Content manager

A computer program product to archive digital content comprising:

• a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
• computer usable program code configured to implement an archive storage area having a unified storage structure including a unitary archive folder such that all items stored in the archive storage are logically contained within the unitary archive folder;
• computer usable program code configured to implement a manifest that is stored within the archive storage area when the archive storage area is loaded onto a storage device, the manifest comprising:
• an index of items stored in the unified structure of the archive;
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• an organizational structure that supports user-defined categories that perform at least one of:
• characterizing, customizing and classifying, items stored in the unified structure;
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• computer usable program code configured to implement and archive service that:
• intermediates between software modules and the archive storage area to control requests for access to items stored in the unified storage structure by interacting with and correspondingly updating the index of the manifest as items are retrieved and stored in the unified storage structure;
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• provides an interface that interacts with a user to manipulate and interact with the organizational structure to define user-defined views of the contents of the unified storage structure.