| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method is described for the efficient management and storage of documents in a multi-user environment by implementing a three-tiered content model for storage and a context resolution mechanism for retrieval. Source objects may logically reference target objects where the target objects dynamically exist in different versions. In particular, the content model contains three classes in a collection wherein each subsequent class inherits the properties of the previous class. The classes comprise logical objects, physical objects, and files. All physical objects in the same collection are necessarily versions of each other, and are simply instances of the logical object. A versioning system allows the creation of variants of objects in the same collection. Furthermore, a context resolution mechanism is used to retrieve the most accurate version of an object pursuant to certain user-supplied criteria in response to a call from a client front-end application.</p> |
