Managing content item syndication by maintaining referential integrity between remote or isolated systems

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to managing content item syndication by maintaining referential integrity between isolated systems. A computing device receives a first content item, wherein the first content item has an external dependency with a second content item defined by a first reference. In response to determining that the second content item does not exist on the computing device, the computing device generates a second reference to replace the first reference, wherein the second reference defines a dependency of the first content item to a third content item. The computing device generates a link that directs a user to the third content item in response to the user attempting to access the second content item.

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         7 . A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:
 receive a first content item, wherein the first content item has an external dependency with a second content item defined by a first reference;   in response to determining that the second content item does not exist on a computing device that includes the processor, generating a second reference to replace the first reference, wherein the second reference defines a dependency of the first content item to a third content item;   generating a link that directs a user to the third content item in response to the user attempting to access the second content item.   
     
     
         8 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , the first content item is associated with a syndication event. 
     
     
         9 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the computing device that includes the processor subscribes data from a content library. 
     
     
         10 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the computing device that includes the processor supports one or more of the following content management environments:
 development;   authoring;   staging; and   production.   
     
     
         11 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the first content item is included in a change set received by the computing device that includes the processor. 
     
     
         12 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the first, second, and/or third content item includes one or more of:
 data;   text;   media; and   webpage template.   
     
     
         13 . A computer system comprising:
 one or more computer processors;   one or more computer-readable storage media;   program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:   program instructions to
 receive a first content item, wherein the first content item has an external dependency with a second content item defined by a first reference; 
 in response to determining that the second content item does not exist on a computing device that includes the at least one or more processors, generating a second reference to replace the first reference, wherein the second reference defines a dependency of the first content item to a third content item; 
 generating a link that directs a user to the third content item in response to the user attempting to access the second content item. 
   
     
     
         14 . The computer system of  claim 13 , the first content item is associated with a syndication event. 
     
     
         15 . The computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the computing device that includes the at least one or more processors subscribes data from a content library. 
     
     
         16 . The computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the computing device that includes the at least one or more processors supports one or more of the following content management environments:
 development;   authoring;   staging; and   production.   
     
     
         17 . The computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the first content item is included in a change set received by the computing device that includes the at least one or more processors. 
     
     
         18 . The computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the first, second, and/or third content item includes one or more of:
 data;   text;   media; and   webpage template.