System and method for virtual content repository deployment

• US 20050240714A1
• Filed: 08/10/2004
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Owen, James, Posner, Brad, Patadia, Jalpesh, Toussaint, Alexander, McCauley, Rodney
• Application Number:
  US10/915,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20050240714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers

Abstract

A system and method for manipulating a virtual content repository (VCR) containing information, comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, creating an external representation of the information, wherein the external representation preserves hierarchical relationships of the information, wherein the information is organized as a hierarchical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories, and wherein the information can be drawn from more than one repository.

Claims

1. A method for manipulating a virtual content repository (VCR) containing information, comprising:

integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR;

creating an external representation of the information, wherein the external representation preserves hierarchical relationships of the information;

wherein the information is organized as a hierarchical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the information can be drawn from more than one repository.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the external representation is a subset of the information.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the information encompasses a subset of the namespace.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the information can include one or more of the following;

content, a schema, a lifecycle definition, a version history, a role, and a policy.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exporting the external representation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

importing the external representation; and

wherein the external representation can be imported at a specific location in the namespace.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

importing the external representation into a second VCR.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a preview of the external representation.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

implementing a service provider interface (SPI) that is compatible with the VCR.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the information in the VCR.

11. A system comprising:

a plurality of repositories;

a virtual content repository (VCR) to integrate the plurality of repositories;

an external representation of information in the VCR, wherein the external representation preserves the hierarchical relationships of the information;

wherein the information is organized as a hierarchical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the information can be drawn from more than one repository.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the external representation is a subset of the information.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the information encompasses a subset of the namespace.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the information can include one or more of the following;

content, a schema, a lifecycle definition, a version history, a role, and a policy.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the external representation can be exported.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein:

the external representation can be imported at a specific location in the namespace.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the external representation can be imported into a second VCR.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a preview of the external representation.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a service provider interface (SPI) that is compatible with the VCR.

20. 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 a virtual content repository (VCR), wherein the VCR contains information;

create an external representation of information, wherein the external representation preserves hierarchical relationships of the information;

wherein the information is organized as a hierarchical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the information can be drawn from more than one repository.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 20 wherein:

the external representation is a subset of the information.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 20 wherein:

the information encompasses a subset of the namespace.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 20 wherein:

the information can include one or more of the following;

content, a schema, a lifecycle definition, a version history, a role, and a policy.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

export the external representation.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

import the external representation; and

wherein the external representation can be imported at a specific location in the namespace.

26. The machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

import the external representation into a second VCR.

27. The machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

create a preview of the external representation.

28. The machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

implement a service provider interface (SPI) that is compatible with the VCR.

29. The machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

store the information in the VCR.

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

a code segment including instructions to integrate a plurality of repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR), wherein the VCR contains information;

a code segment including instructions to create an external representation of information, wherein the external representation preserves hierarchical relationships of the information;

wherein the information is organized as a hierarchical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the information can be drawn from more than one repository.