Content storage mapping

• US 8,554,777 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2012
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Brown, William A., Carr, Daniel D., Muirhead, Richard William, Reddington, Francis Xavier, Wolfe, Martin Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, UYEN T
• Application Number:
  US13/448,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/754
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2291 User-Defined Types; Storage management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2465 Query processing support for facilitating data mining operations in structured databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A data storage method and system. The method includes defining, by a computing system, a meta-object, a schema based structured definition for the meta-object, and a taxonomy with configuration data. The computing system creates content associated with the taxonomy and associates topics of the content with a logical storage room representations. Reference coordinates associated with the logical storage room representations are associated with the taxonomy. The computing system generates updated configuration data that includes the reference coordinates and a uniform resource identifier associated with the content is generated. The computing system generates an account associated with the meta-object for a user. Metering charges for usage of the account and a report associated with the account and usage are generated.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining, by a computing system, a user accessible meta-object referencing contextual content, wherein said user accessible meta-object comprises a functional operation referenced object, a service referenced object, or a content specific referenced object;

defining, by said computing system, a schema based structured definition for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system from said schema based structured definition, a predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy and a configuration data map associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

determining, by said computing system, that content is required for said computing system;

creating, by a processor of said computing system, said content, wherein said content comprises user accessible contextual content associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

associating, by said computing system, user accessible topics of relevant tangible content of said content with specified logical storage room representations, wherein each storage room of said specified logical storage room representations comprises contextual content storage address spaces;

associating, by said computing system, reference coordinates with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy, wherein said reference coordinates are associated with said specified logical storage room representations;

determining, by said computing system, a change associated with a relative point of view associated with each node of said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

updating, by said computing system, said configuration data map, wherein said updating said configuration data map comprises generating updated configuration data, wherein said updated configuration data comprises reference coordinate pointers pointing to the contextual content storage address spaces, and wherein the contextual content storage address spaces are comprised by a plurality of different storage mediums and a plurality of different physical storage locations;

generating, by said computing system, a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with said content enabling a direct internal access mapping to the contextual content storage address spaces associated with said reference coordinate pointers;

determining, by said computing system, metering charges for usage of an account per paid subscription to the user accessible contextual content;

applying, by said computing system, key performance indicators to transactional analysis usage patterns of said user accessible contextual content;

generating, by said computing system, a report associated with said account, said transactional analysis usage patterns, and said usage;

presenting, by said computing system, analysis of said report via a dashboard view; and

storing, by said computing system, said report.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said defining said user accessible meta-object comprises:

defining, by said computing system, a namespace for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system, a domain for said namespace;

defining, by said computing system, a sub-domain associated with said domain;

classifying, by said computing system, a type for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system, attributes for said user accessible meta-object; and

defining, by said computing system, URI mapping data associated with said URI.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said defining said schema based structured definition comprises:

defining, by said computing system, elements associated with said schema based structured definition; and

defining, by said computing system, attributes associated with said elements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining that content is required comprises:

determining, by said computing system, a content type for said content;

determining, by said computing system, a sub-domain associated with said user accessible meta-object;

determining, by said computing system, a domain associated with said sub-domain;

determining, by said computing system, a namespace associated with said domain; and

generating, by said computing system, an entry in a provisioning table, wherein said entry is associated with said content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said creating said content comprises:

updating, by said computing system, said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy with said topic;

updating, by said computing system, said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy with elements associated with said schema based structured definition; and

updating, by said computing system, said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy with attributes associated with said elements.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said associating said user accessible topics of relevant tangible content with said specified logical storage room representations comprises:

determining, by said computing system, if said specified logical storage room representations exist.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said reference coordinate pointers comprise an X-coordinate, a Y-coordinate, and a Z-coordinate, and wherein said associating said reference coordinates with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy comprises:

determining, by said computing system, an X-pointer associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

determining, by said computing system, a Y-pointer associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy; and

determining, by said computing system, a Z-pointer associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said updating said configuration data comprises:

associating, by said computing system, said X-coordinate, said Y-coordinate, and said Z-coordinate with said X-pointer, said Y-pointer, and said Z-pointer, respectively.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said URI comprises:

selecting, by said computing system, access point doors associated with said specified logical storage room representations;

selecting, by said computing system, a first logical storage room representation of said specified logical storage room representations;

determining, by said computing system, a plurality of meta-objects associated with said first logical storage room representation;

determining, by said computing system, a plurality of sub-domains associated with said plurality of meta-objects;

determining, by said computing system, a plurality of domains associated with said plurality of sub-domains;

determining, by said computing system, a namespace associated with said plurality of domains;

generating, by said computing system, a path associated with said URI; and

generating, by said computing system, an entry in a meta-object repository, wherein said entry is associated with said URI.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said account comprises:

associating, by said computing system, said account to a plurality of objects for access; and

associating, by said computing system, said account to said user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining said metering charges comprises:

determining, by said computing system, a plurality of accounts that have access to said specified logical storage room representations;

calculating, by said computing system, an account access time for a plurality of objects associated with said specified logical storage room representations;

calculating, by said computing system, said metering charges by multiplying said account access time by a rate charged for access to said specified logical storage room representations;

associating, by said computing system, said account with said usage; and

generating, by said computing system, an invoice associated with said metering charges.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said report comprises:

associating, by said computing system, said meta-object with operational metrics;

associating, by said computing system, said operational metrics with a key performance indicator;

determining, by said computing system, a key performance indicator by an analysis type; and

determining, by said computing system, reporting channels having access to said operational metrics, said key performance indicator, and a context of said key performance indicator, wherein said report comprises said operational metrics, said key performance indicator, and said context of said key performance indicator.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said reference coordinates are associated with a hardware infrastructure reference storage of said content or a general user specific storage of said content.

