Abstract: A persistent federated folder within a federated content management system can be used to save federated search results, to act as a container in a workflow process, or a container for a set of documents or folders with similar characteristics. The federated folder and its associated storage structure have the capability to save its instances persistently. The federated folder operations can selectively create, retrieve, update, and/or delete an instance of a federated folder in addition to adding, retrieving updating and deleting its parts and its members. Seamless integration with the federated query is provided to operate on the federated folder transparently regardless of the locality of the user or the datastores the user is searching. Access rights for federated folders are enforced according to user's general privileges.

Abstract: An architecture to enable search gateways as part of a federated search supports searching for data in one or more heterogeneous data sources. The one or more heterogeneous data sources are within a computer system. Initially, a request for data is received at a federated data source. From the federated data source, data is retrieved from one or more of one or more terminal data repositories or one or more search gateway data sources.

Abstract: A method and system for managing a computer system are described. The method and system include defining and storing a policy using a policy manager. In one aspect, the policy manager also activates and resolves conflicts between policies. The policy is a declarative statement of a directive to be carried out by the computer system. The method and system also include using a policy executor to determine whether a request to the computer system is covered by the policy. The method and system further include utilizing the computer system to carry out the directive for the policy if the request is covered by the policy through a policy enforcer.

Abstract: An architecture and implementation of a dynamic RMI server configuration hierarchy to support federated search and update across heterogeneous datastores. The RMI server configuration hierarchy supports searching for data in one or more heterogeneous data sources within a computer system. A request for data is received at a federated data source. Then, a server is selected to process the request based on a load of the server and based on whether the server can satisfy the request for data.

Abstract: An architecture to enable search gateways as part of a federated search supports searching for data in one or more heterogeneous data sources. The one or more heterogeneous data sources are within a computer system. Initially, a request for data is received at a federated data source. From the federated data source, data is retrieved from one or more of one or more terminal data repositories or one or more search gateway data sources.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for managing results of federated searches across heterogeneous datastores with a federated result set cursor object. One or more commands are executed in a computer to perform a datastore operation at a computer. Data is located in one or more datastores. A cursor is set to the located data in each datastore. A set of cursors to the located data is returned.

Abstract: A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated datastore object. The federated query object translates a generic query into the appropriate queries for each datastore, the federated datastore object acts as a virtual datastore for multiple heterogeneous datastores with the ability to map concepts between datastores, and the federated collection object represents results from a federated query in a hierarchy that maintains sub-grouping information from each datastore to allow accessing of results by datastore or as a single collection of results. The federated objects thus provide user applications with enhanced accessibility of different hierarchies of information, as well as more robust search capabilities.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for managing results of federated searches across heterogeneous datastores with a federated result set cursor object. One or more commands are executed in a computer to perform a datastore operation at a computer. Data is located in one or more datastores. A cursor is set to the located data in each datastore. A set of cursors to the located data is returned.

Abstract: An architecture to enable search gateways as part of a federated search supports searching for data in one or more heterogeneous data sources. The one or more heterogeneous data sources are within a computer system. Initially, a request for data is received at a federated data source. From the federated data source, data is retrieved from one or more of one or more terminal data repositories or one or more search gateway data sources.

Abstract: A technique for delayed delivery of query results or other data from a federated server to a federated client until such information is needed. One or more commands are executed at a client computer to retrieve data from one or more datastores connected to a server computer. At the client computer, a search request is transmitted to the server computer. Then, a client collection is generated for use in retrieving physical data from the server computer. When data is requested using the client collection, physical data is retrieved from the server computer.

Abstract: A design and implementation of a client/server framework for federated multi-search and update across heterogeneous datastores. In particular, a technique for manipulating data in one or more heterogeneous datastores at a computer is provided. An object-oriented model is provided for integrating one or more heterogeneous datastores with a federated datastore. One or more heterogeneous datastores and a federated datastore are generated based on the object-oriented model. The generated datastores are organized into a federated composition.

Abstract: A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated datastore object. The federated query object translates a generic query into the appropriate queries for each datastore, the federated datastore object acts as a virtual datastore for multiple heterogeneous datastores with the ability to map concepts between datastores, and the federated collection object represents results from a federated query in a hierarchy that maintains sub-grouping information from each datastore to allow accessing of results by datastore or as a single collection of results. The federated objects thus provide user applications with enhanced accessibility of different hierarchies of information, as well as more robust search capabilities.

Abstract: A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated query object, a federated collection object and a federated datastore object. The federated query object translates a generic query into the appropriate queries for each datastore, the federated datastore object acts as a virtual datastore for multiple heterogeneous datastores with the ability to map concepts between datastores, and the federated collection object represents results from a federated query in a hierarchy that maintains sub-grouping information from each datastore to allow accessing of results by datastore or as a single collection of results. The federated objects thus provide user applications with enhanced accessibility of different hierarchies of information, as well as more robust search capabilities.

Abstract: A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated datastore object. The federated query object translates a generic query into the appropriate queries for each datastore, the federated datastore object acts as a virtual datastore for multiple heterogeneous datastores with the ability to map concepts between datastores, and the federated collection object represents results from a federated query in a hierarchy that maintains sub-grouping information from each datastore to allow accessing of results by datastore or as a single collection of results. The federated objects thus provide user applications with enhanced accessibility of different hierarchies of information, as well as more robust search capabilities.

Abstract: A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated query object, a federated collection object and a federated datastore object. The federated query object translates a generic query into the appropriate queries for each datastore, the federated datastore object acts as a virtual datastore for multiple heterogeneous datastores with the ability to map concepts between datastores, and the federated collection object represents results from a federated query in a hierarchy that maintains sub-grouping information from each datastore to allow accessing of results by datastore or as a single collection of results. The federated objects thus provide user applications with enhanced accessibility of different hierarchies of information, as well as more robust search capabilities.

Abstract: A program product is described in which a class library is provided to permit object oriented applications to access and to manipulate, in accordance with the object model, nontraditional data values of a relational table. Nontraditional datatypes of a relational table include multimedia and large object datatypes. The data is manipulable by virtue of extended data objects that each represent a cell of a relational row, and that each inherit type-specific behaviors from the class library. Special handling is provided for large objects.

Abstract: A program product is described in which a particularly advantageous hierarchical class library is provided to permit object oriented applications to instantiate objects to access and to manipulate, in accordance with the object model, nontraditional data values of a relational table. Nontraditional datatypes of a relational table include multimedia and large object datatypes. The data is manipulable by virtue of extended data objects that each represent a cell of a relational row, and that each inherit type-specific behaviors from the class library. The class library is advantageously structured into a hierarchy that ensures the availability of certain member functions for extended data objects.

Abstract: A program product is described in which a class library is provided to permit object oriented applications flexibly to access and to manipulate, in accordance with the object model, nontraditional data values of a relational table. Nontraditional datatypes of a relational table include multimedia and large object datatypes. The data is manipulable by virtue of extended data objects that each represent particular cells of a relational table, and that inherit type-specific behaviors from the class library.