JP5498101B2 - Document processing apparatus and document processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and a document processing program that support creation of an electronic document.

  In recent years, with the increase in performance of computers, the increase in capacity of storage media, the spread of computer networks, etc., it is possible to store and use a large amount of electronic documents in a computer system. Electronic documents refer to, for example, business documents such as forms, planning documents, design documents, reports, documents including data such as employee lists and organization charts, manuals, regulations, minutes, and web pages. Among these digitized documents, a group of documents organized for specific purposes within the organization is operated across multiple administrative departments or the entire company, such as regulatory documents and financial documents. There is something.

  In many cases, such a document group and various work-related documents associated with the document group are managed for each individual management event, or management targets and organizations are distributed. For these reasons, changes to other documents that accompany changes to one document belonging to a document group are often determined separately only according to the requirements of the individual or individual organization.

  These documents are often managed individually in accordance with various control requirements and legal requirements, and are often managed by each organization. Therefore, human knowledge It was a situation that was only known on the basis.

  As an example of analyzing a related part associated with a change in the contents of a document, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a changed part of the description of a law in a document and the contents of the change are automatically analyzed and the analysis result is output There is a revised legal analysis system.

  Further, as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 2, an electronic sentence related to a specific causal relationship designated by the user is re-analyzed from various causal relations between various sentence attribute information in the electronic sentence. There is a data analysis support method that updates attribute information, re-extracts the relationship between the text attribute information, and notifies the user of the extraction result.

JP 2004-295500 A JP 2000-293537 A

  However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, as a result of changing a certain rule, that is, a document in which the rule is described, a contradiction occurs between this changed rule and other rules and action guidelines, or the contents of the change of the rule. Even if the content deviates from another control requirement, the editor may not be able to grasp it.

  Also, even if a rule is changed, it is difficult for the editor to fully understand what other rules are necessary to reflect this change in the editor's actual behavior. Therefore, there is a possibility that the intention of changing the regulations cannot be thoroughly enforced by the organization.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus and a document processing program capable of supporting appropriate editing of another document accompanying editing of any of a plurality of documents.

That is, the document processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit that accepts a change input of a document, a link information storage unit that stores link information indicating a related portion and a related type between a plurality of documents, and a predetermined relationship between documents. Link definition information storage means for storing type information and predetermined change pattern information in association with each other, and extracting link information related to the change target document that has received the change input from the link information stored in the link definition information storage means Link information extracting means, and when the content of the change input to the change target document corresponds to a change pattern stored in the link definition information, among the related types associated with the change pattern on the link definition information A relation type search means for searching for a relation type indicated by the link information extracted by the link information extraction means; Of the change candidates stored in the change candidate information storage means, change candidate information storage means for storing a set of change patterns and a predetermined association type in association with a predetermined change candidate, the corresponding change pattern And a change candidate search unit that searches for a change candidate associated with a set of the association type searched by the association type search unit as a change candidate of the linked document indicated by the link information extracted by the link information extraction unit; and And a display means for displaying a search result obtained by the change candidate search means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to support appropriate editing of another document accompanying editing of any of a plurality of documents.

1 is a block diagram showing an example configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure for demonstrating the various functions of the document processing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. 6 is a diagram showing an example of link information between documents stored in the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the link definition information which the document processing apparatus in embodiment of this invention memorize | stores in a table format. The figure which shows an example of the change candidate definition information which the document processing apparatus in embodiment of this invention memorize | stores in a table format. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation performed by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of related document search processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of change content analysis processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of link information search processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of related document change support processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows an example of the procedure of the related document change assistance by the document processing apparatus in embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The document processing apparatus according to this embodiment has a function of supporting change input of another specified document accompanying change input of a specified document to be changed.
There is a high-level relationship between the regulatory documents, and how changes in one regulatory document affect the contents of other regulatory documents depends on the relationship between the changed regulatory document and the other regulatory documents. To do.

In the event that a change occurs in the high-level prescriptive document, even if this change affects the contents of the low-level prescriptive document, changes inside the low-level prescriptive document do not become a requirement for changing the high-level prescriptive document.
Therefore, if there is a directional change dependency between prescribed documents or between parts of a regulation document, it is possible to make changes by using that directional relation in addition to a certain regulation or group of regulations. It is possible to distinguish a certain rule document group and a restrictive rule document group. The restriction document that is a restriction is a higher-order document of the rule to be changed and is a restriction document that restricts the contents to be changed in the change-target rule document.

