Method for building up a content management system

• US 9,936,015 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2014
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: M-Files Oy
• Original Assignee: M-Files Oy
• Inventors: Pohjoisvirta, Lassi, Lepola, Juha, Paija, Jari
• Primary Examiner(s): Book, Phyllis A
• Application Number:
  US14/568,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173590A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/119 Details of migration of file systems migration mechanisms in storage systems G06F3/0647
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/184 implemented as replicated file system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1844 Management specifically adapted to replicated file systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

The invention relates to a content management system and a method therein. The content management system comprises at least a first vault in a server and a migration tool. The method comprises receiving by the migration tool a content packet from a third-party application; receiving by the migration tool information on a metadata structure used in the first vault; generating a replication packet by adapting content from the content packet according to the information on the metadata structure; storing the replication packet in the server; and replicating the objects in the replication packet to the first vault.

Claims

1. A method for a content management system, the content management system comprising at least a first vault in a server and a migration tool, the method comprising:

receiving by the migration tool information on a metadata structure used in the first vault from the first vault, the metadata structure defining metadata for objects and relationships between said objects, wherein the objects relate to a first content management application;

generating an internal data model based on the received information on the metadata structure, wherein the internal data model is represented as objects having relationships therein between;

receiving by the migration tool a content packet from a second content management application, wherein the second content management application differs from the first content management application;

generating a replication packet comprising the content from the content packet, wherein the content from the content packet is converted into objects having relationships therein between according to the internal data model in a format used in the first content management application, wherein the conversion is performed by using a separate configuration file of Extensible Markup Language-format, said separate configuration file being stored in the generated replication packet;

storing the replication packet in the server; and

processing the replication packet to generate objects to the metadata structure of the first vault and to store the objects and their relationships to other objects virtually in the first vault to be used by the first content management application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the replication packet is a second replication packet, wherein the method comprises receiving a first replication packet for replicating a metadata structure for the first vault.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the information on the metadata structure relates to the metadata structure being replicated by the first replication packet.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server is a cloud server.

5. An apparatus comprising at least one processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

receiving information on a metadata structure used in the first vault from the first vault, the metadata structure defining metadata for objects and relationships between said objects, wherein the objects relate to a first content management application;

generating an internal data model based on the received information on the metadata structure, wherein the internal data model is represented as objects having relationships therein between;

receiving a content packet from a second content management application, wherein the second content management application differs from the first content management application;

generating a replication packet comprising the content from the content packet wherein the content from the content packet is converted into objects having relationships therein between according to the internal data model in a format used in the first content management application, wherein the conversion is performed by using a separate configuration file of Extensible Markup Language-format, said separate configuration file being stored in the generated replication packet;

storing the replication packet in the server; and

processing the replication packet to generate objects to the metadata structure of the first vault and to store the objects and their relationships to other objects virtually and with reference to other objects in the first vault to be used by the first content management application.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the replication packet is a second replication packet, in which the information on the metadata structure relates to a metadata structure being obtained from a first replication packet for replicating a metadata structure for the first vault.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the server is a cloud server.

8. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer program code configured to, when executed on at least one processor, cause an apparatus or a system to:

receive information on a metadata structure used in the first vault from the first vault, the metadata structure defining metadata for objects and relationships between said objects, wherein the objects relate to a first content management application;

generate an internal data model based on the received information on the metadata structure, wherein the internal data model is represented as objects having relationships therein between;

receive a content packet from a second content management application, wherein the second content management application differs from the first content management application;

generate a replication packet comprising content from the content packet wherein the content from the content packet is converted into objects having relationships therein between according to the internal data model in a format used in the first content management application, wherein the conversion is performed by using a separate configuration file of Extensible Markup Language-format, said separate configuration file being stored in the generated replication packet;

store the replication packet in the server; and

processing the replication packet to generate objects to the metadata structure of the first vault and to store the objects and their relationships to other objects virtually and with reference to other objects in the first vault to be used by the first content management application.

9. A content management system comprising a first vault in a server and a migration tool, the server comprising at least one processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to perform at least the following:

receiving by the migration tool information on a metadata structure used in the first vault from the first vault, the metadata structure defining metadata for objects and relationships between said objects, wherein the objects relate to a first content management application;

generating an internal data model based on the received information on the metadata structure, wherein the internal data model is represented as objects having relationships therein between;

receiving by the migration tool a content packet form a second content management application, wherein the second content management application differs from the first content management application;

generating a replication packet comprising content from the content packet wherein the content from the content packet is converted into objects having relationships therein between according to the internal data model in a format used in the first content management application, wherein the conversion is performed by using a separate configuration file of Extensible Markup Language-format, said separate configuration file being stored in the generated replication packet;

storing the replication packet in the server; and

processing the replication packet to generate objects to the metadata structure of the first vault according to the metadata structure and to store the objects and their relationships to other objects virtually and with reference to other objects in the first vault to be used by the first content management application.

10. The content management system according to claim 9, wherein the replication packet is a second replication packet, wherein the content management system further comprises computer program to cause the content management system to receive a first replication packet for replicating a metadata structure for the first vault.