JPH0744563A - System and method for processing multiplex document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the efficient batch management and editing of plural documents for which a part of contents is different by multiplexing the nodes of the tree structure of structured documents. CONSTITUTION:A document processing means 2 is composed of a text editing means 21 and a document structure editing means 22, the document structure editing means 22 performs the editing related to the logical structure of the document and the node generation means 220 of the document structure editing means 22 is composed of a normal node generation means 221 and a multiplex node generation means 222. The multiplex node generation means 222 multiplexes the nodes which are logical elements when the logical structure relation of the parts where the contents of the plural documents are different is the same and is provided with a multiplex node adding function for newly adding the different nodes. An attribute editing means 240 imparts attribute values for selecting the document to the nodes and a document selection means 250 screen-displays the required individual document or the plural documents at need and performs the editing by comparing the attribute value inputted by a data input/output means 1 with the attribute values of the respective nodes and performing selection.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing system for creating and editing a document on a computer, and in particular, it collectively manages a plurality of similar documents having different contents in a single document framework. The present invention relates to a multiple document processing system suitable for editing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of documents are individually created and managed as separate documents even if only some of the contents are different, or common contents are used as parts and each document is managed by a link or the like. It was The latter is the group work tool of Interleaf's document processing system "Interleaf 5".

On the other hand, as a document processing system that manages and edits a hierarchical structure in a tree structure with a logical structure unit such as a chapter / section in a document as a node, a document processing system generally called an outline processor or a logical structure editor. And "Acta" by Symmetry, which is discussed in "Mackintosh Document Creation Techniques", page 86-94 (Yoshihisa Takayama, published by Technical Review Company, 1990).

[0004]

However, even if there is a common part, it is managed as a separate document, so that the document capacity becomes large, and when changing the common part, it is necessary to change all the related documents, and there is a lack of change. There was a problem that was prone to mistakes.

Further, when the common part is managed as a part, there is a problem that separate work is required for the partization, and both the part and the document must be managed. Further, conventionally, since a document is managed as a separate document, managing the relationship between individual documents requires a separate management system, which is complicated.

Further, when editing is performed in consideration of mutual document relationships, a plurality of documents are accessed and editing is performed while displaying corresponding parts, which is a complicated editing.
In particular, in the related art, although common parts and different parts of a plurality of documents can be recognized, it is not possible to logically recognize which parts have the same logical structure and have an exclusive relationship.

For example, it is assumed that there is a document A and a document B consisting of four chapters, and the same document is edited except for the second chapter, which is the same. When moving the second chapter of document A after the fourth chapter common to AB, the second chapter of document B should often be moved after the fourth chapter, but the second chapter of document B is also moved. Assistance such as inquiring the user whether it should be done or not is desirable. However, in the prior art, since the second chapter of document A and the second chapter of document B are unknown in logical structure, useful information cannot be provided to the user.

Further, when the new version of the document A is the document C, it is often desired to compare the pre-correction and the post-correction parts. However, conventionally, the logical structures of the document A and the document C cannot be associated with each other. There was a problem that it was difficult to provide effective support.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to realize a multiple document processing system for collectively managing and editing the contents of a plurality of documents in the framework of one document while considering the logical structural relationship. is there.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above object is to edit a logical structure and multiple node generating means for multiplexing nodes when a plurality of documents have the same logical structure but different document contents. Node editing means for editing the node including the multiplexed nodes, and attribute editing means for giving or editing the attribute value for distinguishing each document to the node, and the attribute value And a document selecting means for selecting a partial document from the whole document, and maintaining and managing the logical structure relationship of a plurality of document contents in a single document framework.

[0011]

The common part of a plurality of documents is treated by the normal node means as a non-multiplexed normal node, and the parts peculiar to each document are multiplexed by the multiple node generating means to make mutual logical structure relations. Is expressed in the framework of one document.

As a result, the common part is managed without duplication, and the document capacity can be reduced. In addition, since document processing can be performed in a single document framework, document management is easy.

