Systems and methods for in-place records management and content lifecycle management

A system, comprising:

• a server computer having a processor, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and stored instructions translatable by the processor to implement a management application and a query interface, the management application built on a common data model, the common data model having a common data model format and a set of keys mapped to semantically equivalent keys from disparate backend systems;
• wherein
• the management application receives a search request from a client device and communicates a query in the common data model format to the query interface;
• wherein
• the query interface translates or interprets, utilizing the set of keys in the common data model mapped to the semantically equivalent keys from the disparate backend systems, the query in the common data model format into requests in disparate formats for the disparate backend systems;
• wherein
• the disparate backend systems identify managed content that match criteria, metadata, or a combination thereof in the requests and return identification information for the managed content to the query interface;
• wherein
• the query interface translates or interprets, utilizing the set of keys in the common data model mapped to the semantically equivalent keys from the disparate backend systems, the identification information from the disparate backend systems into the common data model format and communicates the identification information in the common data model format to the management application;
• and
• wherein
• the management application returns the identification information for the managed content to the client device.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by a processor of a server computer to implement a management application and a query interface, the management application built on a common data model, the common data model having a common data model format and a set of keys mapped to semantically equivalent keys from disparate backend systems;

• wherein
• the management application receives a search request from a client device and communicates a query in the common data model format to the query interface;
• wherein
• the query interface translates or interprets, utilizing the set of keys in the common data model mapped to the semantically equivalent keys from the disparate backend systems, the query in the common data model format into requests in disparate formats for the disparate backend systems;
• wherein
• the disparate backend systems identify managed content that match criteria, metadata, or a combination thereof in the requests and return identification information for the managed content to the query interface;
• wherein
• the query interface translates or interprets, utilizing the set of keys in the common data model mapped to the semantically equivalent keys from the disparate backend systems, the identification information from the disparate backend systems into the common data model format and communicates the identification information in the common data model format to the management application;
• and
• wherein
• the management application returns the identification information for the managed content to the client device.