1. An integrating document management system including a processor for managing access to documents distributed over a computer network, the system comprising: a plurality of different connecting parts configured to interface between a user interface part and a corresponding plurality of data processing parts, each data processing part associated with a respective different database, the connecting parts configured to implement common document management operations upon the different databases, each database having a different data storage format and a different interface, wherein each connecting part includes (1) an interface that corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of databases, (2) a common interface that corresponds to the user interface part, and (3) a translating part configured to transform instructions and/or data received from the user interface part into instructions and/or data that are compatible with the corresponding data processing part, and configured to transform instructions and/or data received from the corresponding data processing part into instructions and/or data that are compatible with the user interface part such that the different databases can be managed using said user interface part.