摘要 |
A method, system, and computer program product in a requesting local knowledge management server for retrieving digital assets in a distributed data processing system wherein the digital assets are stored in a distributed fashion on local storage devices is provided. In one embodiment, the requesting local knowledge management server queries a central registry of digital assets for the location of a requested digital asset, wherein the central registry stores identity and storage location information for digital assets within the distributed data processing system. The requesting local knowledge management server then receives the storage location of the requested digital asset and sends a request for the requested digital asset to an identified local knowledge management server having access to the storage location of the requested digital asset. The identified local knowledge management then retrieves the requested digital asset from the identified local knowledge management's local digital asset repository and sends it to the requesting local knowledge management server which then receives the digital asset from the local knowledge management server and presents it to a requesting user.
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