Redirecting document references to a repository

• US 8,135,743 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2009
• Issued: 03/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Colgrave, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cam-Linh
• Application Number:
  US12/504,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20110225125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 707/689, 707/690, 707/691, 707/709, 707/782
• US Class Current: 707/782
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

Abstract

A method for automating the redirection of references that can include downloading an original document using an original uniform resource identifier (URI), storing the original document in a repository, parsing the original document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the original document and executing an automated redirection subprocess. The method can include parsing each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents, and responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conducting the automated redirection subprocess for each dependent document and further dependent document and repeating the parsing of dependent documents and conducting the automated redirection subprocess steps until all further dependent documents have been redirected.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of automating the redirection of uniform resource identifier (URI) references of documents, the method comprising:

downloading a document using a URI;

storing the document in a repository;

parsing the document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the document; and

conducting an automated URI reference redirection subprocess for the document and the dependent documents, the URI reference redirection subprocess comprising;

responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, downloading each dependent document from a respective URI of each dependent document and storing the dependent document in the repository;

assigning a new URI to the document and each dependent document stored in the repository;

creating a catalog entry for the document and each dependent document; and

for each catalog entry, remapping the URI from which each document was downloaded to the assigned new URI.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises a schema document selected from the group consisting of XML documents, XSD documents, and WSDL documents.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the dependent document comprises a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalog entry is within an XML catalog.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

parsing each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents;

responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conducting the automated URI reference redirection subprocess to each dependent document; and

repeating the parsing and conducting steps until all URI references have been redirected.

6. A data processing system configured for automating the redirection of uniform resource identifier (URI) references of documents, the system comprising:

a processor configured for execution in a host computing platform;

a repository configured for storing documents; and

a remapping program code coupled to the processor, causing the processor to;

download a document using a URI,

store the document in a repository;

parse the document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the document; and

conduct an automated URI reference redirection subprocess for the document and the dependent documents, the URI reference redirection subprocess comprising;

responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, downloading each dependent document from a respective URI of each dependent document and storing the dependent document in the repository;

assigning a new URI to the document and each dependent document stored in the repository;

creating a catalog entry for the document and each dependent document; and

for each catalog entry, remapping the URI from which each document was downloaded to the assigned new URL.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the remapping program code coupled to the processor causes the processor to:

parse each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents;

responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conduct the automated URI reference redirection subprocess to each dependent document; and

repeat the parsing and conducting steps until all URI references have been redirected.

8. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-readable instructions, which, when loaded in and executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:

downloading a document using a uniform resource identifier (URI);

storing the document in a repository;

parsing the document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the document; and

conducting an automated URI reference redirection subprocess for the document and the dependent documents, the URI reference redirection subprocess comprising;

responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, downloading each dependent document from a respective URI of each dependent document and storing the dependent document in the repository;

assigning a new URI to the document and each dependent document stored in the repository;

creating a catalog entry for the document and each dependent document; and

for each catalog entry, remapping the URI from which each document was downloaded to the assigned new URI.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the document comprises a schema document selected from the group consisting of XML documents, XSD documents, and WSDL documents.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the dependent document comprises a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the catalog entry is within an XML catalog.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions, which, when loaded in and executed by the computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:

parsing each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents;

responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conducting the automated URI reference redirection subprocess to each dependent document; and

repeating the parsing and conducting steps until all URI references have been redirected.