Content Management Migration Manager System and Method

• US 20110289054A1
• Filed: 05/19/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Southern Company Services, Inc. (Southern Company)
• Original Assignee: Southern Company Services, Inc. (Southern Company)
• Inventors: Johnson, Rob Keith
• Application Number:
  US12/771,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/626
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems

Abstract

A content management migration manager method comprises accessing via a web interface executed by a computer an application interface, such as an API, for a first content management system and an application interface (API) for a second content management system. A site associated with the first content management system is thereafter replicated to the second content management system. Each document library folder in the replicated site is duplicated to the second content management system for the replicated site as well as all corresponding users, groups and their associated roles/permissions. Thereafter, one or more folders, users, or permissions existing in the second content management system not also existing in the first content management system may be removed by the content management migration manager.

Claims

1. A content management migration manager method, comprising the steps of:

accessing an interface for a first content management system implemented by a processor and an interface for a second content management system interface implemented by a processor;

replicating a site associated with the first content management system to the second content management system;

duplicating a folder in a library associated with the replicated site to the second content management system;

duplicating one or more users and roles for each respective one or more users for each folder duplicated from the first content management system to the second content management system; and

removing one or more folders, users, or permissions existing in the second content management system not also existing in the first content management system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

duplicating a user group and permissions for each user associated with the user group for a duplicated folder from the first content management system to the second content management system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

comparing a field attribute for a folder existing the first content management system to a corresponding field attribute for a user to determine if the folder field attribute matches the user field attribute.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

setting permissions for the user to a first predetermined level if the folder field attributed matches the user field attribute.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first predetermined level is full access.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

setting permissions for the user to a second predetermined level if the folder field attributed does not match the user field attribute.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second predetermined level is a restricted access level.

8. The method of claim 1, where in the second content management system is a more recent version of the first content management system.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable on a computing device, the program comprising:

code that accesses an interface for a first content management system and an interface for a second content management system interface;

code that replicates a site associated with the first content management system to the second content management system;

code that duplicates a folder in a library associated with the replicated site to the second content management system;

code that duplicates each user identity and respective permissions for each user identity associated with the duplicated folder from the first content management system to the second content management system; and

code that removes all folders and user identities found in the second in the second content management system not also found in the first content management system.

10. The program of claim 9, further comprising:

code that duplicates a user group and respective permission for each user associated with the user group associated with the duplicated folder from the first content management system to the second content management system.

11. The program of claim 9, further comprising:

code that compares a field attribute for a folder existing in the first content management system to a corresponding field attribute for a selected user to determine if the folder field attribute matches the user field attribute.

12. The program of claim 11, further comprising:

code that sets permissions for the selected user to a first predetermined level if the folder field attributed matches the user field attribute.

13. The program of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined level is full access.

14. The program of claim 11, further comprising:

code that sets permissions for the selected user to a first predetermined level if the folder field attributed does not match the user field attribute.

15. The program of claim 14, wherein the second predetermined level is a restricted access level.

16. The program of claim 9, where in the second content management system is a more recent version of the first content management system.

17. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device;

an interface accessible to the computing device and communicably coupled with a first content management system interface and a second content management system interface;

a replication application accessible by the computing device that replicates a predetermined site from the first content management system to the second content management system, and for the predetermined replicated site, duplicates each folder contained in a document library for the site from the first content management system to the second content management system, including each user and group having access to one or more filed contained in the duplicated folder and all associated roles for each user and group; and

a clean-up application accessible by the computing device that removes folders, user identities, groups, and associated roles found in the second in the second content management system not also found in the first content management system.