Orphaned content remediation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Jonathan Dunne, Liam S. Harpur, Robert Loredo
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Abstract
A method, computer program product, and system for identifying an orphan file in a shared database, wherein an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database, identifying an orphan file in a shared database, where an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database, surveying a group of one or more users, where surveying comprises a request to vote among the group for a new owner of the orphan file, and assigning ownership permission to a new owner among the one or more users within the group based on a result of the survey.
Claims18
A method, the method comprising:
- identifying an orphan file in a shared database, wherein an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database;
- surveying a group of one or more users, wherein surveying comprises a request to vote among the group for a new owner of the orphan file;
- and
- assigning ownership permission to a new owner among the one or more users within the group based on a result of the survey.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to identify an orphan file in a shared database, wherein an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database;
- program instructions to survey a group of one or more users, wherein program instructions to survey comprises a request to vote among the group for a new owner of the orphan file;
- and
- program instructions to assign ownership permission to a new owner among the one or more users within the group based on a result of the survey.
A computer system, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to identify an orphan file in a shared database, wherein an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database;
- program instructions to survey a group of one or more users, wherein program instructions to survey comprises a request to vote among the group for a new owner of the orphan file;
- and
- program instructions to assign ownership permission to a new owner among the one or more users within the group based on a result of the survey.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.