The node editing means determines whether or not the nodes to be edited are multiplexed. If not, the conventional normal editing is performed, and if the nodes are multiplexed, the node is edited. Edit in consideration of nodes that have the same logical structure and are in exclusive relation with each other.

Since the attribute editing means recognizes the document to which each node belongs, an attribute value represented by a document name or the like is assigned,
Add, delete, change. By this attribute value, common node
The difference between the node and the individual node can be judged by both the user and the system. A plurality of attribute values are given to nodes belonging to a plurality of documents.

The document selecting means specifies an attribute value and selects a node having a matching attribute value to display or edit the entire document in the form of a required individual document, so that efficient editing is possible. it can. Of course, not only individual documents but also a plurality of or all documents can be selected and edited while comparing the differences between the documents.

[0016]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a multiple document processing system according to the present invention. The system comprises data input / output means 1,
It comprises a document processing means 2 and a document file 3. De-
The data input / output means 1 performs input processing from a keyboard or mouse and output processing to a screen. The document processing means 2
Upon receiving an input from the data input / output means 1, processing relating to document editing is performed, data output is performed to the data input / output means 1, or input / output to / from the document file 3. The document file 3 is a storage unit for document data.

The document processing means 2 is the text editing means 2
1. The document structure editing means 22 is included. The text editing means 21 edits the text of each document.
The document structure editing means 22 edits the logical structure of a document and generates a node, a node generating means 220, a node selecting means 210 for selecting a node, a node deleting and copying operation. Node editing means 2 for cutting, cutting, pasting, moving, etc.
30, attribute editing means 240 for assigning / adding / deleting / changing the attribute value of a node, document selecting means 250 for selecting a partial sentence from the entire document by specifying the attribute value, and displaying only a specific node Display selection means 260 for selecting the display of all the nodes, individual document output means 270 for specifying the attribute value and outputting related documents from the whole document as one document, and judging the difference between the documents. , Document adding means 280 for adding another document using only different parts as multiple nodes.

The node generating means 220 comprises a normal node generating means 221 and a multiple node generating means 222. The normal node generating means 221 is well known and has a child node generating function, a younger node generating function and the like. Multiple node generation means 222
Is a means peculiar to the present invention, and even in the same Chapter 2, a plurality (one or more) of nodes having different contents and structures are generated in association with each other. The multiple node generating means 222 has a node multiplexing function for multiplexing nodes and a multiple node adding function for newly adding another node as a multiple node.

Next, details of one procedure for generating multiple nodes will be described with reference to FIGS. In this example, the procedure of creating the document A and the document B, which are different from each other in part of Chapter 2, as one document is shown as an example. 2 shows the structure 500 of the document A and the document B to be created, and FIGS. 3 to 10 show the input procedure of the editing screen.

FIG. 3 shows an editing screen 400 and a document structure 500 at the initial stage of editing. The edit screen 400 has a menu area 410
And an edit area 420. Menu area 41
0 is a pull-down menu, and a command can be selected by picking a required part with a pointing device such as a mouse. In the initial state, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the document main body node 100 and the chapter 10 node 10 are used.
There is only 1 and the chapter 1 node 1 is displayed on the edit screen 420.
A triangular symbol 111 representing 01 is displayed. Triangle symbol 11
When the node is selected, the display density of 1 is inverted and becomes black, and when it is not selected, it is displayed as white (FIG. 5).
The selection node can be distinguished by referring to the symbol 111). When a sentence is input from the keyboard in the state of FIG. 3 (a), the text editing means 21 inputs the sentence. Documents A and B
4 (a) shows the input result of the text of the first chapter that is common to all.

Next, in order to create the second chapter, the user selects the node generation command in the menu area 410 with the pointing device. The data input / output means 1 activates the younger brother node generation function of the normal node generation means 221, and generates and displays the node 102 of the second chapter of the document A with a new triangular symbol 112 as shown in FIG. . Node 1 in this example
Since 01 was already selected, the node generation command could be immediately executed, but when node 101 is not selected, it is necessary to pick the symbol 111 on the screen with the mouse or the like. When the symbol 111 is picked, the data input / output means 1 activates the node selection means 210, whereby it is possible to know that the node 101 has been selected.

