Patent ID: 7680813
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information management system, in which a data management strategy applied to each data resource of data resources is decided in accordance with a previously defined policy with reference to at least one of metadata and access log data accompanying the data resources, and in which each data resource of the data resources is managed in accordance with the data management strategy, said information management system comprising: ontology definition means for defining ontology expressing relation between terms utilized in description of the policy and the metadata, access log data accompanying the data resources, and relation between terms utilized in description of the policy and data management command; policy definition means for defining the policy with reference to the ontology defined by said ontology definition means, wherein the policy includes a definition for associating data management strategy with the data resources; policy analysis means for analyzing definition contents of the policy and for instructing a management method of at least one of the metadata and access log data based on a result of analyzing; modification means for modifying setting about a management method of metadata and/or access log data of the data resources in accordance with an instruction form the policy analysis means; metadata/log data acquisition means for acquiring at least one of metadata and access log data accompanying with the data resources in accordance with the setting modified by said modification means; and command execution means for defining the data management strategy based on the policy defined by said policy definition means with reference to at least one of the metadata and access log data acquired by said metadata/log data acquisition means.