Collections for storage artifacts of a tree structured repository established via artifact metadata

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10423577-B2
Application number	US-82633510-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2010
Priority date	Jun 29, 2010
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

At least one unique collection of storage artifacts can be specified to indicate that the storage artifact is a member of the unique collection. Each storage artifact can be a discrete object comprising digitally encoded content that is stored as a node within a tree structure of a tangible storage medium. The collection can be referenced by a set of different storage artifacts to form a collection of related storage artifacts. Each storage artifact can correspond to different collections, wherein membership within a collection is independent of a storage path within the tree structure. A file management action relating to the storage artifact can be performed. The file management action can be dependent upon the storage artifact being a member of the unique collection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
storing, into a node of a tree structured repository, a storage artifact;
associating, using metadata within the storage artifact, the storage artifact with a first collection of related heterogeneous artifacts;
associating, using the metadata within the storage artifact, the storage artifact with a second collection of related heterogeneous artifacts;
receiving a request for a file management action;
identifying, based upon the request and using the metadata, a set of a plurality of storage artifacts related to the request; and
performing, for each storage artifact within the set of the plurality of storage artifacts; the file management action.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the file management action is one of a delete action, a copy action, or a move action.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the metadata includes a first collection ID of the first collection a second collection ID of the second collection.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a search request having a collection-specific criteria; and
searching the collections using the collection-specific criteria.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a search request having an artifact-specific criteria; and
searching the collections using the artifact-specific criteria.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a search request having a collection specific criteria and an artifact-specific criteria;
first searching the collections using the collection specific criteria to produce a first result; and
second searching the first result using the artifact-specific criteria.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the first collection of related heterogeneous artifacts includes artifacts stored in different databases using different file types.

8. A computer hardware system, comprising:
a computer hardware processor configured to initiate the following operations:
storing, into a node of a tree structured repository, a storage artifact;
associating, using metadata within the storage artifact, the storage artifact with a first collection of related heterogeneous artifacts;
associating, using the metadata within the storage artifact, the storage artifact with a second collection of related heterogeneous artifacts;
receiving a request for a file management action;
identifying, based upon the request and using the metadata, a set of a plurality of storage artifacts related to the request; and
performing, for each storage artifact within the set of the plurality of storage artifacts; the file management action.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein
the file management action is one of a delete action, a copy action, or a move action.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein
the metadata includes a first collection ID of the first collection a second collection ID of the second collection.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer hardware processor is further configured to initiate the following operations:
receiving a search request having a collection-specific criteria; and
searching the collections using the collection-specific criteria.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer hardware processor is further configured to initiate the following operations:
receiving a search request having an artifact-specific criteria; and
searching the collections using the artifact-specific criteria.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer hardware processor is further configured to initiate the following operations:
receiving a search request having a collection specific criteria and an artifact-specific criteria;
first searching the collections using the collection specific criteria to produce a first result; and
second searching the first result using the artifact-specific criteria.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein
the first collection of related heterogeneous artifacts includes artifacts stored in different databases using different file types.

15. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer hardware storage device having stored therein computer-usable program code,
the computer-usable program code, which when executed by a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform:
storing, into a node of a tree structured repository, a storage artifact;
associating, using metadata within the storage artifact, the storage artifact with a first collection of related heterogeneous artifacts;
associating, using the metadata within the storage artifact, the storage artifact with a second collection of related heterogeneous artifacts;
receiving a request for a file management action;
identifying, based upon the request and using the metadata, a set of a plurality of storage artifacts related to the request; and
performing, for each storage artifact within the set of the plurality of storage artifacts; the file management action.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein
the file management action is one of a delete action, a copy action, or a move action.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein
the metadata includes a first collection ID of the first collection a second collection ID of the second collection.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer-usable program code further causes the computer hardware system to perform:
receiving a search request having a collection-specific criteria; and
searching the collections using the collection-specific criteria.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the computer-usable program code further causes the computer hardware system to perform:
receiving a search request having an artifact-specific criteria; and
searching the collections using the artifact-specific criteria.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer-usable program code further causes the computer hardware system to perform:
receiving a search request having a collection specific criteria and an artifact-specific criteria;
first searching the collections using the collection specific criteria to produce a first result; and
second searching the first result using the artifact-specific criteria.

Assignees

• Burris Thomas J
• Kasivajjula Bhavan Kumar
• Kataria Manish
• Srivastava Anurag
• IBM

Inventors

• Burris Thomas J
• Kasivajjula Bhavan Kumar
• Kataria Manish
• Srivastava Anurag

Classifications

• G06F16/164 Primary

  File meta data generation · CPC title

• G06F16/168

  Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs (query results presentation G06F16/156) · CPC title

• G06F16/903

  Querying (for retrieval from the web G06F16/953) · CPC title

• G06F16/156

  Query results presentation · CPC title

• G06F16/256

  in federated or virtual databases · CPC title