Patent ID: 7051039
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing data in a database system, comprising the steps of: storing, in content structures, first resources that belong to an information hierarchy and first access control data used to define user access privileges for accessing said first resources; storing, in a set of hierarchy structures, information that defines hierarchical relationships within said information hierarchy and second access control data used to define user access privileges for accessing said first resources; maintaining said first access control data and said second access control data to maintain consistency between said first access control data and said second access control; wherein said content structures include a first set of database objects that contain at least a portion of said first resources and said first access control data; wherein said hierarchical structures include a second set of database objects, different than said first set of database objects, that contain at least a portion of said information that defines hierarchical relationships and said second access control data; wherein said first set of database objects are one or more first database objects defined by the database system; and wherein said second set of database objects are one or more second database objects defined said database system.