A technique for automatically finding and organizing items similar to example
items
includes providing related, not related, and suggestions group areas for one organization
instance, each in these areas to contain items which may consist of documents.
At least one example item for the one organization instance is provided by a user
and placed in the related group area of the one organization instance. A database
is searched using a relevance algorithm to try to locate at least one item which
is related to the at least one item in the related group area based on a predetermined
criterion and the located at least one item is placed in the suggestions group
area of the one organization instance. The predetermined criterion is modified
based on at least one of the user providing at least one additional example item
and the user moving an item from one of the group areas to another of the group
areas. The database is continually searched to locate and place additional items
in the suggestions group area of the one organization instance which are related
to the at least one item in the related group area based upon the modified predetermined criterion.