Abstract: A system and method for searching a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR searching the VCR for information that satisfies at least one search expression to yield a result set wherein the information can include at least one of: content information and schema information wherein the VCR includes a namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories, and wherein the information can include one or more version histories.

Abstract: A system and method for versioning content and schema information in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the content and schema information in the VCR, maintaining a version history to track changes to the content information, and wherein the content and schema information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

Abstract: A system and method for manipulating a virtual content repository (VCR) containing information, comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, creating an external representation of the information, wherein the external representation preserves hierarchical relationships of the information, wherein the information is organized as a hierarchical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories, and wherein the information can be drawn from more than one repository.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a lifecycle for content in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the content in the VCR, allowing the content to go through a set of states according to a lifecycle definition, and wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a lifecycle for information in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the information in the VCR, allowing the information to transition through a set of states according to a lifecycle definition, wherein the information is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories, and wherein the information can include at least one of: content and schema information.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a lifecycle for content in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the content in the VCR, allowing the content to go through a set of states according to a lifecycle definition, and wherein the content is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories.

Abstract: A method for operating on a plurality of nodes in virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, associating each one of the plurality of nodes, performing an operation involving the plurality of nodes, wherein a node is an addressable part of a namespace, and wherein the namespace encompasses the plurality of repositories.

Abstract: A system and method for describing content in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR), storing a first schema in the VCR, wherein the first schema includes a first set of one or more properties, maintaining a version history to track changes to the first schema, wherein the first schema is accessible through a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories, and wherein the first schema describes the shape of the content.

Abstract: A system and method for viewing a first set of nodes in a virtual content respository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the first set of nodes in the VCR, deriving a second set of nodes from the first set of nodes based on at least one criteria, rendering a view of the second set of nodes in an hierarchical namespace wherein the hierarchical namespace can encompass the plurality of repositories and wherein the second set of nodes is a subset of the first set of nodes.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a containment model of role capabilities wherein a parent role can obtain the capabilities of its child role(s).

Abstract: A method of forming a mixture of two or more elements for discharge from a vessel. The change in the volume of the mixture in the vessel, as well as the flow of at least one of the elements and the mixture are measured so that the flow of an unmeasured element into the vessel can be calculated.

Abstract: A system and method for a software framework for implementing business processes in a web application, comprising a workflow, a control operable to invoke the workflow, and a page group operable to invoke the control.

Abstract: A method of operating on a virtual content repository (VCR) that represents a plurality of content repositories, comprising creating a node, wherein the node has an identifier that indicates a location of the node in said VCR, associating the node with at least one of: 1) a property, and 2) a schema, storing the node in said VCR, and wherein storing the node in said VCR will result in the at least one property and/or schema being stored in one of said plurality of content repositories.

Abstract: An interactive tool for viewing and manipulating a virtual content repository (VCR) having an application program interface (API), comprising providing a first graphical user interface (GUI) configured to present a hierarchical namespace wherein the namespace includes at least one element, and wherein one of the at least one element can be selected, providing a second GUI configured to present and to enable editing of content associated with the selected element in the first GUI, providing a third GUI configured to present and to enable editing of schema associated with the selected element in the first GUI, and wherein the VCR includes at least one content repository, and wherein the at least one content repository includes a service provider interface (SPI) compatible with the API.

Abstract: A method for integrating a plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising providing credential information to each one of said plurality of content repositories, receiving authorization information from each one of said plurality of content repositories, wherein the authorization information indicates whether or not an authorization procedure succeeded, integrating into the VCR each one of said plurality of content repositories whose authorization information indicates successful authorization, and wherein each one of said plurality of content repositories exposes a first set of services to enable its integration into the VCR.