14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising: a document genre ontology used for document genre classification, the document genre ontology comprising a hierarchical knowledge structure containing a vocabulary of terms and concepts, and inference chains representing interrelationships between the vocabulary terms and concepts; an application program interface (API) configured to provide the document control component with access to selected elements in an inference chain in the document genre ontology; wherein the document control component comprises a policy ontology component configured to recommend the at least one document control policy and including an interface through which a policy management component accesses the at least one document control policy for application to the document.
14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising: a document genre ontology used for document genre classification, the document genre ontology comprising a hierarchical knowledge structure containing a vocabulary of terms and concepts, and inference chains representing interrelationships between the vocabulary terms and concepts; an application program interface (API) configured to provide the document control component with access to selected elements in an inference chain in the document genre ontology; wherein the document control component comprises a policy ontology component configured to recommend the at least one document control policy and including an interface through which a policy management component accesses the at least one document control policy for application to the document. 15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the policy management component comprises a policy server.