Processing archive content based on hierarchical classification levels

US8495027B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Karen W. Brannon · Palo Alto, US
• Wenling Cai · San Jose, US
• Sangeeta T. Doraiswamy · San Jose, US
• Ryan J. Minniear · Folsom, US
• David A. Pease · Redwood Estates, US
• Mark A. Smith · Vancouver, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/113
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Processing archive content based on hierarchical classification levels is performed by indexing a first newly archived file of a current set of archive content at a first classification level defining a plurality of types of metadata to be derived, 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 includes fewer types of metadata than the first class of metadata, and flagging the second newly archived file of the current set of archive content. By classifying and flagging the second newly archived file differently than the first newly archived file, the system can easily retrieve such data at a later instance to update and/or change the data, re-index the data, and the like.