SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR REPLICATING A PORTION OF A CONTENT REPOSITORY

• US 20110010341A1
• Filed: 07/08/2009
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Thrasybule, Jacques-Marie, Donaghy, Michael T., Pack, William T., Chen, Feng-Wei, Parekh, Nikhil
• Granted Patent: US 8,843,506 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/637
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1787 Details of non-transparently synchronising file systems

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for selecting a portion of a content repository for replication including receiving an input describing one or more desired relationship patterns for replication, generating a query for the desired relationship patterns, identifying content items of a content repository matching the desired relationship patterns, and selecting the identified content items of the content repository. The input is received at a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI operates on a computer. The relationship patterns are associated with an ontology describing relationships between content items in a content repository. The content repository includes a plurality of content items.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for selecting a portion of a content repository for replication, comprising:

receiving, at a graphical user interface (GUI) operating on a computer, an input describing one or more desired relationship patterns for replication, the relationship patterns associated with an ontology describing relationships between content items in a content repository, the content repository including a plurality of content items;

generating a query for the desired relationship patterns;

identifying content items of the content repository matching the desired relationship patterns;

selecting the identified content items of the content repository.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising extracting the identified content items and storing the identified content items on a storage device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the storage device is a portable storage device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the GUI comprises a display indicating selected relationship patterns.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the GUI, an input indicating a maximum allowable size for the selected content items.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the GUI comprises an indicator to indicate the size of the selected content items relative to the maximum allowable size.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the GUI, an input deselecting a selected relationship pattern.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the input describing one or more desired relationship patterns includes receiving, at the GUI, an input describing a desired type of relationship for selected content items.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the input describing one or more desired relationship patterns includes receiving, at the GUI, an input describing a type of content item to retrieve.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the input describing one or more desired relationship patterns includes receiving a number of allowed transitive steps for selected content items.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the query comprises at least one query selected from the group consisting of:

a triple pattern;

a disjunction;

a conjunction; and

an optional pattern.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the ontology is stored in a triplestore.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the ontology is stored in one or more tags associated with one or more content items in the content repository.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for replicating a portion of a content repository, the operations comprising:

receiving, at a graphical user interface (GUI) operating on a computer, an input describing one or more desired relationship patterns for replication, the relationship patterns associated with an ontology describing relationships between content items in a content repository, the content repository including a plurality of content items;

generating a query for the desired relationship patterns;

identifying content items of the content repository matching the desired relationship patterns;

selecting the identified content items of the content repository;

extracting the identified content items; and

storing the identified content items on a storage device.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the content repository describes a product.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the content repository is associated with a social network.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the social network comprises an at least one collaboration mechanism from the group consisting of:

a social structure of individuals and organizations;

email;

instant messaging;

a wiki;

a blog;

media sharing;

collaborative tagging and subject indexing; and

an avatar-based virtual world.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the storage device is a portable storage device.

19. An apparatus for replicating a portion of a content repository comprising:

A graphical user interface (GUI) to receive an input describing one or more desired relationship patterns for replication, the relationship patterns associated with an ontology describing relationships between content items in a content repository;

a semantic engine to identify content items of the content repository matching the desired relationship patterns; and

a replication engine to extract the identified content items and store the identified content items on a storage device.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a query generator to generate a query for the desired relationship patterns.