System and method for viewing a virtual content repository

• US 20050228827A1
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Owen, James, Bales, Christopher E., McCauley, Rodney
• Granted Patent: US 7,475,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/18 File system types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/256 in federated or virtual databases
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A system and method for viewing a first set of nodes in a virtual content respository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the first set of nodes in the VCR, deriving a second set of nodes from the first set of nodes based on at least one criteria, rendering a view of the second set of nodes in an hierarchical namespace wherein the hierarchical namespace can encompass the plurality of repositories and wherein the second set of nodes is a subset of the first set of nodes.

Claims

1. A method for viewing a first set of nodes in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising:

integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR;

storing the first set of nodes in the VCR;

deriving a second set of nodes from the first set of nodes based on at least one criteria;

rendering a view of the second set of nodes in an hierarchical namespace wherein the hierarchical namespace can encompass the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the second set of nodes is a subset of the first set of nodes.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a node can be one of;

a content node, a schema node and an hierarchy node.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a user can interact with the view.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the at least one criteria includes a requirement that each one of the second set of nodes has a state that is equal to a specified state.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the at least one criteria includes a requirement that each one of the second set of nodes is associated with a policy that allows a specified user access.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deriving the second set of nodes by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that have a state that is a member of a set of states.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deriving the second set of nodes by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that are associated with a policy that allows a specified user access.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the view is presented in a tree browser.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deriving the second set of nodes by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that are assigned to a specified user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

implementing a service provider interface (SPI) for each of the plurality of repositories that is compatible with the VCR.

11. A system comprising:

a plurality of repositories;

a Virtual Content Repository (VCR) to integrate the plurality of repositories, wherein the VCR has a first set of nodes;

a second set of nodes derived from the first set of nodes wherein the derivation is based on at least one criteria;

a view of the second set of nodes in an hierarchical namespace wherein the hierarchical namespace can encompass the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the second set of nodes is a subset of the first set of nodes.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein:

a node can be one of;

a content node, a schema node and an hierarchy node.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein:

a user can interact with the view.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the at least one criteria includes a requirement that each one of the second set of nodes has a state that is equal to a specified state.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the at least one criteria includes a requirement that each one of the second set of nodes is associated with a policy that allows a specified user access.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

the second set of nodes is derived by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that have a state that is a member of a set of states.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

the second set of nodes is derived by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that are associated with a policy that allows a specified user access.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a tree browser to present a view.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the second set of nodes is derived by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that are assigned to a specified user.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a service provider interface (SPI) that is compatible with the VCR for each one of the plurality of repositories.

21. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a system to:

integrate a plurality of repositories into the VCR;

store a first set of nodes in the VCR;

derive a second set of nodes from the first set of nodes based on at least one criteria;

render a view of the second set of nodes in an hierarchical namespace wherein the hierarchical namespace can encompass the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the second set of nodes is a subset of the first set of nodes.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

a node can be one of;

a content node, a schema node and an hierarchy node.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

a user can interact with the view.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the at least one criteria includes a requirement that each one of the second set of nodes has a state that is equal to a specified state.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the at least one criteria includes a requirement that each one of the second set of nodes is associated with a policy that allows a specified user access.

26. The machine readable medium of claim 21, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

derive the second set of nodes by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that have a state that is a member of a set of states.

27. The machine readable medium of claim 21, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

derive the second set of nodes by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that are associated with a policy that allows a specified user access.

28. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the view is presented in a tree browser.

29. The machine readable medium of claim 21, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

derive the second set of nodes by selecting from the first set of nodes those nodes that are assigned to a specified user.

30. The machine readable medium of claim 21, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

implement a service provider interface (SPI) for each of the plurality of repositories that is compatible with the VCR.

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

a code segment including instructions to integrate a plurality of repositories into the VCR;

a code segment including instructions to store a first set of nodes in the VCR;

a code segment including instructions to derive a second set of nodes from the first set of nodes based on at least one criteria;

a code segment including instructions to render a view of the second set of nodes in an hierarchical namespace wherein the hierarchical namespace can encompass the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the second set of nodes is a subset of the first set of nodes.