SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SPI EXTENSIONS FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20110184929A1
• Filed: 04/08/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhou, Xiaojiang, McVeigh, Ryan Sean, Posner, Brad, Roth, Steven L., Saarva, Tanya, Patadia, Jalpesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,316,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/707
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

A virtual content repository (VCR) is a logical representation of one or more individual content repositories. The VCR uses a common Application Programming Interface (API) and a Service Provider Interface (SPI) to provide a single access point to one or more individual content repositories. The API describes how applications can interface with program logic and functionality provided by the content management system and the SPI describes how a content repository can be integrated into the VCR. A SPI adapter can be interposed between the at least one non-compliant repository in the VCR and the SPI. The SPI adapter can map a request to the non-compliant repository and provide content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests.

Claims

1. A method for providing a Service Provider Interface (SPI) adapter for a content management system, the method comprising:

providing a virtual content repository (VCR) that is a logical representation of one or more individual content repositories, wherein the VCR uses a common Application Programming Interface (API) and a Service Provider Interface (SPI) to provide a single access point to the one or more individual content repositories, wherein the API describes how applications can interface with program logic and functionality provided by the content management system and the SPI describes how a content repository can be integrated into the VCR;

receiving a plurality of content repositories, the plurality of content repositories including at least one repository that is not readily compliant with the Service Provider Interface (SPI) of the content management system;

integrating each one of the plurality of content repositories into the virtual content repository (VCR) by interposing an adapter between the at least one non-compliant repository and the Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the SPI is associated with the API that receives at least one request to access content of the plurality of content repositories and the SPI isolates direct interaction with the plurality of content repositories from the API, wherein the VCR is capable of modeling content in a plurality of content repositories and providing uniform content services; and

mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a plurality of content repositories, the plurality of content repositories including at least one JSR-170 repository that is not readily compliant with the Service Provider Interface (SPI) of the content management system includes:

receiving at least one content repository relating structured content and unstructured content into a searchable corpus and complying with the JSR-170 specification and that does not comply with the SPI of the content management system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating each one of the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR) by interposing an adapter between the at least one non-compliant repository and a common Application Programming Interface (API) that receives at least one request to access content of the plurality of content repositories includes:

configuring a software adapter interposed between the non-compliant repository and the SPI such that the non-compliant repository is capable of communicating with the SPI through the adapter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR includes:

translating an object of the SPI into an object of the non-compliant repository and passing the object to the non-compliant repository.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR includes:

translating an API invocation to the SPI into an API of the non-compliant repository and passing the invocation to the API to the non-compliant repository.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to access content received via a common Application Programming Interface (API).

14. The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR includes:

selecting a security policy to be applied to the request.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR includes:

applying a security mechanism to only a portion of the content received from the non-compliant repository upon receiving the request.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR includes:

redacting the content received from the non-compliant repository to make it permissible according to selected security policy.

7. A machine-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for providing a Service Provider Interface (SPI) adapter for a content management system in a content management system, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

providing a virtual content repository (VCR) that is a logical representation of one or more individual content repositories, wherein the VCR uses a common Application Programming Interface (API) and a Service Provider Interface (SPI) to provide a single access point to the one or more individual content repositories, wherein the API describes how applications can interface with program logic and functionality provided by the content management system and the SPI describes how a content repository can be integrated into the VCR;

receiving a plurality of content repositories, the plurality of content repositories including at least one repository that is not readily compliant with the Service Provider Interface (SPI) of the content management system;

integrating each one of the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR) by interposing an adapter between the at least one non-compliant repository and the Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the SPI is associated with the API that receives at least one request to access content of the plurality of content repositories and the SPI isolates direct interaction with the plurality of content repositories from the API, wherein the VCR is capable of modeling content in a plurality of content repositories and providing uniform content services; and

mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR.

8. The machine-readable medium as recited in claim 7, wherein the instructions for carrying out the step of receiving a plurality of content repositories, the plurality of content repositories including at least one JSR-170 repository that is not readily compliant with the Service Provider Interface (SPI) of the content management system (“

non-compliant repository”

) include instructions for carrying out the step of;

receiving at least one content repository relating structured content and unstructured content into a searchable corpus and complying with the JSR-170 specification and that does not comply with the SPI of the content management system.

9. The machine-readable medium as recited in claim 7, wherein the instructions for carrying out the step of integrating each one of the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR) by interposing an adapter between the at least one non-compliant repository and a common Application Programming Interface (API) that receives at least one request to access content of the plurality of content repositories include instructions for carrying out the step of:

configuring a software adapter interposed between the non-compliant repository and the SPI such that the non-compliant repository is capable of communicating with the SPI through the adapter.

10. The machine-readable medium as recited in claim 7, wherein the instructions for carrying out the step of mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR include instructions for carrying out the step of:

translating an object of the SPI into an object of the non-compliant repository and passing the object to the non-compliant repository.

11. The machine-readable medium as recited in claim 7, wherein the instructions for carrying out the step of mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR include instructions for carrying out the step of:

translating an API invocation to the SPI into an API of the non-compliant repository and passing the invocation to the API to the non-compliant repository.

12. The machine-readable medium as recited in claim 7, further comprising instructions for carrying out the step of:

receiving a request to access content received via a common Application Programming Interface (API).

13. An apparatus for providing a Service Provider Interface (SPI) adapter for a content management system, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of;

providing a virtual content repository (VCR) that is a logical representation of one or more individual content repositories, wherein the VCR uses a common Application Programming Interface (API) and a Service Provider Interface (SPI) to provide a single access point to the one or more individual content repositories, wherein the API describes how applications can interface with program logic and functionality provided by the content management system and the SPI describes how a content repository can be integrated into the VCR;

receiving a plurality of content repositories, the plurality of content repositories including at least one repository that is not readily compliant with the Service Provider Interface (SPI) of the content management system;

integrating each one of the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR) by interposing an adapter between the at least one non-compliant repository and the Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the SPI is associated with the API that receives at least one request to access content of the plurality of content repositories and the SPI isolates direct interaction with the plurality of content repositories from the API, wherein the VCR is capable of modeling content in a plurality of content repositories and providing uniform content services; and

mapping the request to the non-compliant repository and content received from the non-compliant repository to originators of the requests based upon the VCR.