A method and apparatus for information processing which is capable of achieving a flexible floor control which can be shared by different applications, and which can respond to floor models of separate applications. An information processing apparatus is provided which controls floors of applications operated in a work environment formed by one or more computers. A FloorUnit representing an application which is an object of a floor control is controlled in association with each application. In addition, a FloorSpace representing a collection to which the FloorUnit belongs is controlled. When the application makes a request for acquiring the floor, the floor of the application in the FloorSpace to which the corresponding FloorUnit belongs is acquired by a FloorPolicy defined by the floor data in accordance with predetermined procedures.