15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: associating the document with one or more of a plurality of document types chosen from a list of document types, each document type describing one or more characteristics associated with the document.
15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: associating the document with one or more of a plurality of document types chosen from a list of document types, each document type describing one or more characteristics associated with the document. 19. The method of claim 15 , wherein a list of properties is stored in association with a document type, each property of the list of properties being a description of one or more characteristics associated with a particular document type.