Patent ID: 7962464

Claim:
A method for managing content comprising: receiving at a content management system that is organized by content item type a search query using a content type data to request one or more content items; translating the search query to search an internal repository; translating, using a configuration adapter, the search query to search an external content source that is not natively configured to provide content type data for content items; causing the search query to search the internal repository; causing the search query to search in the external content source; receiving a result associated with the search query of the internal repository, wherein the internal repository is organized by content item type; receiving at the content management system a result associated with the search query from a search of the external content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items; and associating, using the configuration adapter, a content type with a content item included in the result based at least in part on an information associated with the result; and combining the result associated with the search query of the internal repository and the result associated with the search query of the external content source; and providing the combined results as organized by content item type; providing a content type aware content management service based at least in part on the content type associated with the content item, wherein the content type aware management service comprises one or more of the following: viewing the content item based at least in part on the content type, searching based at least in part on the content type, and displaying a search result based at least in part on the content type.