FIG. 6 shows the result of inputting the text of the second chapter after the first chapter. The same process is repeated thereafter to create the document A shown in FIG. Up to this point is conventional technology.

Next, a document B having a different content from the second chapter of the document A
The input procedure of Chapter 2 is shown. First, in FIG. 7, the user picks the symbol 112 on the screen and activates the node selecting means 210 by the data input / output means 1 to recognize that the node 102 has been selected. Next, when the multiplex command in the node generation in the menu area 410 is selected, the data input / output means 1 will generate the multiple node generation means 22.
The second multiplexing function is activated and the node 102 is changed to a multiple node. 2 of document A represented by node 102 in this way
Recognizing that the chapters are not common, the multiple node generation means 222 changes the triangular symbol 112 into a double triangular symbol 122 representing multiple nodes, and a circular symbol 132 representing the entire multiple nodes. Add. In addition, node 103 and node of document A
Since the node 104 is also attached to the node 102, it is changed to a multiple node. The result is shown in FIG.

Next, the user uses the mouse or the like to display the symbol 12 on the screen.
When 2 is picked, it is judged that the node 102 has been selected by the node selecting means 210. Then, when the multiple node addition command in the node generation in the menu area 410 is selected, the data input / output means 1 activates the multiple node addition function of the multiple node generation means 222, and the document B The multiple node 105 which is the second chapter of the above is additionally displayed. The user then inputs the text of document B from the keyboard as well. The result is shown in FIG. By this multi-node addition operation, the multi-node 102 of document A and the multi-node of document B are added.
It is recognized that the nodes 105 are linked to each other, and that the same node and each node have an exclusive relationship in the logical structure. The user can also know the same relationship from the symbols on the screen.

Since the node 105 is currently selected, when the user selects the child node generation command in the node generation in the menu area 410, the child of the normal node generation means 221 is selected. The node generation function is activated to generate the node 106 in section 2.1, which is unique to document B. Further you
The user inputs the text from the keyboard and the text editing means 2
In step 1, the input process of the sentence of section 2.1 peculiar to document B is performed. The input result is shown in FIG.

The document structure of FIG. 10 is a structure in which subtrees of two chapters or less specific to document A and subtrees of two chapters or less specific to document B are combined. Unlike the two-dimensional tree structure, it has a three-dimensional structure in which nodes having the same logical structure and having an exclusive relationship are multiplexed. In this way, common parts of a plurality of documents can be managed as a common normal node, and different parts can be multi-noded to efficiently manage them in the framework of one document.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13, an example of collectively processing a plurality of multiple nodes having the same logical structure and having an exclusive relationship will be described by using the movement of multiple nodes.

First, it is assumed that the different chapters 2 of the document A and the document B of FIG. 10 are moved after the shared chapter 3. The user has a symbol 132 for the entire multiple nodes of the screen 400.
Pick. The data input / output means 1 activates the node selection means 210, and both the second chapter specific to the document A and the second chapter specific to the document B, that is, the nodes 103 and 104 below the node 102. , And the nodes 106 below the node 105 are selected by the node selecting means 210, and the symbol 1
32 is inverted. The result is shown in FIG. Next you
The user selects the move command in the node edit in the menu area 410, and then picks the symbol 113 on the screen 420. The data input / output means 1 activates the node selection means 210, and the node selection means 210 causes the node 1 in Chapter 3 to be activated.
Select 07. The state is shown in FIG.

Then, the moving function of the node editing means 230 is activated to move the second chapter of the document A and the document B after the node 104 as shown in FIG. Here, an example is shown in which multiple nodes are processed collectively, but it is also possible to select individual nodes instead of the entire multiple nodes and perform the same processing as in the prior art. In this way, it is possible to selectively use multiple nodes that have the same logical structure but are in an exclusive relationship in batch processing or individually, so that efficient editing can be performed in consideration of the relationship between a plurality of documents. .

