Open database system wherein access by subscribers to a network is

Abstract

Data of textiles for various types of items offered by a different textile company stored in an integrated database (DR) of a data service company item by item, and data of business results relating to the respective items is also stored therein. Data of business results stored in the integrated DB is renewed based on business data sequentially input from an apparel manufacturer or the textile company. In retrieving textile data from the apparel manufacturer or the textile company, a host computer (integrated database managing system) of data service company retrieves sale data based on the content of the textile in the integrated DB and the content of the business results relating to the content of the textile, and displays the retrieved result on a terminal, which designated the retrieval, that is, a terminal of the apparel manufacturer or a terminal of the textile company. In this case, it is noted that the host computer displays the retrieved result on the terminal (company), which designated the retrieval, in the form of second data in which read data is processed in a case where the terminal, which designated the retrieval, is not a designated enterprise, which is not allowed to refer to retrieved data by the company, which offered the corresponding data.