Federated Management of Content Repositories
First Claim
1. A method for providing access to content in federated repositories, said method comprising:
- accessing a first content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format;
accessing a second content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format that is different from said first content repository;
integrating the first content repository and the second content repository by implementing a shared content model that represents combined content across both the first content repository and the second content repository, wherein the shared content model includes one or more nodes; and
providing a content cache for interacting with the shared content model, said content cache used to buffer one or more of search results and recently accessed nodes.
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Abstract
A method for integrating a plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising providing credential information to each one of said plurality of content repositories, receiving authorization information from each one of said plurality of content repositories, wherein the authorization information indicates whether or not an authorization procedure succeeded, integrating into the VCR each one of said plurality of content repositories whose authorization information indicates successful authorization, and wherein each one of said plurality of content repositories exposes a first set of services to enable its integration into the VCR.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing access to content in federated repositories, said method comprising:
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accessing a first content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format; accessing a second content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format that is different from said first content repository; integrating the first content repository and the second content repository by implementing a shared content model that represents combined content across both the first content repository and the second content repository, wherein the shared content model includes one or more nodes; and providing a content cache for interacting with the shared content model, said content cache used to buffer one or more of search results and recently accessed nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing access to content in federated repositories, said system comprising:
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a first content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format; a second content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format that is different from said first content repository; a shared content model used to integrated the first content repository with the second content repository by representing combined content across both the first content repository and the second content repository, said shared content model including one or more nodes; and a content cache used to interact with the shared content model, said content cache used to buffer one or more of search results and recently accessed nodes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for providing access to content in federated repositories, which instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:
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accessing a first content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format; accessing a second content repository that contains multiple types of information in a searchable format that is different from said first content repository; integrating the first content repository and the second content repository by implementing a shared content model that represents combined content across both the first content repository and the second content repository, wherein the shared content model includes one or more nodes; and providing a content cache for interacting with the shared content model, said content cache used to buffer one or more of search results and recently accessed nodes.
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