FIG. 14 shows the data structure of one of the multiplexed nodes related to the present invention. The tree structure of FIG. 15 expresses the contents of the node 701 (section 2.2). A case will be described as an example. The parent node pointer 601 is a pointer to the upper node 702 (Chapter 2) of the node 701. The elder brother node pointer 602 is a pointer representing a node that is the elder brother of a node having a sibling relationship, and corresponds to the node 703 (section 2.1) in FIG. The younger brother node pointer 603 is a pointer representing a node which is the younger brother of a node having a sibling relationship, and is NULL because there is no node in FIG. Child node pointer 604 is node 70
15 is a data pointer indicating the beginning of the lower node of 1.
In the above example, it is a pointer to the node 704 (section 2.2.1). The next multiple node pointer 605 is a pointer to the next multiple node 705 (another section 2.2) related to the multiple node having the node 701. The previous multi-node pointer 606 is a pointer to the data representing the previous multi-node related to the multi-node having the node 701.
Since it has no node, it is NULL.

The pointer 607 to the text contents is the node 70.
This is a pointer to the content of one sentence, that is, the data in which the text string is stored. The data structure for storing the text string has no direct relation to the present invention and is therefore omitted here. The node level 608 is used for numbering chapter and section numbers, finds the depth of a node in a tree structure, which is a logical structure, and stores the value. In FIG. 15, the level of node 701 is 2. The multi-node flag 609 is a flag indicating whether or not the node is a multi-node, and is 1 if the node is a multi-node.
However, if it is a normal node, 0 is stored. Node 7 of FIG.
Since 01 is a multiple node, 1 is stored. Attribute value 610
Is the storage area of the attribute value when the node is a multiple node,
A indicating the document A to which the multiple node 701 of FIG. 15 belongs
Is stored as an attribute value.

Next, details of the attribute editing means 240 are shown in FIG.
Will be explained. FIG. 16 is the same as FIG. No
When the attribute editing of the menu area 410 is selected for the node selected by the mode selecting means 210, the attribute editing means 2
40 is activated, and any of addition / addition / deletion / change of attribute value is selected from the displayed attribute value input screen, and the result is reflected in the node. The attribute value of the node 102 of the chapter 2 peculiar to the document A is the character string A, and the node 10 peculiar to the document B is
A character string B is added to the attribute value of 3.

An attribute value is added / added / added to an arbitrary node.
When deleted / changed, the attribute editing means 240 causes the descendant node to inherit the attribute value. In the example of FIG. 16, document A
The unique attribute values of the nodes in section 2.1 and 2.2 are the character string A.
Further, the character string B is added as the attribute value of the node of section 2.1 peculiar to the document B. In this embodiment, the common node is treated as a normal node and the attribute value is not input. However, if it can be distinguished, a character string or the like may be input separately.

Next, a typical function of the node generating means 220 will be described with reference to FIG. Node generating means 22
0 is for node generation by the node generation command in the menu area 410 for the node selected by the node selection means 210. Specifically, the normal node generation means 221 has a child node generation function and a younger node generation function, and the multiple node generation means 222 has a node multiplexing function and a multiple node addition function. is there.

If the node generation command is the child node generation command, the processing of the child node generation function (752) is executed, and if it is the younger node generation command, the processing of the younger brother node generation function (754). Is executed. If it is a node multiplex command, the node multiplex function processing (756) is executed, and if it is a multiple node addition command, the multiple node addition function processing (758) is executed.

Details of each function will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Child node generation function (FIG. 18): It is determined whether the whole multi-node or other multi-nodes (normal node or multi-node) is selected according to the kind of node symbol picked by the user. (8
01). If the selected node is the entire multiple node, the child node
Do not generate. If it is not the entire multiple node, a node is generated at the position of the eldest child of the selected node (802). If the selected node already has child nodes (80
3) The connection is made so as to have a sibling relationship with the generated node (804). Next, the selection node multi-node flag 609.
And the attribute value 610 are copied to the generated child node (80
5).

