STRUCTURED DOCUMENT DATABASE RETRIEVING METHOD, STRUCTURED DOCUMENT DATABASE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a retrieving method of a structured document database which easily designates an element of an object to be retrieved, easily inputs a keyword to the element and performs retrieval in a short time even at the time of retrieving a structured document that is unknown to a user in a retrieving method to a database which accumulates element names that constitute document and structured documents in which the hierarchical structure of an element is defined. ;SOLUTION: This device shows a document format diagram that defines layout positions of contents of an element, accepts an input of a keyword that is associated with the layout position of the document format diagram, identifies an element that is an object to be retrieved through the layout position where a keyword in inputted, retrieves the content of the identified element based on an inputted keyword and acquires a document.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1998,JPO