document link resolution program 210 also identifies each link in document xyz as shown in fig4 the links to document uvw and document rst stored on the document library 302 on the target web server 120 the source to target document link resolution program 210 then invokes the access rights resolution program 211 on the source web server 110 passing to it the user 39 s identity and the identity of the document on the target web server 120 document uvw or document rst to which the potential link refers the access rights resolution program 211 on the source web server 110 communicates the user 39 s identity and the identity of the document on the target web server 120 with the access rights resolution program 310 on the target web server 120 the access rights resolution program 310 on the target web server 120 invokes the target document linkable element resolution program 311 to determine if the user has access to the requested document on the target web server 120 and returns a u201c yes u201d or u201c no u201d answer to the source to target document link resolution program 210 if the target document linkable element resolution program 311 returns a u201c yes u201d the source to target document link resolution program 210 activates the link in document xyz if the target document linkable element resolution program 311 returns a u201c no u201d the source to target document link resolution program.