WO2002099672A1 - Automated management of internet and/or web site content - Google Patents
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- the invention is generally related to the management of electronic content, in particular, to the management of electronic content organized into a website and accessible via a network such as the Internet.
- the Internet has grown at a remarkable pace, and has become firmly entrenched in nearly all aspects of society. Whereas the Internet initially was limited to purely academic and government endeavors, the Internet has now become an important avenue of commercial activity, not to mention an important source of educational, commercial and entertainment- related information. Moreover, in addition to simply operating as a source of information, the Internet provides a mechanism for bringing together entities from across the globe. As an example, for business enterprises, the Internet provides the ability to interact electronically with customers, as well as suppliers, distributors and other business partners.
- HTML files also referred to as documents or pages
- HTML files often include or reference textual information as well as graphics, icons, images, sound, video, and/or executable programs. HTML files are typically linked to one another via hypertext links, so that a user viewing one file can select a hypertext link in that file to initiate the retrieval of another file.
- related files, or files managed by the same enterprise are organized together into a web "site,” with the related files generally stored on the same server or on a commonly-owned group of servers.
- web site content can potentially expose an enterprise to significant legal liability.
- marketing claims made on a web site can raise concerns with respect to false or misleading advertising claims and improper disparagement of competitive products or services.
- certain information may be confidential and not appropriate for general viewing on a web site, e.g., if intellectual property rights are involved, or if the information is covered by non-disclosure obligations to business partners or customers. Adequate safeguards therefore must often be implemented to ensure that web site content avoids unnecessary exposure to legal liability for an enterprise.
- An example of a typical commercial web site might be a web site related to a line of server computers offered by an enterprise.
- Such a web site may include executable programs available for download (e.g., patches and upgrades), user forums, and an e-commerce system that supports the purchase of equipment, accessories and software.
- executable programs available for download e.g., patches and upgrades
- user forums e.g., user forums
- e-commerce system that supports the purchase of equipment, accessories and software.
- Such a web site may also include some mechanism for contacting an enterprise, e.g., for customer support or sales issues.
- Some web sites of this nature may also include comparative advertising information that compares an enterprise's line of servers to those of its competitors.
- Creating a web site of such a magnitude is often a daunting task, and typically requires the collaboration of a number of authors that create content, web developers that format the content into appropriate HTML documents with a consistent look and feel, and various managers and reviewers that ensure content accuracy, currency and compliance with legal requirements.
- a web site is related to a wide variety of topics, the various individuals involved in creating the web site may require different backgrounds and expertise.
- a web site regarding a line of servers might require authors, reviewers, etc. experienced in different fields such as hardware, software, marketing, technical support, etc.
- web sites are typically extremely dynamic in nature, and are often updated with new content on a frequent basis, e.g., to incorporate new product releases, new support issues, new pricing structures, etc.
- the content presented in a web site will typically be in a constant state of flux.
- the invention addresses these and other problems associated with the prior art by providing an apparatus, program product, and method in which content from a content-controlled database (e.g., web pages or other files maintained in a web site) is managed using a content management record linked to each content-controlled content item in the database.
- a content management record is utilized in conjunction with a multi-stage content management process, where at least one stage is a review stage during which approval of an associated content item for a content management record is obtained.
- a content management record may be promoted and made available to users of the content-controlled database, with the content management record updated to reflect such a status of the associated content item.
- content management information for a content item is maintained in a content management record that is separate from the content item, which allows for greater flexibility when implementing changes in a content management process, and when managing content in different domains.
- content management records are maintained in a groupware-type environment, whereby collaborative tools such as document sharing and messaging may be used to facilitate the interaction among members of a content creation, development and management team during the various stages of a content management process.
- content management records may be monitored over time to provide for periodic review of promoted content items to ensure that content in a database is maintained, current and accurate.
- multiple language and/or country versions of a content item may be linked together, such that changes made to one language/country version of a content item may automatically prompt a review of other versions to ensure that the changes are propagated as necessary.
- various versions of a document may be harmonized to ensure that content is current and accurate across different regions or countries in the world. Given the ever-increasing globalization resulting from Internet-driven commerce, the advantages of such harmonization are substantial.
- FIGURE 1 is a block diagram of a networked computer system incorporating a content management system consistent with the invention.
- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a computer from the networked computer system of Fig 1, and incorporating a content management system consistent with the invention.
- FIGURE 3 is a block diagram illustrating the content management system of Fig. 2, and showing the various stages in a content management process consistent with the invention.
- FIGURES 4A-4C illustrate an exemplary content management document consistent with the invention.
- FIGURES 5-10 illustrate suitable role-specific controls to be incorporated into the content management document of Figs. 4A-4C respectively for an author, a topic reviewer, a developer, a legal reviewer, a content manager, and a promoter.
- FIGURE 11 illustrates the program flow of a hold agent in the database agent pool of Fig. 3.