As described above, by setting a change dependency between rule documents or between parts of a rule document, depending on the content to be changed in one rule document, chained changes to other rule documents are mechanically performed to some extent. Yes.
Specifically, for example, if there are noun-transformed change dependencies such as organization names and terms between prescription documents, link information on terms that are considered important for prescription management is constructed between the prescription documents. In other words, the change of the noun of the higher-level prescriptive document is linked to the change of the noun of the lower-level prescriptive document.

  In addition, the change dependency described above includes not only a substitutional relationship but also a semantic relationship. Specifically, for example, when there is a change related to a control rule or a security relationship with respect to the upper rule document, it may be necessary to change the content of the lower rule document in accordance with the changed content.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, a link type indicating the type of change dependency is given to the above-described link information, and when the change content of the specified document corresponds to a known change pattern, this change pattern is pre- By specifying the associated link type, the change dependency type for the change contents of the specified document is clarified.

  To explain this process in an abstract manner, when a high-level rule is changed by a change work, that is, a function related to free language conversion, a link destination having a specific attribute is changed by a specific change operation. This function is linked to another specific function with a mapping called link information. This means that the system of rules is re-examined from the viewpoint of group theory and processed as a collection of Japanese information and a mapping of the collection.

However, there are actually implicit rules for change, and change management cannot be performed with clear logic alone. Therefore, it is necessary to capture the actual change work result using the implicit rule for actual document processing.
In fact, when a rule document is changed, the determination of how this effect will affect other rule documents is often made on the basis of past case accumulation. This is because the change history of the rules corresponding to individual departments is recorded together with the original rule changes, and the changes in the lower rules are relatively mechanical in accordance with the changes in the higher rules. Because it is decided.

  This is the result of changes in regulations based on a certain rule, and if this change is taken in, the link information related to regulations is built with a certain degree of probability without using only advanced Japanese processing. Means you can.

  For example, in terms of change of terms, it is desirable that the change of the high-order prescription document and the change of the low-order prescription document be performed in the same form. In addition, regarding the lower-level rules created using the higher-level rules as a model, if the reference part of the higher-level rules is changed, the lower-level specified documents are usually changed in almost the same manner. In addition, if there are terms that have the same meaning but different meanings between prescribed documents, the actual changes will not synchronize these changes.

  Therefore, in the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, a link indicating a relationship between one rule document and another rule document in a group of defined documents organized for a specific purpose based on case information. Information is set automatically, manually, or semi-automatically, and link definition information that associates the type of link information with a predetermined change pattern is constructed.

  Further, in the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the location information where the change of a specified document is spread using the direction information between the specified documents and the link information between the specified documents between the specified documents. Clarify the places that become restrictions on changes.

  Further, in the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the pattern of the change made to a rule document is identified through analysis such as Japanese language processing, and the pattern of the change is specified, and the link information of the link type corresponding to this pattern Options for selecting what kind of changes should be made to other prescribed documents related to the document or a part in the prescribed document are displayed to the editor.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining various functions of the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a link information search unit 1, a link reference unit 2, a difference information extraction unit 3, a link information extraction unit 4, a similar operation search unit 5, and a difference information analysis. Unit 6, use link extraction unit 7, change candidate extraction unit 8, display control unit 9, communication interface 10, information operation management unit 11, input device 12, display device 13 and storage device 14, each via a bus 15. Connected.
This document processing apparatus can be realized by a combination of a hardware configuration and a software configuration. The software configuration realizes each function as a document processing apparatus by installing a computer-readable storage medium or a program obtained from a network in advance in a computer memory.

The input device 12 is a keyboard or a mouse, for example, and accepts an input operation for instructing a desired change range when performing a document group change operation.
The display device 13 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays a document to be changed, or displays change candidates for a predetermined portion of another document affected by the change of the document.

