Content mining for virtual content repositories

A method for providing content to a content repository, comprising:

• providing a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;
• providing a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;
• identifying a first content;
• associating a first schema with the first content;
• providing at least one of the following to the VCR:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) a reference to the first content;
• and 3) the first schema to the VCR;
• and
• wherein the VCR integrates at least one content repository into a logical content repository.

A content mining system for providing content to at least one content repository, comprising:

• a first process operable to interact with a Virtual Content Repository (VCR);
• a first set of services operable to enable integration of the at least one content repository into the VCR;
• a second set of services operable to enable interaction between the first process and the VCR;
• wherein the first process is operable to provide to the VCR at least one of:
• 1) content;
• 2) a reference to the content;
• and 3) a schema corresponding to the content;
• and
• wherein the VCR is operable to integrate the at least one content repository into a logical repository.

A system, comprising:

• means for providing a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;
• means for providing a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;
• means for identifying a first content;
• means for associating a first schema with the first content;
• means for providing at least one of the following to the VCR:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) a reference to the first content;
• and 3) the first schema to the VCR;
• and
• wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository at least one of:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) a reference to the first content;
• and 3) the first schema to the VCR.

A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

• a code segment including instructions to provide a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;
• a code segment including instructions to provide a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;
• a code segment including instructions to identify a first content;
• a code segment including instructions to associate a first schema with the first content;
• a code segment including instructions to provide to the VCR at least one of:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) a reference to the first content;
• and 3) the first schema to the VCR;
• and
• wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository the at least one of:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) the reference to the first content;
• and/or 3) the first schema.

A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause a system to:

• provide a process operable to interact with a virtual content repository (VCR) and capable of communicating with the VCR using a computer network;
• provide a mechanism for the process to interact with the VCR;
• identify a first content;
• associate a first schema with the first content;
• provide to the VCR at least one of:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) a reference to the first content;
• and 3) the first schema to the VCR;
• and
• wherein the VCR is operable to provide to the at least one content repository the at least one of:
• 1) the first content;
• 2) the reference to the first content;
• and/or 3) the first schema.