An information processing method of the invention comprises generating
first relational data representing a relation between a document and a
user by referring to access logs generated in response to accesses to
documents; and generating second relational data representing a relation
between documents, between users and between the documents and the users
by using the first relational data. By the second relational data as
stated above, the relation between the users though the documents can be
represented. That is, it becomes easy for a user having referred to a
specific document to recognize another user referring to the same
specific document.