SUPERSEDING OBJECTS IN A RETENTION SYSTEM

摘要

Superseding a prior version of a document, to which prior version a retention policy or other requirement has been applied, is disclosed. In some embodiments, an attribute of a retention policy indicates whether a document to which the retention policy has been applied is to be superseded by a subsequently created and/or saved version of the document. In some embodiments, the attribute is set by a logic or process configured to apply the retention policy to the document. If the retention policy indicates that supersede is enabled, in various embodiments when a subsequent version is created and/or saved, the prior version is promoted to the final phase of the retention policy that has been applied to it and automatically “qualified” for disposition as indicated in the final phase of the retention policy, without regard to intervening requirements, processes, phases, approvals, retention, waiting, or other periods, etc.

主权项

1. A method of managing stored content, comprising:
using one or more processors to apply a retention policy to a content item, wherein the retention policy applied to the content item includes an attribute that indicates whether a supersede is enabled with respect to the content item; using the one or more processors to determine whether the attribute associated with the applied retention policy instance indicates that the supersede with respect to the content item is enabled; and in the event that the attribute indicates that supersede with respect to the content item is enabled and a subsequent version of the content item exists, using the one or more processors to: supersede the content item so as to qualify the content item for final disposition.