Younger brother node generating function (FIG. 19): A node is generated at the younger brother position of the node selected by the node selecting means 210 (811). If the selected node already has a younger brother node (812), it is connected so as to have a sibling relationship with the generated node (813). Next, it is judged whether or not the parent node of the selected node exists (814), and if there is no parent node, the generated node is regarded as the normal node and the multi-node flag 609 and the attribute value are set. 610 is set to NULL (815). If there is a parent node, multi-node flag 6
09 and the attribute value 610 are copied to the younger brother node (816).

Node multiplexing function (FIG. 20): It is judged whether the selected node is a normal node or not (82).
1). No processing is performed in cases other than the normal node. In the case of a normal node, the multi-node flag 60 of the selected node
9 is set to 1 (822). Next, the attribute editing means 240
When the attribute value 610 is input (823), it is set as the attribute value 610 of the selected node (82).
4).

Multi-node addition function (FIG. 21): It is judged whether the selected node is a normal node or another node (83).
1). Ignored for normal nodes. Otherwise, multiple nodes are generated at the ends of the selected multiple nodes (832). Next, start the attribute editing means 240,
The user is prompted to input the attribute value 610 (833). Further, the inputted attribute value 610 is compared with the attribute value 610 of the added multiple node on the side to be added (834). If there is a match in the attribute value 610, the input of the attribute value 610 is prompted again (return to 833). If there is no match in the attribute value 610, the process proceeds to the next (835). The input attribute value 610 is set as the attribute value 610 of the selected node (83
5).

Next, the typical delete, cut, copy and move functions of the node editing means 230 will be described with reference to FIG. The node editing means 230 edits the node selected by the node selecting means 210. The user selects a command from the node edit commands in the menu area 410. If the command is a delete command, the node delete function processing (762) is executed, and if the command is a cut command, the node cut function processing (764) is executed and the command is a copy command. If so, the node copy function processing (766) is executed, and if the command is a paste command, the node paste function processing (768) is executed, and the command is a move command. If there is, move node processing (77)
0) is executed. Details of each function will be described below with reference to FIGS. 23 to 27.

Delete function (FIG. 23): Node selecting means 21
It is determined whether the node selected by 0 is the whole multiple node or other (841).

1) If the selected node is the entire multiple node, all the multiple nodes having the same logical structure are deleted (842). For example, if the symbol 132 in FIG. 11A is picked, it means that the entire multiple node has been selected. Therefore, the node 102 and its descendant nodes (node 103 and node 104) are selected. ), Node 105 and its descendant nodes (node 106) are all deleted.

2) If the selected nodes are not the entire multiple nodes, the descendant nodes below the selected node are deleted (843). For example, if the user picks the symbol 122 in FIG. 11A, it means that multiple nodes have been selected. Therefore, the node 102 and its descendant nodes (node 103 and node 103) are selected. -D 104) is deleted.

Cut function (FIG. 24): This is a function for moving the selected node to the clipboard. The clipboard is a buffer for temporarily storing the transfer data, and by utilizing this, the data can be transferred between different documents or display positions.
First, it is determined whether the node selected by the node selection means 210 is the whole multiple node or not (851).

1) If the selected node is the entire multiple node, all the multiple nodes having the same logical structure are moved to the clipboard (852).

2) If the selected node is not the entire multiple node, the nodes of descendants below the selected node are moved to the clipboard (853).

Copy function (FIG. 25): This is a function for copying the selected node to the clipboard. First, it is judged whether the node selected by the node selecting means 210 is the whole multiple node or not (861).

1) If the selected node is the entire multiple node, all multiple nodes that are the same in their logical structure are copied to the clipboard (862).

2) If the selected node is not the entire multiple node, the selected node and its descendant nodes are copied to the clipboard (863). The difference between cut and copy is that in the case of cut, the selected node is deleted from the original document, but in the case of copy, the original document remains unchanged.

Paste function (FIG. 26): This is a function for copying the node on the clipboard after the same tree structure as the selection node, and first, the nodes on the clipboard are multiple nodes. −
It is determined whether the node is the entire node, multiple nodes or normal node (871).

