Method and system for content management

• US 8,671,119 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc
• Original Assignee: Open TEXT SA (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Tulkoff, Michael C., Collins, Jeffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Hosain
• Assistant Examiner(s): JOHNSON, JOHNESE T
• Application Number:
  US13/323,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 707/803, 707/809, 707/812
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

Systems and methods are described which facilitate content management in a network environment. Content types can be modeled by end users based on data usage and automatically generated by a content management system based on a user-defined data model. From these content types, content type objects may be generated. The data may then be examined to acquire a key set, and a content instance object generated for each datum found which matches a content type. This content instance object can then be associated with the datum using one or more key values, saved, and subsequently used to manage the data. These methods and systems allow data to be migrated to a content management system without any modification to the existing data repository or its associated structures.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing in a memory by a content management system running on at least one server machine, a content type in the content management system;

generating, by the content management system, a content type object from the content type;

receiving a key set for content residing in a legacy data repository communicatively connected to the content management system;

determining from the content, data that matches the content type, the data having key values;

using the content type object to generate a content instance object based on the content type;

associating the content instance object with the data by associating key values of the content instance object with the key values of the data; and

storing the content instance object by the content management system for managing the data, thereby eliminating or reducing a need to modify the data residing in the legacy data repository or manually enter the data into the content management system.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

managing the data residing in the legacy data repository using the content instance object including comparing content instance object key values to data key values and identifying the content instance object to manage based on associated key values, and managing the content instance object in place of managing the data in the legacy data repository.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

inspecting the content residing in the legacy data repository to generate the content type.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the inspecting further comprises inspecting a schema or data model.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a user interface for creating the content type on a client device communicatively connected to the content management system.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the associating further comprises using an attach method that is part of a content instance class from which the content instance object is instantiated.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the key values of the data represent an identifier for the data.

8. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by a server machine to perform:

storing in a memory by a content management system running on the server machine, a content type in the content management system;

generating, by the content management system, a content type object from the content type;

receiving a key set for content residing in a legacy data repository communicatively connected to the content management system;

determining from the content, data that matches the content type, the data having key values;

using the content type object to generate a content instance object based on the content type;

associating the content instance object with the data by associating key values of the content instance object with the key values of the data; and

storing the content instance object by the content management system for managing the data, thereby eliminating or reducing a need to modify the data residing in the legacy data repository or manually enter the data into the content management system.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the server machine to perform:

managing the data residing in the legacy data repository using the content instance object including comparing content instance object key values to data key values and identifying the content instance object to manage based on associated key values, and managing the content instance object in place of managing the data in the legacy data repository.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the server machine to perform:

inspecting the content residing in the legacy data repository to generate the content type.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the inspecting further comprises inspecting a schema or data model.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the server machine to perform:

presenting a user interface for creating the content type on a client device communicatively connected to the content management system.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the associating further comprises using an attach method that is part of a content instance class from which the content instance object is instantiated.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the key values of the data represent an identifier for the data.

15. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the processor to perform;

storing a content type in the system;

generating a content type object from the content type;

receiving a key set for content residing in a legacy data repository communicatively connected to the system;

determining from the content, data that matches the content type, the data having key values;

using the content type object to generate a content instance object based on the content type;

associating the content instance object with the data by associating key values of the content instance object with the key values of the data; and

storing the content instance object in the system for managing the data, thereby eliminating or reducing a need to modify the data residing in the legacy data repository or manually enter the data into the system.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the processor to perform:

managing the data residing in the legacy data repository using the content instance object including comparing content instance object key values to data key values and identifying the content instance object to manage based on associated key values, and managing the content instance object in place of managing the data in the legacy data repository.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the processor to perform:

inspecting the content residing in the legacy data repository to generate the content type.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the inspecting further comprises inspecting a schema or data model.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the processor to perform:

presenting a user interface for creating the content type on a client device communicatively connected to the system.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the associating further comprises using an attach method that is part of a content instance class from which the content instance object is instantiated.