document creation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of securing a personal area in an attribute storage file.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a structured document stored in an attribute storage file.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of enlarging or reducing an area of a shared document included in a joint document.

FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram in the case of changing an area of a shared document.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an area of a sharing document included in a joint document is modified.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display state in a collaborative document edit mode and a layout display mode.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating exclusive processing by review approval.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of saving a substantive document.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of exclusive processing when a collaborative document is configured in units of fields.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of exclusive processing when a collaborative document is configured in file units.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Data management device, 2 ... Data access device, 12 ...
Attribute storage file, 14 ... Document storage file, 16 ... Document layout management device, 21 ... Input / output device, 22 ... Remote search unit, 23 ... Attribute reflection device, 24 ... Document file operation device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A collaborative document production apparatus for producing and editing a collaborative document consisting of shared documents based on input information of a plurality of document authors, and storing a structured document for specifying the document authors and the structure of the document. A data management device having an attribute save file for storing the shared document composed of the created shared document, and a data management device for identifying the shared document when creating / editing the shared document. With a structured document, a personal area that enables the document creator to create and edit the shared document and an all creator variable area that enables all document creators to create and edit the shared document An attribute reflection device for transmitting and storing in an attribute storage file, and corresponding to a personal area and an all creator variable area based on a structured document in the file in the edit mode Serial joint document creating apparatus characterized by comprising: a plurality of data access devices, a and a document file operation device for performing creation and editing process reads the shared classification document. 2. A collaborative document production apparatus for producing and editing a collaborative document consisting of shared documents based on input information of a plurality of document authors, and storing a structured document for specifying the document authors and the structure of the document. An attribute save file, a document save file that stores the collaborative document composed of the created / edited shared documents, and at least all of the collaborative document from the file when receiving reference request information from the data access device side. A data management device having a document layout management means for reading and transmitting, and performing exclusive processing, and at the time of creating / editing the sharing document, creating the sharing document by a specific document creator based on input information. -Persons who can edit and all creators who can create / edit the shared document by all creators An attribute reflection device for transmitting and storing an area and a structured document in the attribute storage file and reading out the shared document corresponding to the personal area and all creator variable area based on the structured document of the file in the edit mode. A document file operation device that creates and edits the document and sends the reference request information to the data management device based on the input information, and displays all the reference collaborative documents sent from the document layout management means. And a plurality of data access devices each having a display unit for displaying the collaborative document creation device. 3. A collaborative document production apparatus for producing and editing a collaborative document consisting of shared documents based on input information of a plurality of document authors, and storing a structured document for specifying the document author and the structure of the document. An attribute storage file, and a document layout management means for executing layout processing of all the joint documents of the file based on the structured document; input information at the time of creating / editing the shared document; Based on the above, a structure is provided for a personal area in which a specific document creator can create / edit the shared document and a variable area for all creators in which all document creators can create / edit the shared document. First attribute reflecting means for transmitting and storing the encrypted document in the attribute storage file, and the personal area from the file of the data management device, all creators With reading and displaying said structured document that corresponds to the variable region,
A plurality of data access devices having second attribute reflecting means for converting the input information input from the input means relating to enlargement, reduction, or transformation into a structured document, transmitting the structured document, and storing the structured document in the attribute storage file; A collaborative document creation device characterized by comprising. 4. When the shared document is stored in the document save file in field units or file units, the attribute save file is replaced with the structured document relating to the personal area and the total creator variable area. ,
Save the read / write permission / prohibition data of the shared document in the filled unit or the file unit for each document creator and the filled unit or the file unit,
The collaborative document creation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein exclusive processing is performed.