23. A document managing system having a server and at least one client, the server accessing a database for storing an electronic document containing structural data, the client being connected to the server and obtaining a portion of the electronic document to be edited from the server and editing the portion, wherein the client comprises: designating means for designating the portion to be edited; requesting means for requesting the server for the portion to be edited designated by said designating means; document editing means for receiving the portion to be edited and partial editing restriction information defining a restriction thereof and for editing the portion to be edited; and editing consistency examining means for examining the consistency of an edited result by said document editing means corresponding to the partial editing restriction information.
23. A document managing system having a server and at least one client, the server accessing a database for storing an electronic document containing structural data, the client being connected to the server and obtaining a portion of the electronic document to be edited from the server and editing the portion, wherein the client comprises: designating means for designating the portion to be edited; requesting means for requesting the server for the portion to be edited designated by said designating means; document editing means for receiving the portion to be edited and partial editing restriction information defining a restriction thereof and for editing the portion to be edited; and editing consistency examining means for examining the consistency of an edited result by said document editing means corresponding to the partial editing restriction information. 25. The document managing system as set forth in claim 23, wherein said document editing means imports a document element from another document into the document portion to be edited when required.