15. A method for managing documents in a computer implemented document management system, comprising: creating a document profile that is associated with a document within the document management system and includes fields of attributes of the document; and associating a document that does not have an associated profile in the document management system with the document profile by creating a URL in the document profile containing an address to a file external to the document management system and of a file type that is not created within the document management system.
15. A method for managing documents in a computer implemented document management system, comprising: creating a document profile that is associated with a document within the document management system and includes fields of attributes of the document; and associating a document that does not have an associated profile in the document management system with the document profile by creating a URL in the document profile containing an address to a file external to the document management system and of a file type that is not created within the document management system. 16. The method of claim 15 further comprising displaying the document profile and at least one URL to a file external to the document management system.