SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO EXTERNAL CONTENT OBJECTS

摘要

Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for providing access in an on-demand database service to a content object stored in an external content management data source. Information data identifying a content object stored in an external content management data source can be received and communicated through one or more middleware components. The one or more middleware components can serve as a content hub to establish access with the content object and retrieve data regarding the content object. The data regarding the content object can be stored in a persistent object, which can represent the content object in a social layer of the on-demand database service.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for providing access in an on-demand database service to a content object stored in an external content management data source, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, information data identifying a content object from an on-demand database service, wherein the content object is stored in a content management data source external to the on-demand database service; communicating the information data identifying the content object to the content management data source through one or more middleware components; establishing access by the one or more middleware components with the content object to retrieve data regarding the content object; storing the data regarding the content object in a persistent object in a database of the on-demand database service, wherein the persistent object represents the content object in the on-demand database service and includes the information data identifying the content object; and providing a selectable component for the persistent object to a display device operable to display the selectable component in a user interface for the on-demand database service.