10. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the structured data components form one or more data objects having respective data object types and having one or more associated data structures, the method further comprising, prior to the communicating the structured data containing a specific data object, determining the at least one computer-based management system to which the specific data object is to be communicated.
1. A method of operating a processing system that includes one or more processors, a storage subsystem including at least memory, and a display device, the method comprising: (a) presenting a user interface to a human user on the display device, the user interface being for accepting a free text message; (b) accepting free-text from the user via the user interface into the storage subsystem; (c) converting the accepted free-text to form or to modify structured message components related to the accepted free-text, the structured message components stored in the storage subsystem; (d) presenting to the user on a structured message user interface on the display device the structured data components related to the accepted free-text, such that the user can modify or accept the structured message components; (e) accepting from the user the user's modification into the storage subsystem and/or acceptance of the presented structured message components until structured message components related to the accepted free-text are accepted; (f) repeating some or all of steps (b), (c), (d), and (e) until a composite message comprising both free-text and structured data is formed such that the structured data represents the intended meaning of the free-text in a form understandable by a computer-based management system; (g) storing the structured data in a data structure in the storage subsystem, and (h) electronically communicating the structured data of the composite message to at least one computer-based management system and, in the case that there is at least one human recipient, communicating at least the free-text of the composite message to the at least one human recipient.