Persistent archives
First Claim
1. A persistent archive of a collection of data objects tangibly embodied on a processor readable medium, the archive comprising:
- a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection;
a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of one or more data objects; and
one or more self-describing, infrastructure-independent procedures for transforming a representation of the one or more data objects into a form ready for instantiation onto a query-able mechanism;
wherein the representations are expressed in non-proprietary and platform independent forms that allow the collection to be subsequently re-instantiated and understood regardless of state of technology.
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Abstract
A persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection and a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of the data objects. The archive is persistent in that it may be instantiated at an indefinite point in time in the future regardless of the state of technology at that time. A knowledge-based persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises the foregoing two elements but also a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of knowledge relevant to the collection. Another embodiment of a knowledge-based persistent archive comprises at least one representation of a collection or the data objects, at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent, or executable specification of one or more transformations relevant to the collection, and at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent, or executable specification of one or more rules relevant to the collection.
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38 Claims
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1. A persistent archive of a collection of data objects tangibly embodied on a processor readable medium, the archive comprising:
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a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection; a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of one or more data objects; and one or more self-describing, infrastructure-independent procedures for transforming a representation of the one or more data objects into a form ready for instantiation onto a query-able mechanism; wherein the representations are expressed in non-proprietary and platform independent forms that allow the collection to be subsequently re-instantiated and understood regardless of state of technology. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A knowledge-based persistent archive of a collection of data objects tangibly embodied on a processor readable medium, the archive comprising:
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a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection; a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of one or more data objects; a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of knowledge relevant to the collection; and one or more self-describing, infrastructure-independent procedures for transforming a representation of the one or more data objects into a form ready for instantiation onto a query-able mechanism; wherein the representations are expressed in non-proprietary and platform independent forms that allow the collection to be subsequently re-instantiated and understood regardless of state of technology. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A knowledge-based persistent archive of a collection of data objects tangibly embodied on a processor readable medium comprising:
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at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of the collection of one or more data objects; at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent or executable specification of one or more transformations relating to the collection; at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent or executable specification of one or more rules encoding knowledge relevant to the collection; and at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent procedures for transforming a representation of the one or more data objects into a form ready for instantiation onto a query-able mechanism; wherein the representations are expressed in non-proprietary and platform independent forms that allow the collection to be subsequently re-instantiated and understood regardless of state of technology. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A persistent archive of a collection of data objects tangibly embodied on a processor-readable medium, the collection having a logical structure, comprising:
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first means for representing the logical structure of the collection in a self-describing, infrastructure-independent form; second means for representing one or more data objects in the collection in a self-describing, infrastructure-independent form; third means for representing knowledge relevant to the collection in a self-describing, infrastructure-independent form; and one or more self-describing, infrastructure-independent procedures for transforming a representation of the one or more data objects into a form ready for instantiation onto a query-able mechanism; wherein the first, second and third means are expressed in non-proprietary and platform independent forms that allow the collection to be subsequently re-instantiated and understood regardless of state of technology.
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38. A persistent archive of a collection of data objects tangibly embodied on a processor-readable medium comprising:
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first means for representing one or more data objects for the collection in a self-describing, infrastructure-independent form; second means for specifying one or more transformations relating to the collection in a self-describing, infrastructure-independent form; third means for specifying one or more rules relating to the collection in a self-describing, infrastructure-independent form; and fourth means for specifying one or more self-describing, infrastructure-independent procedures for transforming a representation of the one or more data objects into a form ready for instantiation onto a query-able mechanism; wherein the first, second, third and fourth means are expressed in non-proprietary and platform independent forms that allow the collection to be subsequently re-instantiated and understood regardless of state of technology.
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