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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1996
Masahiro Tabuchi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A compound document managing system includes a compound document managing unit for embedding or linking data produced by an application in or with data produced by other applications and managing the data as a compound document. The application includes a context information managing unit for setting or releasing context information indicative of semantics common among a plurality of applications, and includes data distribution ranges, data presentation targets and data production source information, and history information, to or from data embedded in or linked with the compound document. Tthe system also includes a selection unit for selecting specific context information set to data to specify data corresponding to the selected context information. The compound document managing unit includes a control unit responsive to a request for setting or selecting context information to or out of the data of the compound document for starting and controlling the context information managing unit and the selection unit of the application corresponding to the data.