Abstract: The present invention provides an associating information management system for managing various types of information by associating. The system comprises at least a relationship management table 6 for storing association of parent-child relationship in identification information of various types of information, and retrieval processing means 4 for performing retrieval processing of various types of information from parent to child and from child to parent by association of the relationship management table in the designated information and scope. The identification information comprises ID, FAT information, address recorded in FAT, file type, directory pass, file name, scope of selection, object, attributes and information having attributes. Various types of information are managed by a member management table 7 for storing member data comprising the identification information and detailed information.