File management method, file management device, annotation information generation method, and annotation information generation device

摘要

An annotation database section 232 of a hard disk drive 208 stores annotation data corresponding to each file separately from the file. The annotation data include attribute information, history information, and location information regarding each file. In response to input of desired conditions of an object file to be extracted, a data management module 226 reads out annotation data that meet the input conditions. An annotation information analyzer module 224 analyzes the syntax of the annotation data to gain location information. A data management module 226 obtains the object file from a location identified by the location information. Even when the object file is located at a remote place, for example, in a server on a network, this arrangement enables the object file to be readily extracted. The object file may be an image file or any other file.