7. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a generation process for generating an electronic document, the generation process comprising: merging variable data with a source electronic document to generate an electronic document, the source document being a form to provide a format for the generated electronic document; establishing security policy information including identification information and defining an operation right to the generated electronic document, on the basis of security policy information associated with the source electronic document and defining an operation right to the source electronic document, and associating the established security policy information with the generated electronic document by adding the identification information included in the established security policy information to the generated electronic document; and registering, independently of the generated electronic document, the established security policy information in a policy management server.
7. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a generation process for generating an electronic document, the generation process comprising: merging variable data with a source electronic document to generate an electronic document, the source document being a form to provide a format for the generated electronic document; establishing security policy information including identification information and defining an operation right to the generated electronic document, on the basis of security policy information associated with the source electronic document and defining an operation right to the source electronic document, and associating the established security policy information with the generated electronic document by adding the identification information included in the established security policy information to the generated electronic document; and registering, independently of the generated electronic document, the established security policy information in a policy management server. 8. The storage medium according to claim 7 , wherein in the establishing, the security policy information for the generated electronic document is established by partially or completely copying the security policy information associated-with the source electronic document.