1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating document retrieval in an electronic document management system, the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by at least one processor, one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a plurality of documents that the first user has a first entitlement to access; recording, by at least one processor and in a storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table with entries corresponding to said first user; and modifying, by at least one processor and based on the recorded user-specific naming patterns, at least a portion of the metadata created by the first user to improve searchability by other users, the modified metadata being available in a document query for one or more of the plurality of documents by a second user, the second user having a second entitlement that is equivalent or similar to the first entitlement such that the second user is entitled to access at least some of the plurality of documents.
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating document retrieval in an electronic document management system, the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by at least one processor, one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a plurality of documents that the first user has a first entitlement to access; recording, by at least one processor and in a storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table with entries corresponding to said first user; and modifying, by at least one processor and based on the recorded user-specific naming patterns, at least a portion of the metadata created by the first user to improve searchability by other users, the modified metadata being available in a document query for one or more of the plurality of documents by a second user, the second user having a second entitlement that is equivalent or similar to the first entitlement such that the second user is entitled to access at least some of the plurality of documents. 5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying one or more user-specific naming patterns occurs each time the first user creates document metadata.