Patent ID: 8489578

Claim:
A method for managing data content collection, comprising: creating, by a processor, a listing of content type and setting a policy associated with the created list; defining one or more data ingestion rules in the form of a path hierarchy based upon the created policy, including a first selection of a first rule supporting assignment of ingested data to a designated path and a second selection of a second rule forbidding assignment of ingested data to at least one path; ingesting incoming content over a network in communication with the processor, including dynamically modifying the policy and one of the rules during the ingestion of incoming content; classifying the ingested incoming content, responsive to any modified policy and rule, in a hierarchical manner within a taxonomy based upon the created policy; comparing the classified incoming content against the defined one or more data ingestion rules, including determining a storage location for the incoming content; and storing the incoming content into a data storage divided into a first data storage within the taxonomy and a second data storage external to the taxonomy, including automatically assigning the incoming content to a location in the first data storage if the content is within the policy, otherwise assigning the incoming content to a location in the second data storage.