1) The nodes on the clipboard are multiple nodes.
In the case of the entire node, the node selected by the node selecting means 210 is the entire multiple node, the multiple node, or the normal node.
(872).

When the selection node is the whole multi-node,
The entire multiple node is copied to the position of the younger brother of the entire multiple node (873).

If the selected node is a multiple node, it is not copied.

When the selected node is the normal node, the entire multiple node is copied to the position of the younger brother of the normal node (87).
4).

2) The nodes on the clipboard are multiple nodes.
If the selected node is a multiple node, it is determined whether the selected node is the entire multiple node, multiple node, or normal node (875).

When the selection node is the whole multi-node,
A copy is added as a multiple node after the last multiple node forming the entire selected multiple node (876).

If the selected node is a multiple node, a copy is added as a multiple node after the selected multiple node (877).

If the selected node is a normal node, it is not copied.

3) The node on the clipboard is a normal node.
If the selected node is a multiple node, it is determined whether the selected node is the entire multiple node, multiple node or normal node (878).

When the selection node is the entire multiple node,
Copy to the younger brother position of the entire selected multiple nodes (87)
9).

If the selected node is a multiple node, it is not copied.

If the selected node is a normal node, the copy is made to the position of the younger brother of the selected normal node (880).

Moving function (FIG. 27): Node selecting means 21
It is judged whether the node to be moved selected by 0 is the entire multiple node, the multiple node or the normal node (88).
1).

1) When the node to be moved is the entire multiple node, the destination node selected next by the node selecting means 210 is the entire multiple node or the multiple node. It is determined whether it is a normal node or not (882).

If the destination node is the entire multiple node, the entire multiple node is moved to the position of the younger brother of the entire destination multiple node (883).

If the destination node is a multiple node,
Do not move.

If the destination node is a normal node,
The entire multiplex node is moved to the position of the destination normal node's younger brother (884).

2) When the node to be moved is a multiple node, it is judged whether the destination node is the entire multiple node, the multiple node or the normal node (885). ).

When the destination node is the entire multiple node, the final multiple node forming the entire destination multiple node is used.
It is moved and added as a multiple node after the command (886).

If the destination node is a multiple node, the destination node is added as a multiple node after the destination multiple node (887).

If the destination node is a normal node, it will not move.

3) If the node to be moved is a normal node, then the destination node selected by the node selecting means 210 is the entire multiple node or the multiple nodes. Mode or normal node is determined (888).

If the destination node is the entire multiple node, the destination node is moved to the younger brother position of the entire multiple node (889).

When the destination node is a multiple node, the node is not moved.

When the destination node is a normal node, the node is moved to the position of the younger brother of the destination normal node (890).

Next, details of the document selecting means 250 capable of selecting the display state required for editing will be described. When the user selects the document selection command in the menu area 410, the document selection means 250 is activated, and the attribute value input screen is displayed to input the attribute value. When the attribute value is input, the document selecting means 250 outputs a node matching the input attribute value,
A common node that does not have an attribute value is displayed on the edit screen.
Since a plurality of attribute values can be input, in that case, a node having an attribute value that matches any of the input attribute values is selected and displayed.

FIG. 28 shows the result of selecting the document B whose attribute value is the character string B from the document of FIG. 16 by the document selecting means 250. The user can handle the document A without being aware of it. However, Figure 2
If the document is edited in the state of 8, the result is reflected in the entire document of FIG. It should be noted that when the character strings A and B are input as the attribute values in FIG. 16, the entire document becomes the same as FIG. 16 itself.

To prevent erroneous editing, the document selection means 2
When a document is selected by 50, a node having a specific attribute value can be prohibited from being changed or write-protected.

As another erroneous correction preventing means, when a node having a plurality of attribute values is changed by inputting only one attribute value, another document may be affected. A warning may be given.

