Patent ID: 7711702
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An extremely large scale computer storage system having an asset catalog, comprising: a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding to a plurality of assets stored in an external storage architecture wherein said assets and asset catalog entries are referenced, located, and accessed according to an identification scheme, wherein the plurality of assets and the plurality of asset catalog entries are stored in different storage areas; an asset catalog storage architecture configured to store the plurality of asset catalog entries, the asset catalog storage architecture being federated and partitioned to support searching, indexing, and accessing of the plurality of asset catalog entries and/or the plurality of assets using the identification scheme; and one or more relations among and/or between at least some of the asset catalog entries and/or assets, each said relation being representable by the at least one schema, wherein the asset catalog is scalable essentially without limitation and is configured to enable the assets to remain accessible over time regardless of the assets' format(s).