Patent ID: 7310643

Claim:
A content framework system, comprising: a content infrastructure comprising content management systems, wherein each of said content management systems comprises content; a content flow management system for controlling a flow of each of said content from each of said content management systems, wherein said flow is controlled within and between each of said content management systems, wherein said content flow management system comprises an acquisition tool for providing an interface between said content flow management system and said content infrastructure, and wherein said acquisition tool comprises an agent tool; and a content association system for generating a first set of associations metadata comprising a first set of links for linking said content management systems together, wherein said agent tool is for monitoring said content from each of said content management systems and adding to a registry, a description of said content from each of said content management systems based on said monitoring, and wherein said agent tool is for adding to said registry a first description of a first portion of said content from a first content management system of said content management systems and a second description of a second portion of said content from a second content management system of said content management systems based on said monitoring, and wherein said first set of links is for linking said first portion of said content with said second portion of said content.