Next, the display selection means 260 and the screen display mode of the document will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 29. When any one of two display modes is selected from the display selection of the menu area 410, the display mode of the display selection means 260 is selected.
The mode selection function is activated. One mode is an exclusive display mode for displaying a specific node among a plurality of multiplexed nodes.
Mode, the other mode is the full view mode, which displays all nodes. 29A shows the result when the entire display mode is selected in the document of FIG. 16, and FIG. 29B shows the result when the exclusive display mode is selected.

To switch between FIG. 29 (b) -1 and FIG. 29 (b) -2, the node selecting means 2 is selected by picking a node symbol.
After starting 10, the next multiple node display command may be selected from the display selections in the menu area 410. This display is effective when the change history is registered in multiple nodes, the current document is normally edited, and past version sentences are displayed as needed for reference.

Next, details of the individual document output means 270 will be described. The user selects the individual document output command with the mouse from the output of the menu area 410. As a result, the individual document output means 270 is activated, and the attribute value input screen is displayed to input the attribute value. When an attribute value is input, the individual document output means 270 selects a common node having no attribute value and a node having the input attribute value that has been input to form and output a document. In FIG. 16, the attribute value is the character string B
FIG. 30 shows the result of selecting the document B in FIG. As a result, the user can generate the same B document as shown in FIG. 2B without paying attention to the contents of the document A. In this way, it is possible to collectively create the necessary sentences from a document that includes a plurality of sentences.

Note that the difference between the individual document output means 270 and the document selection means 250 is that even if the document is edited by the individual document output means 270, it is not reflected in the entire document of FIG.

Next, the document adding means 280 will be described. You
When the user selects the document addition menu in the menu area 410 with the mouse, the document addition means 280 is activated, and the document name input screen is displayed to input the document name. When the document name is input, the document adding means 280 processes based on the flow shown in FIG.

First, an additional document is input from the data input / output means 1 (901). Next, the following processing is performed for all depths in the order of the depth of the tree structure (902).

The same determination process is performed for all the nodes of the current document and the nodes of the additional document having the same depth (90).
3). It is judged whether there is any normal node of the current document which does not match the node of the additional document (904). If any, change to multiple nodes (905). Next, it is judged whether or not there is a node of the additional document that does not match the node of the current document (906), and if any, it is added as a multiple node (907). The depth of the tree structure is reduced and the same processing is performed (908).

[0089]

According to the present invention, since it is possible to edit while maintaining and managing the logical structural relationship of a plurality of documents, and various documents can be output as necessary, batch management and editing of a plurality of documents are possible. Is effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a document outline.

FIG. 3 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 4 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 5 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 6 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 7 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 8 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 9 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 10 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series of (FIGS. 3 to 10) document input procedures.

FIG. 11 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series (FIGS. 11 to 13) of a multiple node batch processing procedure.

FIG. 12 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series (FIGS. 11 to 13) of a batch processing procedure for multiple nodes.

FIG. 13 is an edit screen and a document structure diagram showing a series (FIGS. 11 to 13) of a multiple node batch processing procedure.

FIG. 14 is a data structure of a node for realizing the multiplexed node of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an example of a document structure of a multiple document.

FIG. 16 is an example of the result of assigning an attribute value to a node.

FIG. 17 is a processing flow of the node generating means.

FIG. 18 is a processing flow of a child node generation function.

FIG. 19 is a processing flow of a younger brother node generation function.

FIG. 20 is a processing flow of the node multiplexing function.

FIG. 21 is a processing flowchart of a multiple node addition function.

FIG. 22 is a processing flow of the node editing means.

FIG. 23 is a processing flow of a node deletion processing function.

FIG. 24 is a processing flow chart of a node cut processing function.

FIG. 25 is a processing flow chart of a node copy processing function.

FIG. 26 is a processing flow of the node paste processing function.

FIG. 27 is a processing flow chart of a node movement processing function.

FIG. 28 is an example of a document selection result.

FIG. 29 is an example showing a difference in screen display due to a difference in display mode.

FIG. 30 is an example of output of an individual document.

