Patent ID: 8495027

Claim:
A method of processing archive content, the method comprising: indexing a first newly archived file of a current set of archive content at a first classification level, the first classification level defining a plurality of types of metadata to be derived from the current set of archive content, wherein the first classification level is selected from a hierarchy of classification levels having at least two classification levels; indexing a second newly archived file of the current set of archive content at a second classification level, wherein the second classification level is selected from the hierarchy of classification levels and defines a second type of metadata is to be derived from the current set of archive content, and the second class of metadata includes fewer types of metadata than the first class of metadata; flagging the second newly archived file of the current set of archive content; locating all flagged archive content at a later time; re-indexing the flagged archive content at the second classification level of the hierarchy of classification levels at the later time; and setting a classification level to a third classification level of the hierarchy of classification levels in which no metadata is derived from archive content.