51. A document management system as defined in claim 50 wherein said server comprises a computer coupled to a communication system.
50. A document management system managed under a Document Management Alliance document object model, said document management system comprising: a server, said server being adapted to receive a document request, said document request including a document ID including two character strings, the first character string being a route node specifying a document object and the second character string identifying at least one of a version, rendition, or a content of the document object, said server being adapted to separate said document ID into character strings for identifying at least one of said version, said rendition or said content of the document object; said server being adapted to execute operations in accordance with said character strings, said server being adapted to provide a default value for at least one of said version, said rendition or said content of the document object; said server being further adapted to identify at least one node of said document request based on said document ID, said server being further adapted to return at least a portion of said document corresponding to said at least one node.