Content mining for virtual content repositories

• US 20040167871A1
• Filed: 02/05/2004
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Owen, James, Smith, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US10/772,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20040167871A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A system and method for providing content to a content repository, comprising providing a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network, providing a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR, identifying a first content, associating a first schema with the first content, providing the first content and/or the first schema to the VCR, and wherein the VCR is operable to provide the content and/or the schema to at least one content repository.

Claims

1. A method for providing content to a content repository, comprising:

providing a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;

providing a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;

identifying a first content;

associating a first schema with the first content;

providing to the VCR at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR; and

wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) the reference to the first content; and

/or

     3) the first schema.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the mechanism for interacting with the VCR includes an Application Programming Interface (API).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the VCR integrates the at least one content repository into a logical content repository.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

each one of the at least one content repositories exposes a first set of services to enable its integration into the VCR.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying the first content includes:

traversing a file system and/or a website.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying the first content includes:

extracting properties from one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of associating the first schema with the first content includes:

acquiring the first schema from at least one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing the first content and/or the first schema to the VCR includes:

persisting in the at least one content repository the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) the reference to the first content; and

/or

     3) the first schema.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing the first content and/or the first schema to the VCR includes:

preserving in one of the at least one content repositories hierarchical relationships between the first content and other content in the VCR.

10. A method for providing content to a content repository, comprising:

providing a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;

providing a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;

identifying a first content;

associating a first schema with the first content;

providing at least one of the following to the VCR;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR; and

wherein the VCR integrates at least one content repository into a logical content repository.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein:

the mechanism for interacting with the VCR includes an Application Programming Interface (API).

12. The method of claim 10 wherein:

the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) the reference to the first content; and

/or

     3) the first schema.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein:

each one of the at least one content repositories exposes a first set of services to enable its integration into the VCR.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of identifying the first content includes:

traversing a file system and/or a website.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of identifying the first content includes:

extracting properties from one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of associating the first schema with the first content includes:

acquiring the first schema from at least one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

17. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of providing the first content and/or the first schema to the VCR includes:

persisting in one of the at least one content repositories the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) the reference to the first content; and

/or

     3) the first schema.

18. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of providing the first content and/or the first schema to the VCR includes:

preserving in one of the at least one content repositories hierarchical relationships between the first content and other content in the VCR.

19. A content mining system for providing content to at least one content repository, comprising:

a first process operable to interact with a Virtual Content Repository (VCR);

a first set of services operable to enable integration of the at least one content repository into the VCR;

a second set of services operable to enable interaction between the first process and the VCR;

wherein the first process is operable to provide to the VCR at least one of;

     1) content;

     2) a reference to the content; and

     3) a schema corresponding to the content; and

wherein the VCR is operable to integrate the at least one content repository into a logical repository.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

at least one second process operable to interact with the first process;

wherein the at least one second process is operable to provide to the first process the at least one of;

     1) content;

     2) a reference to the content; and

     3) a schema corresponding to the content; and

a third set of services operable to enable interaction between the at least one second process and the first process.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein:

the third set of services provides a first function for directing the at least one second process to extract at least one property from the content; and

wherein a property is an association between a name and a value.

22. The system of claim 20 wherein:

the at least one second process can derive the schema from the content.

23. The system of claim 19 wherein:

the content can include at least one property; and

wherein a property is an association between a name and a value.

24. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

at least one second process operable to derive the at least one property from the content.

25. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

at least one second process operable to locate the schema corresponding to the content.

26. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

at least one second process operable to extract the content and/or the schema from at least one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

27. The system of claim 19 wherein:

the first process is operable to recursively traverse a file system and/or a website.

28. The system of claim 19 wherein:

the first set of services and the second set of services share a content model.

29. A system, comprising:

means for providing a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;

means for providing a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;

means for identifying a first content;

means for associating a first schema with the first content;

means for providing at least one of the following to the VCR;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR; and

wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR.

30. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

a code segment including instructions to provide a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;

a code segment including instructions to provide a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;

a code segment including instructions to identify a first content;

a code segment including instructions to associate a first schema with the first content;

a code segment including instructions to provide to the VCR at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR; and

wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) the reference to the first content; and

/or

     3) the first schema.

31. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause a system to:

provide a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;

provide a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;

identify a first content;

associate a first schema with the first content;

provide to the VCR at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR; and

wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) the reference to the first content; and

/or

     3) the first schema.

32. The machine readable medium of claim 31 wherein:

the mechanism for interacting with the VCR includes an Application Programming Interface (API).

33. The machine readable medium of claim 31 wherein:

the VCR integrates the at least one content repository into a logical content repository.

34. The machine readable medium of claim 31 wherein:

each one of the at least one content repositories exposes a first set of services to enable its integration into the VCR.

35. The machine readable medium of claim 31, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

travers a file system and/or a website.

36. The machine readable medium of claim 31, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

extract properties from one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

37. The machine readable medium of claim 31, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

acquire the first schema from at least one of;

     1) a file;

     2) a hypertext markup language (HTML) document; and

     3) an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

38. The machine readable medium of claim 31, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

persist in one of the at least one content repositories the at least one of;

     1) the first content;

     2) a reference to the first content; and

     3) the first schema to the VCR.

39. The machine readable medium of claim 31, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

preserve in one of the at least one content repositories hierarchical relationships between the first content and other content in the VCR.