14. A document managing apparatus for dealing with an electronic document containing structural data, comprising: database means for storing document elements into which the electronic document is divided, and an entire document definition information containing information that represents an entire document structure of the electronic document; designating means for designating a portion of the electronic document to be edited; partial editing restriction information creating means for extracting a document element corresponding to the portion to be edited and the entire document definition information of the document containing the document element from said database means and for creating partial editing restriction information; document editing means for editing the portion designated by said designating means; and editing consistency examining means for determining whether or not an edited result of said editing means is consistent with the entire document corresponding to the partial editing restriction information.
14. A document managing apparatus for dealing with an electronic document containing structural data, comprising: database means for storing document elements into which the electronic document is divided, and an entire document definition information containing information that represents an entire document structure of the electronic document; designating means for designating a portion of the electronic document to be edited; partial editing restriction information creating means for extracting a document element corresponding to the portion to be edited and the entire document definition information of the document containing the document element from said database means and for creating partial editing restriction information; document editing means for editing the portion designated by said designating means; and editing consistency examining means for determining whether or not an edited result of said editing means is consistent with the entire document corresponding to the partial editing restriction information. 15. The document managing apparatus as set forth in claim 14, further comprising: edited result output means for outputting the electric document to be edited corresponding to the edited result to said database means when the determined result of said editing consistency examining means is satisfied.