  The storage device 14 is a storage medium such as a hard disk drive or a nonvolatile memory, for example, and includes a link information search unit 1, a link reference unit 2, a difference information extraction unit 3, a link information extraction unit 4, a similar operation search unit 5, and a difference information analysis. In addition to the program for processing operations by the unit 6, the usage link extraction unit 7, the change candidate extraction unit 8, the display control unit 9, the communication interface 10, and the information operation management unit 11, the document information storage unit 21, the link definition information storage unit 22, a change candidate definition information storage unit 23 and an operation information storage unit 24.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of link information between documents stored in the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The document information storage unit 21 stores a large amount of electronic data of regulations documents such as in-house documents and legal documents. Each document is associated with link information indicating an association with another document.
This link information is information having a link source, a link destination, a link type, and a direction. The direction in the link information is unidirectional or bidirectional. The link source or link destination in the link information is information having information on a specified number, a category, a specified name, a position of the corresponding phrase, and a character string of the corresponding phrase. In this link information, the link source and the link destination may be the entire document. As shown in FIG. 3, it may be a similar word between two rule documents, a notation pattern of a post, or a related rule name.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of link definition information stored in the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention in a table format.
The link definition information storage unit 22 stores link definition information in a format as shown in FIG. This link definition information is information in which a predetermined change pattern is associated with link type information. The change pattern is a pattern for applying a change content to the change target document. The link type information in the link definition information is information indicating the link type that can be used when a change input corresponding to the change pattern associated with the link definition information is made.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, the change pattern in the link definition information includes “change in charge” indicating a change in information on a person in charge in the document, “organization change” indicating a change in information on the organization in the document, "Control change" that indicates a change in information related to control in the document, "Security change" that indicates a change in information related to security in the document, "Master change" that indicates a change in the key in the document, and a predetermined configuration in the document It is divided into “configuration change” indicating a change and “term change” indicating a change of a predetermined term in the document.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, the link types in the link definition information are “specified hierarchy” which is a link related to the hierarchy between specified documents, “control A link” which is a link related to internal controls, “control”. It is classified into “B link”, “human organization link” that is a link related to people and organizations in the company, “term link” that is a link related to terms, and the like.

FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of change candidate definition information stored in the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The change candidate definition information storage unit 23 stores change candidate definition information in a format as shown in FIG. The change candidate definition information is information for defining change content candidates corresponding to a set of a predetermined change pattern and a predetermined link type. This change content candidate is a change content candidate of another document connected by link information related to the change target document.

  The operation information storage unit 24 stores, as operation history information, information on a change operation related to a document that has been changed in the past. The operation history information is stored in a format in which, for each operation ID, an operation, a rule number, a category name, a rule name, a clause, a change content, and a parent operation ID are associated with each other.

  Details of the operation history information will be described. The operation ID is an ID for uniquely identifying an operation. The operation is information indicating the change type, and is classified into “a”, “m”, and “d”. “A” indicates addition, “m” indicates change, and “d” indicates deletion. The regulation number in the operation history information is a unique number assigned to the regulation. The category name represents the type of rule. The rule name represents a name given to the rule. The section represents the section number in the regulations. The changed content represents the changed character string. The parent operation ID represents the operation ID that causes the operation. The parent operation ID indicates an operation ID executed for a link location described later.

The link information search unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 searches for link information corresponding to the regulation document to be changed.
The link information may be given statically by operating the input device 12, or automatically based on some Japanese processing, Japanese description rules, or the document system or structure. Good.

Based on the link information extracted by the link information search unit 1, the link reference unit 2 refers to another rule or rule part in which the restriction condition of the change content may be described.
The difference information extraction unit 3 extracts difference information between the document of the version before the change and the document of the version after the change when the change input to the change target document is performed.
The link information extraction unit 4 extracts link information related to the change target document in which the change input has been made as described above or link information related to the change portion in the change target document.

The similar operation search unit 5 searches for past operation information similar to the change operation.
The difference information analysis unit 6 extracts a change pattern related to the difference information extracted by the difference information extraction unit 3. Specifically, the difference information analysis unit 6 extracts the change pattern by performing, for example, morphological analysis, frequency analysis, or change size statistical processing on the extracted difference information.

The use link extraction unit 7 acquires information that links the list of extracted change patterns and link information, and links that are linked to the extracted change patterns in the link information extracted by the link information extraction unit 4 Information is extracted as link information to be used.
The change candidate extraction unit 8 extracts change candidates associated with a combination of the extracted change pattern of the document to be changed and the extracted link information as described above.

