System and method for custom content lifecycles

• US 20050251504A1
• Filed: 08/10/2004
• Published: 11/10/2005
• 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, Posner, Brad, Patadia, Jalpesh, Toussaint, Alexander, McCauley, Rodney
• Granted Patent: US 7,236,989 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• 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 providing a lifecycle for information in virtual content repository (VCR), comprising defining a plurality states, defining one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states, wherein the information can be in a first state of the plurality of states and can transition to a second state of the plurality of states according to a first transition of the one or more transitions, wherein the information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the VCR; and, wherein the information can include at least one of: content and schema information.

Claims

1. A method for providing a lifecycle for information in virtual content repository (VCR), comprising:

defining a plurality states;

defining one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states;

wherein the information can be in a first state of the plurality of states and can transition to a second state of the plurality of states according to a first transition of the one or more transitions;

wherein the information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the VCR; and

wherein the information can include at least one of;

content and schema information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

defining an action associated with one of;

a state in the plurality of states, and a transition in the one or more transitions.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the action can be constrained by at least one of;

a policy, a role, and a capability.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the action can include one of;

a function/method call, a remote procedure call, inter-process communication, intra-process communication, interfacing with a hardware device, checking information into/out of version control, processing the information, providing a notification to a user.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a transition in the one or more transitions can be constrained to at least one of;

a user, a group of users, and a role.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

an information state change can be initiated by one of;

a user, and a process.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining a version history to track changes to the information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

integrating a plurality of repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR).

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of integrating includes:

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

10. A system for providing a lifecycle for information, comprising:

a virtual information repository (VCR);

a plurality of repositories integrated into the VCR;

a plurality states;

one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states;

wherein the information can be in a first state of the plurality of states and can transition to a second state of the plurality of states according to a first transition of the one or more transitions;

wherein the information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories; and

wherein the information can include at least one of;

content and schema information.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an action associated with one of;

a state in the plurality of states, and a transition in the one or more transitions.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the action can be constrained by at least one of;

a policy, a role, and a capability.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the action can include one of;

a function/system call, a remote procedure call, inter-process communication, intra-process communication, interfacing with a hardware device, checking information into/out of version control, processing the information, providing a notification to a user.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein:

a transition in the one or more transitions can be constrained to at least one of;

a user, a group of users, and a role.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein:

an information state change can be initiated by one of;

a user, and a process.

16. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a version history to track changes to the information.

17. The system of claim 10 wherein:

a service provider interface (SPI) is implemented by the plurality of repositories and wherein the SPI is compatible with the VCR.

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

define a plurality states;

define one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states;

wherein the information can be in a first state of the plurality of states and can transition to a second state of the plurality of states according to a first transition of the one or more transitions;

wherein the information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the VCR; and

wherein the information can include at least one of;

content and schema information.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

define an action associated with one of;

a state in the plurality of states, and a transition in the one or more transitions.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 19 wherein:

the action can be constrained by at least one of;

a policy, a role, and a capability.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 19 wherein:

the action can include one of;

a function/machine readable medium call, a remote procedure call, inter-process communication, intra-process communication, interfacing with a hardware device, checking information into/out of version control, processing the information, providing a notification to a user.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein:

a transition in the one or more transitions can be constrained to at least one of;

a user, a group of users, and a role.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein:

an information state change can be initiated by one of;

a user, and a process.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

maintain a version history to track changes to the information.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

integrate a plurality of repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR).

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

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

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

a code segment including instructions to define a plurality states;

a code segment including instructions to define one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states;

wherein the information can be in a first state of the plurality of states and can transition to a second state of the plurality of states according to a first transition of the one or more transitions;

wherein the information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the VCR; and

wherein the information can include at least one of;

content and schema information.