Content directory service import container

A system including a plurality of devices operative to communicate via a network;

• at least one of the devices (server) including a content directory service (CDS) with a dynamic, hierarchical structure of digital storage containers, each capable of storing digital data objects;
• each object including an object description and an object content or object content locator, such as a URL;
• the CDS being accessible by the devices in the network and including a predetermined upload container for uploading an object from a device in the system;
• at least one device in the system (uploader) being arranged to make an object available via the CDS to devices in the system by uploading the object through the network to the predetermined container;
• the server being arranged to, in response to receiving an uploaded object in the predetermined upload container, determine a container in the CDS based on the object description and/or object content, to move the uploaded object to the determined container and to provide feedback to the uploader on the determined container.

A method of assigning a digital data object to a digital storage container in a content directory service (CDS) with a dynamic, hierarchical structure of digital storage containers, each capable of storing digital data objects, and each digital data object including an object description and an object content or object content locator, such as a URL;

• at least one of the containers being a predetermined input container for receiving a digital data object;
• the method including:
• detecting that a digital data object has been received in the predetermined input container;
• in response to such detection, determining a container in the CDS based on the object description and/or object content of the received object, moving the received object to the determined container;
• and providing feedback to a human operator on the determined container.