Method and system for managing enterprise content

Abstract

A method and system for providing a consistent flow documents and data content across different organizational units of a company or agency where the documents and data come from different enterprise systems and data stores but are related to linked processes that share models for organizing the content in the business context and in a format that enables a user to relate the content to the process step or steps they are performing. The system includes a network service that enables a configuration utility to automatically discover the objects and metadata and provides for a mapping of selected fields of the metadata to regions displayed in the user interface view with provision for filtering the data by mapping selected fields to a user input form. Thereby, a business analyst can create solutions without writing and maintaining complex program logic for each combination of presentation environment, enterprise system and data store.

1 . A method for searching for data, the method comprising:
 receiving a model metadata of a content configured for provisioning within a presentation framework based on a process step within a business process;   receiving at least one query;   searching a search index of a content management repository based on the query; and   discovering content based on metadata, the content, and the query, wherein the search results are restricted by the metadata, and the metadata is based on the presentation framework and the business process.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the search results are enhanced by concept-based views or facets based on the discovery. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: presenting the content within the presentation framework. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein searching is performed by at least one of a native search service or an embedded search engine. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein discovering comprises: sending a discovery query for the content to a plurality of productivity application environment configured to provide content of the plurality of different types. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising: associating an additional activity with the content; and augmenting the content metadata with additional information associated with the additional activity. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: associating the content with one or more additional contents as a collection of contents, including integrating content metadata from the additional contents based on an activity within a work flow. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the search index is an embedded search index. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: extracting the content with metadata from an external content management repository into an embedded searchable index. 
     
     
         10 . A system for searching for data, the method comprising at least one processor configured to perform actions comprises:
 receiving a model metadata of a content configured for provisioning within a presentation framework based on a process step within a business process;   receiving at least one query;   searching a search index of a content management repository based on the query; and   discovering content based on metadata, the content, and the query, wherein the search results are restricted by the metadata, and the metadata is based on the presentation framework and the business process.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the search results are enhanced by concept-based views or facets based on the discovery. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10 , further comprising: presenting the content within the presentation framework. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the actions further comprise: adding additional external content data to the content based on an activity within a work flow. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein adding additional content data comprises: including content metadata based on an activity within a work flow. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein discovering comprises: sending a discovery query for the content to a plurality of productivity application environment configured to provide content of the plurality of different types. 
     
     
         17 . The system of claim  11 , wherein the actions further comprise: associating the content with one or more additional contents as a collection of contents, including integrating content metadata from the additional contents based on an activity within a work flow. 
     
     
         18 . The system of claim  11 , wherein searching is performed by at least one of a native search service or an embedded search engine. 
     
     
         19 . The system of claim  11 , wherein the actions further comprise: extracting the content with metadata from an external content management repository into an embedded searchable index. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory processor readable medium for searching for data, the medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform actions that comprise:
 receiving a model metadata of a content configured for provisioning within a presentation framework based on a process step within a business process;   receiving at least one query;   searching a search index of a content management repository based on the query; and   discovering content based on metadata, the content, and the query, wherein the search results are restricted by the metadata, and the metadata is based on the presentation framework and the business process.