Patent ID: 8626795
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method executed by one or more computing devices, the method comprising: providing for display in a user interface a view of a data collection of a database, the data collection being defined by a schema of the database and being related to other data collections in the database according to the schema, the data collection being formatted using a layout of the data collection; receiving an input from the user interface to associate a data item in the data collection with a document stored in a document repository that is outside of the database and is configured to store the document independent of a database schema; creating configurable metadata, the configurable metadata including an association between the data item and the document, the association allowing a user to navigate, in the view, from the data item inside of the database to the document outside of the database; and upon receiving a selection of data item, providing for display at least a portion of the document, the portion of the document being formatted using the layout.