16. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying structural information elements of the root document is performed manually responsive to a user input, or automatically responsive to presentation of the root document.
1. A method for unifying a fragmented document comprising: identifying structural information elements of a root document, wherein the structural information elements comprise at least one reference to a discrete document other than the root document; presenting to a user, the identified structural information elements within a rapid selection interface for selective acquisition of content from the discrete document; receiving at the rapid selection interface, a user initiated unification command including a user selection of one or more of the presented structural information elements; responsive to said unification command, acquiring content represented by the at least one reference from the discrete document without presenting the discrete document within a user interface window; and adding the acquired content to the root document.