Patent ID: 7020654
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for indexing content in a computer system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving repository content of at least one type; identifying a content indexing service from a set of available content indexing services, the identified content indexing service being associated with the at least one type of repository content; operating the content indexing service on the repository content to produce classification data derived from the repository content; associating the classification data to a registry of classification data to allow indexing access to the repository content based on the classification data; registering the content indexing service, capable of indexing the at least one type of repository content, with the set of available content indexing services; associating the registered content indexing service with the at least one type of repository content which that content indexing service can index; and wherein upon receipt of the repository content, the step of identifying comprises the step of identifying the registered content indexing service from the set of available content indexing services based on the at least one type of repository content which that content indexing service can index and the type of the repository content received in the step of receiving.