Distributed scalable policy based content management

A mobile content management system comprising:

• a computer including a processor and a memory;
• a policy repository in the memory for storing a plurality of mobile policy definition files therein, the policy definition files being written in a mobile policy wizard definition language;
• and
• an admin console controlled by the processor for automatically generating policy wizard user interfaces based on selected ones of the mobile policy definition files, the admin console being adapted to specify the policy wizard user interfaces in XML as a sequence of steps that must be performed in a certain order, the policy wizard user interfaces guiding a user through the sequence of steps via prompts, each step including a user selected option to accept user selections without XML coding input written by the user to create a mobile policy,
• wherein the admin console selects the mobile policy definition files based on mapping local and distributed LDAP DNs, system defined triggers, external mobile triggers detected from a mobile device, systems actions, external actions based on mobile device operation, system conditions, and external conditions based on mobile device context and wherein the admin console states natural language expressions for presentation via the generated policy wizard user interfaces.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions executable by a machine, which when executed cause a processor to identify, store and retrieve policies using policy classification tuples having policy classification attributes including <TRIGGER, OPERATION, SUBJECT, OBJECT> attributes, the instructions comprising:

• identification instructions for retrieving only policy objects from a policy repository that are relevant to a particular mobile content management system request by matching the <TRIGGER> policy classification attribute of the policy object to an event that initiated the request and by matching any of the <OPERATION>, <SUBJECT> or <OBJECT> policy classification attributes of the policy object to a current context of a mobile device making the request;
• extension instructions supporting a wild card parameter within the policy identification tuples, the wild card parameter matching any value for that element in response to retrieving the tuple;
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• static optimization instructions of policy retrieval by ordering the elements of the policy identification tuples.