METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-FORMAT DATA EXCHANGE

摘要

Multi-format file transfer can be accomplished, without the need for storing files in each of a plurality of formats, by linking a plurality asset-containing first folders (16<SUB>1</SUB>-16<SUB>m</SUB>), each having a first format, to a plurality of virtual non-asset containing second folders (14<SUB>1</SUB>-14<SUB>n</SUB>) each having a second format. A client seeking an asset in a particular format does so by accessing one of the virtual second folders associated with the asset in the requested format. The access request to the second folder maps to a linked first folder containing the asset in a base format. The asset then undergoes conversion into the requested format. In this way, an FTP server (10) need only store assets in a base format.