The display control unit 9 controls display of various information on the display device 13.
The communication interface 10 transmits and receives various types of information such as document information from external devices and link information of the document information.
The information operation management unit 11 changes the held link information and the type information included in the link information, the change of the change pattern information shown in the link information correspondence table, and the information held by the change candidate extraction unit 8 It is an internal information operation interface that is required when changing the system.

Next, the operation of the document processing apparatus having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation performed by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Here, a rule management change in the rule document is taken as an example.
The document processing apparatus includes a related document search process (step S1) by the link information search unit 1 and the link reference unit 2, a change content analysis process (step S2) by the difference information analysis unit 6, and a link information search process by the link information extraction unit 4. (Step S3) and a related document change support process (Step S4) by the change candidate extraction unit 8 are performed.

Next, the details of the related document search process which is the process of step S1 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of related document search processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
At the start of the related document search process, the editor selects the document name of the target document to be changed from the group of rule documents that are stored in the document information storage unit 21 of the storage device 14 at the present time, or in the document. The change target part is designated by operating the input device 12. The link information search unit 1 reads out the designated change target document from the document information storage unit 21 of the storage device 14 (step S11).

Then, the link information search unit 1 determines whether any part in the read document is designated by the input device 12 as a part to be changed (step S12).
If “NO” is determined in the process of step S12, the link reference unit 2 reads and acquires all link information related to the change target document from the document information storage unit 21 of the storage device 14 (step S13). .

  Based on the acquired link information, the link reference unit 2 identifies a prescribed document that satisfies the restriction on the change target document among the documents stored in the document information storage unit 21 of the storage device 14 (step S14). .

  On the other hand, if “YES” is determined in the process of step S12, the link reference unit 2 stores the link information of the change target portion specified as described above in the change target document in the document information storage 14. The data is read from the unit 21 and acquired (step S15).

After the processing in step S12 or S15, the link reference unit 2 restricts the change of the change target document among the documents stored in the document information storage unit 21 of the storage device 14 based on the acquired link information. The specified document or a part in another specified document is specified (step S16).
The display controller 9 causes the display device 13 to display the information specified in the process of step S14 or S16 (step S17).

Next, the details of the change content analysis process that is the process of step S2 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a change content analysis process performed by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In the change content analysis processing, first, the difference information extraction unit 3 accepts a change reception by the input device 12 for the change target document (step S21).

  The difference information extraction unit 3 checks whether or not the change of the change target document is completed (step S22). Here, it is assumed that the change is completed when some approval work for the change target document is completed and another related rule change can be considered.

  The difference information extraction unit 3 stores the pre-change document and the post-change document in the storage device 14 (step S23). The difference information extraction unit 3 extracts the difference information between the stored documents and identifies the changed part and the changed content (step S24).

  The similar operation search unit 5 searches the operation information storage unit 24 of the storage device 14 for existing operation history information similar to the change location and the change content indicated by the extracted difference information (step S25).

  As a result of the processing in step S25, when there is the above-described existing operation history information (YES in step S26), the display control unit 9 displays the operation history information on the display device 13 (step S27). When there are a plurality of existing operation history information, the display control unit 9 displays these operation history information on the display device 13 in descending order of similarity to the change location and change content indicated by the difference information.

After the process of step S27 or when “NO” is determined in the process of step S26, the difference information analysis unit 6 reads the term dictionary and the like from the storage device 14, and changes the difference information based on this dictionary. Is analyzed (step S28).
Then, the difference information analysis unit 6 reads the description rule information, the description dictionary, and the like from the storage device 14, and performs statistical analysis of the difference information based on the read result (step S29).

The difference information analysis unit 6 specifies a change pattern of the difference information based on the results of the lexical analysis and statistical analysis described above (step S30).
In other words, the difference information analysis unit 6 analyzes the lexical change indicated by the difference information, the change of the term, the specific term frequently appearing in the sentence, the syntax of the document, etc. by the Japanese analysis process, so that the difference Identify information change patterns.

For example, if the difference information is a change in terms such as “examiner” → “formal examiner”, the difference information analysis unit 6 specifies the change pattern as “term change”.
When the difference information is an organizational change such as “formal examination fifth chamber” → “formal examination third chamber”, for example, the difference information analysis unit 6 specifies the change pattern as “organization change”.

