Abstract: A system and method for managing repositories may include or involve aggregating a plurality of repositories, where each repository may include data elements of a computer model, determining a state for the computer model, and fetching one or more of the data elements based on the determined state. In some embodiments, aggregated repositories may include at least two or more of: a remote repository, and a local repository—and the aggregating may include associating a single address with data elements from different repositories. In some embodiments, determining a state for the model may include comparing a stored version of the model to a reference version of the model using, e.g.: a checksum operation, a model commit, and/or a hash function. Some embodiments may include managing repositories based on a repository layout, which may describe a hierarchy between model data elements and/or aggregated repositories.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing collaborative distributed document stores with merge capabilities, versioning capabilities, high availability, context aware search, and geo redundancy. In operation, a system identifies at least one document for a plurality of users to collaborate work. The system defines user roles for the plurality of users associated with the at least one document, the user roles including at least one owner role and one or more viewer roles or contributor roles.