14. A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing apparatus is capable of performing the method of claim 1.

15. A computing apparatus comprising a processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the processor implements a method comprising:

defining, by said computing system, a user accessible meta-object referencing contextual content, wherein said user accessible meta-object comprises a functional operation referenced object, a service referenced object, or a content specific referenced object;

defining, by said computing system, a schema based structured definition for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system from said schema based structured definition, a predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy and a configuration data map associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

determining, by said computing system, that content is required for said computing system;

creating, by a processor of said computing system, said content, wherein said content comprises user accessible contextual content associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

associating, by said computing system, user accessible topics of relevant tangible content of said content with specified logical storage room representations, wherein each storage room of said specified logical storage room representations comprises contextual content storage address spaces;

associating, by said computing system, reference coordinates with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy, wherein said reference coordinates are associated with said specified logical storage room representations;

determining, by said computing system, a change associated with a relative point of view associated with each node of said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

updating, by said computing system, said configuration data map, wherein said updating said configuration data map comprises generating updated configuration data, wherein said updated configuration data comprises reference coordinate pointers pointing to the contextual content storage address spaces, and wherein the contextual content storage address spaces are comprised by a plurality of different storage mediums and a plurality of different physical storage locations;

generating, by said computing system, a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with said content enabling a direct internal access mapping to the contextual content storage address spaces associated with said reference coordinate pointers;

determining, by said computing system, metering charges for usage of an account per paid subscription to the user accessible contextual content;

applying, by said computing system, key performance indicators to transactional analysis usage patterns of said user accessible contextual content;

generating, by said computing system, a report associated with said account, said transactional analysis usage patterns, and said usage;

presenting, by said computing system, analysis of said report via a dashboard view; and

storing, by said computing system, said report.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 15, wherein said defining said user accessible meta-object comprises:

defining, by said computing system, a namespace for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system, a domain for said namespace;

defining, by said computing system, a sub-domain associated with said domain;

classifying, by said computing system, a type for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system, attributes for said user accessible meta-object; and

defining, by said computing system, URI mapping data associated with said URI.

17. The computing apparatus of claim 15, wherein said defining said schema based structured definition comprises:

defining, by said computing system, elements associated with said schema based structured definition; and

defining, by said computing system, attributes associated with said elements.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 15, wherein said determining that content is required comprises:

determining, by said computing system, a content type for said content;

determining, by said computing system, a sub-domain associated with said user accessible meta-object;

determining, by said computing system, a domain associated with said sub-domain;

determining, by said computing system, a namespace associated with said domain; and

generating, by said computing system, an entry in a provisioning table, wherein said entry is associated with said content.

19. The computing apparatus of claim 15, wherein said creating said content comprises:

updating, by said computing system, said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy with said topic;

updating, by said computing system, said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy with elements associated with said schema based structured definition; and

updating, by said computing system, said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy with attributes associated with said elements.

20. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code configured to perform method upon being executed by a computer processor of a computing system, said method comprising:

defining, by said computing system, a user accessible meta-object referencing contextual content, wherein said user accessible meta-object comprises a functional operation referenced object, a service referenced object, or a content specific referenced object;

defining, by said computing system, a schema based structured definition for said user accessible meta-object;

defining, by said computing system from said schema based structured definition, a predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy and a configuration data map associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

determining, by said computing system, that content is required for said computing system;

creating, by a processor of said computing system, said content, wherein said content comprises user accessible contextual content associated with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

associating, by said computing system, user accessible topics of relevant tangible content of said content with specified logical storage room representations, wherein each storage room of said specified logical storage room representations comprises contextual content storage address spaces;

associating, by said computing system, reference coordinates with said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy, wherein said reference coordinates are associated with said specified logical storage room representations;

determining, by said computing system, a change associated with a relative point of view associated with each node of said predefined user access content mapped hierarchical taxonomy;

updating, by said computing system, said configuration data map, wherein said updating said configuration data map comprises generating updated configuration data, wherein said updated configuration data comprises reference coordinate pointers pointing to the contextual content storage address spaces, and wherein the contextual content storage address spaces are comprised by a plurality of different storage mediums and a plurality of different physical storage locations;

generating, by said computing system, a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with said content enabling a direct internal access mapping to the contextual content storage address spaces associated with said reference coordinate pointers;

determining, by said computing system, metering charges for usage of an account per paid subscription to the user accessible contextual content;

applying, by said computing system, key performance indicators to transactional analysis usage patterns of said user accessible contextual content;

generating, by said computing system, a report associated with said account, said transactional analysis usage patterns, and said usage;

presenting, by said computing system, analysis of said report via a dashboard view; and

storing, by said computing system, said report.