If the difference information is, for example, a classification name and an examination room, the difference information analysis unit 6 identifies the change pattern as “main change” after confirming the description pattern based on the syntax tree analysis.
When the difference information is a change related to security, the difference information analysis unit 6 uses, for example, the frequency of specific terms related to security such as “secret” and “information protection” in the difference information. In addition, the change pattern is specified as “security correspondence”.

Next, details of the link information search process which is the process of step S3 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of link information search processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The link information extraction unit 4 inputs all link information related to the change target document, which is a search result by the link information search unit 1 (step S31).

  Moreover, the link information extraction part 4 inputs the difference information which is the extraction result by the difference information extraction part 3 (step S32). Then, the link information extraction unit 4 extracts the link information related to the change location designated as described above from all the link information related to the change target document based on the input results obtained in the processes of steps S31 and S32. Step S33).

  Next, the utilization link extraction unit 7 reads out link definition information stored in the link definition information storage unit 22 of the storage device 14 (step S34).

And the utilization link extraction part 7 inputs the change pattern specified by the difference information analysis part 6 as mentioned above (step S35).
The use link extraction unit 7 can use the link type that is associated with the change pattern input in the process of step S35 among the link information of the change part extracted in the process of step S33 on the read link definition information. Extracted as information (step S37).
The display control unit 9 displays the extracted usable link information on the display device 13 together with the change pattern input in the process of step S35 (step S38).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of related document change support processing by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The change candidate extraction unit 8 acquires the usable link information extracted by the use link extraction unit 7 (step S41). The change candidate extraction unit 8 acquires the change pattern specified by the difference information analysis unit 6 (step S42). .

Then, the change candidate extraction unit 8 reads the change candidate definition information from the change candidate definition information storage unit 23 of the storage device 14 (step S43), and acquires the available link information acquired in the process of step S41 and the process of step S42. A change candidate associated with the set of changed patterns on the change candidate definition information is specified (step S44).
The display control unit 9 displays the specified change candidate on the display device 13 together with the read available link information and the acquired change pattern set (step S45).

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a related document change support procedure by the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 11, the specified document to be changed is a document with a category name “company-wide operation rule” and a title “about personal PC handling” shown in FIG. 3, which is difference information. If the change content is a change from “security officer” to “department electronic device administrator”, since this change is a replacement between job terms, the usage link extraction unit 7 sets the change pattern as a term change. A term link associated with this term change on the link definition information is extracted as usage link information. Thereby, change candidates for the “information asset handling standard” shown in FIG. 3 are displayed.

  Next, a description will be given of the work of changing the lower rules accompanying the change of the upper rules. The editor determines with reference to the display result on the display device 13 what kind of change will be made to the link destination change rule or the rule part based on the use link information designated by the use link extraction unit 7. . At that time, the editor determines whether or not there is a document that is a constraint condition of the document to be changed with reference to the output result from the link reference unit 2.

  In general, subordinate rules are often performed by the person in charge of the operation department of the rules, and not all rules are managed by the same person. The flow is to start studying changes.

  Next, the maintenance of the relationship between various information stored in the storage device 14 will be described. The link definition information, the change pattern definition information, the term dictionary, the description rule, and the like need to be updated due to the above-described periodic review of the operation history information and the relationship between the prescribed documents. In this case, the editor causes the information to be updated to be displayed on the display device 13 by a predetermined operation on the input device 12, and the information operation management unit 11 operates by the operation on the input device 12 while referring to this display screen. To perform necessary update work.

  As described above, in the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the following effects occur when changes are made to the contents of the regulations document associated with various controls, external laws, or changes in policies within a group of companies. .

The first effect will be described. When changing the rules document, changes to external laws, controls, or policies, which are the reason for the change, become the focus of the editor's interests, and are the basis for the establishment of this policy or affect each other. Editors' awareness about is low.
However, in the present embodiment, the rule document group that is a restriction on the content of the change and the change candidates of the parts of other rule documents are displayed to the editor, so that contradictions between the rule documents can be reduced.

  The second effect is the problem of how to change which other regulations document as a result of changing the regulations document, or in order to realize the intention of the change. It is possible to support.

  Whether or not a certain document in the group of prescribed documents falls under the restriction on the change of the prescribed document to be changed depends on the framework of the prescribed document, that is, the hierarchical position of the prescribed document and the direction information in the link information. It is classified based on. If it is a normal rule document, there is a framework of company rules and department rules, and there is also a dependency relationship between rule documents in the same rule frame.

