10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining a unique identifier within the root document; and creating a reference that corresponds to the unique identifier, wherein the reference directly refers to one of the discrete documents other than the root document, wherein the unique identifier does not directly refer to the discrete 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.