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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsRonald Meijer, Douglas C. Hebenthal, Lara N. Dillingham, Kim A. Stebbens, James D. Jacoby, Anthony C. Romano
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A system and method of integrating the physical and virtual namespaces of a site into a single hierarchical representation thereof that reflects the hierarchical arrangement of the site as perceived by the client. A dynamic namespace integration mechanism is implemented as a part of a site management service to look up and integrate hierarchically organized directory information maintained in a registry (e.g., metabase) for both physical and virtual directories. The administrator is then given a view of the site that corresponds to the view of the client browsing the site. The administrator may interface with a user interface displaying the integrated namespace to manage the properties under a site's directories. The hierarchical relationships between the physical and virtual directories enable the administrator to set properties on parent nodes that are inheritable by child nodes, simplifying management tasks.
In a computer system, a method of representing a site having a hierarchical organization as perceived by a client, comprising:
In a computer system, a system for providing a representation of a site having a hierarchical organization as perceived by a client, comprising, a virtual namespace including virtual directory information of the site, a physical namespace including physical directory information of the site, a dynamic namespace integrator configured to integrate the virtual namespace and the physical namespace into an integrated namespace that is hierarchically organized to reflect the hierarchical organization of the site as perceived by the client, and a user interface for displaying the integrated namespace and configured to enable information to be automatically propagated across the virtual and physical directories based on the hierarchical organizing of the integrated namespace.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:
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