Techniques to manage retention policy tags

Abstract

Techniques to manage retention policy tags are described. A system may comprise a tagging component operative to tag a message with an expiration tag to form an expiration tagged message, the expiration tag having expiration information used to expire the expiration tagged message in accordance with a retention policy. The system may further comprise a presentation component communicatively coupled to the tagging component, the presentation component operative to present a view of the expiration tagged message with an expiration field having the expiration information for the expiration tagged message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented system to manage data, comprising:
 a tagging component operative to tag a message with an expiration tag to form an expiration tagged message, the expiration tag having expiration information used to expire the expiration tagged message in accordance with a retention policy; and   a presentation component communicatively coupled to the tagging component, the presentation component operative to present a view of the expiration tagged message with an expiration field having the expiration information for the expiration tagged message.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , the presentation component operative to present the view of the expiration tagged message with the expiration field having an expiration date for the message. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , the presentation component operative to present the view of the expiration tagged message with the expiration field having a retention policy type for the message. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , the presentation component operative to present the view of the expiration tagged message with the expiration field having an expiration time for the message. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , the presentation component operative to present a reading pane view of the expiration tagged message with the expiration field positioned in a header portion for the expiration tagged message. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , the presentation component operative to present an inspector view of the expiration tagged message with the expiration field positioned in a trailer portion for the expiration tagged message. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , comprising a search component communicatively coupled to the presentation component, the search component operative to search for expiration tagged messages based on expiration tags for the expiration tagged messages. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , comprising a sorting component communicatively coupled to the presentation component, the sorting component operative to sort expiration tagged messages based on expiration information associated with expiration tags for the expiration tagged messages. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , comprising a retention component communicatively coupled to the tagging component, the retention component operative to process the expiration tagged message in accordance with the retention policy. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , comprising a retention component communicatively coupled to the tagging component, the retention component operative to expire the expiration tagged message when an expiration date is reached. 
     
     
         11 . A computer-implemented method of managing data, comprising:
 presenting a view of a message with a retention policy interface element in a ribbon bar;   activating the retention policy interface element to present a retention policy menu with a list of retention policies available for the message;   receiving a selection for one of the retention policies from the retention policy menu; and   tagging the message with an expiration tag having expiration information used to expire the message in accordance with the selected retention policy.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising presenting an inspector view of the message with a retention policy interface element in the ribbon bar. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising presenting a compose inspector view of the message with a retention policy interface element in a ribbon bar. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising presenting a reading pane view of the message with a retention policy interface element in a ribbon bar. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising expiring the message based on the expiration information. 
     
     
         16 . An article comprising a storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:
 present a shell view with a list of folders for a messaging application;   activate a properties view for one of the folders, the properties view having a list of folder retention policies available for the folder;   receive a selection for one of the folder retention policies; and   tag the folder with an expiration tag having expiration information used to expire the message in accordance with the selected folder retention policy.   
     
     
         17 . The article of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to present a folder retention policy description field with a folder retention policy description for a folder retention policy when the folder retention policy is selected from the list of folder retention policies. 
     
     
         18 . The article of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to present the shell view with a list of search folders, with each search folder containing expiration tagged messages set to expire at a future time and a folder label with expiration information for the expiration tagged messages within the search folder. 
     
     
         19 . The article of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to present the shell view with a list of search folders, with each search folder containing expiration tagged messages set to expire at a future time and a folder label indicating a number of expiration tagged messages within the search folder. 
     
     
         20 . The article of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to delete one or more of the messages based on the associated expiration information.