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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Warren K. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
James P. Dourish, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anthony G. LaMarca, Redwood City, CA (US);
John O. Lamping, Los Altos, CA (US);
Karin Petersen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael P. Salisbury, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas B. Terry, San Carlos, CA (US);
James D. Thornton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A molecular document comprised of atomic documents located in a document management system is provided. The molecular document is generated within the environment of a document management system which separates the content of a document from the properties which are used to describe the document. The document management system further includes bit providers which retrieve the content portion of the document and deliver it to the document. The bit provider of the present invention is a specialized bit provider having the capability of retrieving full-fledged DMS-type documents. Particularly, the atomic documents of the present invention are stand-alone fully functional DMS-type documents which become the content of the molecular document. A user of the DMS is unaware of the fact that a document retrieved is, in fact, a molecular document.