Digital document discussion apparatus and digital document discussion method

Abstract

A digital document discussion apparatus includes a user profile information database storing user profile information on a user, a responsible organization profile information database storing responsible organization profile information, and a control section providing a template to a discussion requester by a frame with a work process, the user profile information and the responsible organization profile information corresponding to a digitized discussion document used as keys, allowing the discussion document to be created based on this template, and requesting the discussion participant to discuss the created discussion document.

1 . A digital document discussion apparatus comprising: 
 a discussion document storage unit which stores a digitized document in a discussion document database;    an attribute information storage unit which stores attribute information on a user as an attribute information database;    a template providing unit which provides a templates to a discussion requester as the user by a frame with a work process and the attribute information corresponding to the discussion document used as keys;    a discussion document creation unit which creates the discussion document based on the template; and    a discussion request unit which requests a discussion participant as the user to discuss the discussion document created by the discussion document creation unit.    
   
   
       2 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 a plurality of the templates are provided to correspond to a plurality of the work processes forming a work flow, respectively.    
   
   
       3 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 1 , comprising: 
 an information disclosure control unit which controls various items of information, in which a user's situation is inflected, based on the attribute information on the user for information disclosure to the user.    
   
   
       4 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 the discussion request unit automatically sets a request receiving party of the discussion document based on the attribute information.    
   
   
       5 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 1 , comprising: 
 a discussion unit which allows the discussion participant to discuss the discussion document requested by the discussion request unit in accordance with the work processes.    
   
   
       6 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 1 , comprising: 
 a search unit which searches material information designated by the discussion participant from a plurality of items of material information associated with the discussion document requested by the discussion request unit; and    a material information providing unit which provides the searched material information to the discussion participant when discussing the discussion document.    
   
   
       7 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein 
 the search unit rearranges the plurality of items of material information in an order of frequency of use for each work process forming the work flow, and discloses the rearranged material information to the discussion participant.    
   
   
       8 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein 
 the search unit rearranges the work processes forming the work flow in accordance with frequency of use.    
   
   
       9 . A digital document discussion apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 a discussion result of the discussion document is reflected in the discussion document as an original, and the discussion document is stored in the database while allocating a tag to each phrase.    
   
   
       10 . A digital document discussion program for allowing a computer to function as: 
 a discussion document storage unit which stores a digitized document in a discussion document database;    an attribute information storage unit which stores attribute information on a user as an attribute information database;    a template providing unit which provides templates to a discussion requester as the user by a frame with a work process and the attribute information corresponding to the discussion document used as keys;    a discussion document creation unit which creates the discussion document based on the template; and    a discussion request unit which requests a discussion participant as the user to discuss the discussion document created by the discussion document creation unit.