Managing proprietary structured objects

A system comprising:

• a memory having computer readable instructions;
• and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a first client, a first object;
• determining a first file format for the first object, wherein the first file format is operable to run on a first platform;
• generating a catalog for the first object, the first object being encrypted, wherein the catalog comprises data associated with the first object, and wherein the catalog for the first object is stored on a first server;
• receiving, from a second client, a request to access the data associated with the first object that is encrypted, in response to presenting a catalog description of the data for the first object in the catalog to the second client;
• determining a second platform operated by the second client;
• converting, on a second server, the first file format for the first object to a second file format, the second file format operable to run on the second platform;
• transmitting the first object in the second file format to the second client;
• wherein converting the first file format for the first object to a second file format comprises:
• identifying, by a platform service module on the second server, the first platform associated with the first object;
• operating the first platform, on the second server, to access the first object;
• and
• converting the first file format of the first object to a common file format.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a first client, a first object;
• determining a first file format for the first object, wherein the first file format is operable to run on a first platform;
• generating a catalog for the first object, the first object being encrypted, wherein the catalog comprises data associated with the first object, and wherein the catalog for the first object is stored on a first server;
• receiving, from a second client, a request to access the data associated with the first object that is encrypted, in response to presenting a catalog description of the data for the first object in the catalog to the second client;
• determining a second platform operated by the second client;
• converting, on a second server, the first file format for the first object to a second file format, the second file format operable to run on the second platform;
• transmitting the first object in the second file format to the second client;
• wherein converting the first file format for the first object to a second file format comprises:
• identifying, by a platform service module on the second server, the first platform associated with the first object;
• operating the first platform, on the second server, to access the first object;
• and
• converting the first file format of the first object to a common file format.