The present invention relates to a system for incorporating all or part of a database and/or data sources and data management interface into a transferable file that is in the form of a platform-independent, intelligent document and provides a user in real-time with a platform-independent file having data and a data management interface. The intelligent cross-platform document is generated by synthesizing information from diverse data sources, such as, but without limitation, database, architecture files, icons, images, reference data files, web links. The generation of the file encapsulated with data and an information management interface may be conducted in real-time and allows for all or part of an information management system to be transferred in a cross-platform file to a user that is not directly connected to the information management system.