FIG. 31 is a processing flowchart of a document adding unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Data input / output means, 2 ... Document processing means, 3 ...
Document file, 21 ... Text editing means, 21 ... Document structure editing means, 210 ... Node selecting means, 220 ... Node generating means, 230 ... Node editing means, 240 ... Attribute editing means, 250 ... Document selecting means, 260 ... Display selecting means, 270
... Individual document output means, 280 ... Document addition means, 221 ...
Normal node generation means, 222 ... Multiple node generation means, 10
1 to 107 ... node, 111 to 113 ... ordinary node symbol, 12
2 ... Symbol of multiple nodes, 123 ... Symbol of entire multiple nodes, 400 ... Editing screen, 500 ... Document structure diagram, 601-606.
..Pointer area to node, 607 ... Pointer area to text data, 608 to 610 ... Data area, 700
~ 705 ... node

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yosuke Mori 5-2-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki Hitachi Ltd. Omika factory

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A data input / output means for inputting and displaying document edit data of a plurality of documents having a hierarchical structure having logical structure units as nodes and having the same hierarchical structure, and storing the document edit data. A document file for editing, a document structure editing means for editing and managing the hierarchical structure for the document editing data from the data input / output means, and a text editing means for text editing. In a multiple document processing system comprising input / output means or document processing means for outputting to the document file, the document structure editing means generates multiple nodes having the same logical structure of the plurality of documents and different document contents. A node source including a multi-node generating means and a normal node generating means for generating a normal node composed of a common part of the plurality of documents. A multiplex document processing system, which comprises a creating unit, an editing unit that edits a document to which the multiplex node belongs, and a node editing unit that edits the document corresponding to the multiplex node and the normal node edited by the editing unit. . 2. A data input / output means for inputting and displaying document edit data of a plurality of documents having the same hierarchical structure having a hierarchical structure having logical structure units as nodes, and recording and storing the document edit data. A document file for editing, a document structure editing means for editing and managing the hierarchical structure for the document editing data from the data input / output means, and a text editing means for text editing. In a multiple document processing system comprising input / output means or document processing means for outputting to the document file, the document structure editing means generates multiple nodes having the same logical structure of the plurality of documents and different document contents. A node source including a multi-node generating means and a normal node generating means for generating a normal node composed of a common part of the plurality of documents. Creating means, node selecting means for selecting one of the multiplex node and the normal node, node editing means for editing a document corresponding to the multiplex node and the normal node, and the multiplex node A multiplex document processing system comprising: an attribute editing unit that edits an attribute value for identifying a document to which the document belongs; and a document selecting unit that selects a document having the attribute value from the plurality of documents. 3. The node generating means according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the node inputting means displays on the data inputting / outputting means identification symbols respectively representing the normal node, the multiplex node and the entire multiplex document. Multiple document processing system. 4. In any one of claims 1 to 3, an exclusive display mode for displaying only nodes having a specific attribute value and a whole display mode for displaying all nodes are selected. A multiplex document processing system characterized by comprising display selection means. 5. The multiple document processing according to claim 1, further comprising: individual document output means for editing a document selected and selected from the plurality of documents based on the attribute value. system. 6. A multiplex document processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a document adding unit for adding a document having a normal node or multiple nodes. 7. The node according to claim 1, wherein the node correlates a multi-node flag meaning the multi-node, an attribute value indicating a document to which the multi-node belongs, and a first multi-node. A multiplex document processing system comprising a data structure in which the second multiplex node it has is a next multiplex node or a previous multiplex node. 8. A multiple document processing method for editing document edit data of a plurality of documents having the same hierarchical structure having a logical structure unit as a node, wherein the node is a normal node having the same content. And a multiple document processing method characterized by dividing and managing multiple nodes with different contents. 9. The multiple document processing method according to claim 8, wherein the normal node, the multiple node, and the entire multiple document are displayed with identification symbols. 10. The multi-node flag meaning the multi-node, an attribute value indicating a document to which the multi-node belongs, a second multi-node having a correlation with the first multi-node, and a second multi-node, Alternatively, a multiple document processing method characterized by performing edit management using a data structure of a pre-multiple node.