System and method for content versioning

• US 20060041558A1
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• 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, Bales, Christopher E., McCauley, Rodney
• Application Number:
  US10/910,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20060041558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/219 Managing data history or versioning querying versioned data G06F16/2474; querying temporal data G06F16/2477

Abstract

A system and method for versioning content in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the content in the VCR, maintaining a version history to track changes to the content, and wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

Claims

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

integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR;

storing the content in the VCR;

maintaining a version history to track changes to the content; and

wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of integrating includes:

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

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the content has a shape that is at least partially inherited.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the content resides in a first repository has a shape that is defined at least partially in a second repository; and

wherein the first repository and the second repository are of the plurality of repositories.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the content includes a link to other content outside of the VCR.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the content includes an expression that provides the location of other content in the VCR.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the content includes a mapping to a database table or a database view.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

any one of the plurality of repositories does not natively support versioning of content.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the version history can be rolled back.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein:

access to the content can be regulated by at least one role and/or at least one policy.

11. A system for versioning content, comprising:

a virtual content repository (VCR);

a plurality of repositories integrated into the VCR;

a version history in the VCR to track changes to the content; and

wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

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

13. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the content has a shape that is at least partially inherited.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the content resides in a first repository has a shape that is defined at least partially in a second repository; and

wherein the first repository and the second repository are of the plurality of repositories.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the content includes a link to other content outside of the VCR.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the content includes an expression that provides the location of other content in the VCR.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the content includes a mapping to a database table or a database view.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein:

any one of the plurality of repositories does not natively support versioning of content.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein:

the version history can be rolled back.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein:

access to the content can be regulated by at least one role and/or at least one policy.

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 the content in the VCR;

maintain a version history to track changes to the content; and

wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

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

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

23. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the content has a shape that is at least partially inherited.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the content resides in a first repository has a shape that is defined at least partially in a second repository; and

wherein the first repository and the second repository are of the plurality of repositories.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the content includes a link to other content outside of the VCR.

26. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the content includes an expression that provides the location of other content in the VCR.

27. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the content includes a mapping to a database table or a database view.

28. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

any one of the plurality of repositories does not natively support versioning of content.

29. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

the version history can be rolled back.

30. The machine readable medium of claim 21 wherein:

access to the content can be regulated by at least one role and/or at least one policy.

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 the content in the VCR;

a code segment including instructions to maintain a version history to track changes to the content; and

wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.