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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Hisashi Nakatsuyama, Nakai-machi, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a document database management system that reduces time to retrieve a structured document and improves precision of a result of the retrieving. Query input unit inputs a query including structural elements and a relationship between them. Document type retriever retrieves at least one document type that matches to the structural elements and the relationships between them included in the inputted query. Document type display displays the at least one retrieved document type on the screen of the display device. Document type input unit selects a document type from the at least one document type displayed on the screen. Document retriever retrieves a document satisfying the inputted query from prospective documents, each of which is created according to the document type inputted by the document type input unit.