  In this embodiment, this dependency relationship is expressed by link information, and by using the rule affiliation framework as necessary, other rules documents or rules documents that need to be changed depending on the change of a rule document. Since the candidates for the portion are displayed to the editor, it is possible to suppress omissions in changes.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be omitted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.
Note that the method described in the above embodiment includes a magnetic disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), a magneto-optical disk (MO) as programs that can be executed by a computer. ), And can be distributed in a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory.
In addition, as long as the storage medium can store a program and can be read by a computer, the storage format may be any form.
In addition, an OS (operating system) running on a computer based on an instruction of a program installed in the computer from a storage medium, MW (middleware) such as database management software, network software, and the like realize the above-described embodiment. A part of each process may be executed.
Further, the storage medium in the present invention is not limited to a medium independent of a computer, but also includes a storage medium in which a program transmitted via a LAN, the Internet, or the like is downloaded and stored or temporarily stored.
Further, the number of storage media is not limited to one, and the case where the processing in the above embodiment is executed from a plurality of media is also included in the storage media in the present invention, and the media configuration may be any configuration.
The computer according to the present invention executes each process in the above-described embodiment based on a program stored in a storage medium, and is a single device such as a personal computer or a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to a network. Any configuration may be used.
In addition, the computer in the present invention is not limited to a personal computer, but includes an arithmetic processing device, a microcomputer, and the like included in an information processing device, and is a generic term for devices and devices that can realize the functions of the present invention by a program. .

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Link information search part, 2 ... Link reference part, 3 ... Difference information extraction part, 4 ... Link information extraction part, 5 ... Similar operation search part, 6 ... Difference information analysis part, 7 ... Utilization link extraction part, 8 ... Change candidate extraction unit, 9 ... display control unit, 10 ... communication interface, 11 ... information operation management unit, 12 ... input device, 13 ... display device, 14 ... storage device, 15 ... bus, 21 ... document information storage unit, 22 ... link definition information storage unit, 23 ... change candidate definition information storage unit, 24 ... operation information storage unit.

Claims (3)

An input means for accepting a document change input;
Link information storage means for storing link information indicating a related portion and a related type between a plurality of documents;
Link definition information storage means for storing predetermined association type information between documents and predetermined change pattern information in association with each other;
Of link information stored in the link definition information storage means, link information extraction means for extracting link information related to a change target document that has received the change input;
When the content of the change input to the change target document corresponds to the change pattern stored in the link definition information, the link information extracting unit extracts the relation type associated with the change pattern on the link definition information. Related type search means for searching for the related type indicated by the link information,
A change candidate information storage unit that stores a set of a predetermined change pattern and a predetermined relation type in association with a predetermined change candidate;
Of the change candidates stored in the change candidate information storage unit, the link candidate extracted by the link information extraction unit is a change candidate associated with the set of the corresponding change pattern and the related type searched by the related type search unit Change candidate search means for searching as a change candidate for the linked document indicated by the information;
A document processing apparatus comprising: display means for displaying a search result obtained by the change candidate search means. The input means, prior to accepting a change input to the change target document, accepts a designation of a planned change location in the change target document,
A document search means for searching for another document in which a description restricting the content of the change to the planned change location is received when designation of the planned change location is received;
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a search result obtained by the document search unit. And link information storage means for storing link information indicating a relevant location and associated classification between a plurality of documents, and the link definition information storage means for storing in association with predetermined relevant type information and the predetermined change pattern information between documents, given A computer including a change candidate information storage unit that stores a set of a change pattern and a predetermined association type and a predetermined change candidate in association with each other,
Input means for accepting changes to the document;
Link information extraction means for extracting link information related to a change target document that has received the change input, among link information stored in the link definition information storage means,
When the content of the change input to the change target document corresponds to the change pattern stored in the link definition information, the link information extracting unit extracts the relation type associated with the change pattern on the link definition information. Related type search means for searching the related type indicated by the link information,
Of the change candidates stored in the change candidate information storage unit, the link candidate extracted by the link information extraction unit is a change candidate associated with the set of the corresponding change pattern and the related type searched by the related type search unit A computer-readable document processing program for functioning as a change candidate search means for searching as a change candidate for a linked document indicated by information, and a display means for displaying a search result by the change candidate search means.

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