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Integration of physical and virtual namespace

  • US 6,256,031 B1
  • Filed: 06/26/1998
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system, a method of representing a site having a hierarchical organization as perceived by a client, comprising:

  • looking up first namespace information representing vitual directories of the site, the virtual directories having alias mappings that map the namespace information of the virtual directories to their physical locations, looking up second namespace information representing physical directories of the site, and integrating the first and second namespace information into an integrated namespace that is hierarchically organized to reflect the hierarchical organization of the site as perceived by the client and to enable information to be automatically propagated across the virtual and physical directories based on the hierarchical organization of the integrated namespace.

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