systems and methods for automatically processing a textual document by identifying occurrences of a piece of text having a predetermined format in the textual document ; determining a depth - of - treatment value for each piece of formatted text in the textual document , the depth - of - treatment value indicating a depth of treatment in the textual document afforded to the particular piece of formatted text ; associating an abstract with each piece of formatted text in the textual document ; and generating a data record containing each identified piece of formatted text from the textual document , the depth - of - treatment value and the abstract associated with each piece of formatted text in the textual document .