- FIGURE 12 illustrates the program flow of a review agent in the database agent pool of Fig. 3.
- FIGURE 13 illustrates the program flow of an expiring agent in the database agent pool of Fig. 3.
- FIGURE 14 is a block diagram illustrating additional international-related stages in the content management process of Fig. 3.
- the embodiments described herein utilize a unique content management system to control user access to a content- controlled database.
- Content management records typically separate from the content items being controlled, are linked to the content items and updated during a multi-stage content management process to reflect the current status of any associated content items.
- at least one stage incorporates a review process whereby approval of a content item is obtained. Any approved content item is thereafter promoted such that such content item is available to users of the content controlled database.
- a content-controlled database may be implemented using any type of data repository or group of repositories where it is desired to limit what at least certain users of the repository are able to access.
- a content-controlled database is used to store information from a web site or collection of web sites that are accessible via the Internet, or alternatively, via an intranet, extranet, or other form of network.
- a content-controlled database need only limit availability of content to a certain class of users of the database, up to and including all possible database users.
- the users that are limited to accessing the database may be persons that access the database who do not have heightened security rights (as might be had by developers, reviewers, or authors of the web site) . It will be appreciated, however, that the invention may be utilized in other environments, and as such, the invention is not limited to the particular controlled-content web site implementation discussed herein.
- a content item in the context of the invention may include any type of data structure (e.g., a document, a file, a page, etc: )—capable of ⁇ storing information utilized in a content-controlled database (e.g., information formatted as text, images, graphics, sounds, videos, icons, animations and/or executable program code) .
- a content management record consistent with the invention may be implemented as any form of data structure capable of being linked to one or more content items, and capable of storing information utilized in managing the availability of such content items to relevant users.
- content management records are implemented as groupware documents that are linked via unidirectional or bidirectional links to associated content items.
- collaborative tools such as document sharing and messaging may be used to facilitate the interaction among members of a content creation, development and management team during the various stages of the content management process, with the groupware-implemented content management documents utilized during the content management process to maintain appropriate content management information such as status and the like.
- dynamic management of content items may be facilitated through an automated monitoring process whereby content items are periodically scheduled for review after they have been made available to users, typically after a review date associated with a content management record has been reached.
- a content item may be automatically demoted to a non-available status to restrict its accessibility to users after that period of time.
- multiple language and/or country versions of a content item may be linked together, such that changes made to one language/country version of a content item may automatically prompt a review of other versions to ensure that the changes are propagated as necessary.
- a main language/country content item may be linked to one or more child, secondary language/country items, with automated functionality used to notify parties responsible for child content items of any changes made to a parent content item.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a computer system 10 consistent with the invention.
- Computer system 10 is illustrated as a networked computer system including one or more client computers 12, 14 and 20 (e.g., desktop or PC-based computers, workstations, etc.) coupled to server 16 (e.g., a PC-based server, a minicomputer, a midrange computer, a mainframe computer, etc.) through a network 18.
- Network 18 may represent practically any type of networked interconnection, including but not limited to local-area, wide- area, wireless, and public networks (e.g., the Internet).
- any number of computers and other devices may be networked through network 18, e.g., multiple servers.
- Client computer 20 which may be similar to computers 12, 14, may include a central processing unit (CPU) 21; a number of peripheral components such as a computer display 22; a storage device 23; a printer 24; and various input devices (e.g., a mouse 26 and keyboard 27), among others.
- Server computer 16 may be similarly configured, albeit typically with greater processing performance and storage capacity, as is well known in the art .
- content management consistent with the invention is typically implemented within a server-type computer such as computer 16, which may or may not be the same computer upon which is resident a web site or other content-controlled database.
- Client computers 12, 14 and 20 are typically the computers through which users interact with the content-controlled database, whereby if the content-controlled database stores a web site, the networks 18 typically represent Internet and/or intranet network connections.
- One or more of client computers 12, 14 and 20 may also be used by members of a content management team that control the content of a content- controlled database, such that direct user input to server computer 16 may not be required.
- Fig. 2 illustrates in another way an exemplary hardware and software environment for an apparatus 30 consistent with the invention.
- apparatus 30 may represent practically any type of computer, computer system or other programmable electronic device, including a client computer (e.g., similar to computers 12, 14 and 20 of Fig. 1), a server computer (e.g., similar to server 16 of Fig. 1) , a portable computer, a handheld computer, an embedded controller, etc.
- Apparatus 30 will hereinafter also be referred to as a "computer,” although it should be appreciated the term “apparatus” may also include other suitable programmable electronic devices consistent with the invention.
- Computer 30 typically includes at least one processor 31 coupled to a memory 32.
- Processor 31 may represent one or more processors (e.g., microprocessors), and memory 32 may represent the random access memory (RAM) devices comprising the main storage of computer 30, as well as any supplemental levels of memory, e.g., cache memories, non-volatile or backup memories (e.g., programmable or flash memories), read-only memories, etc.
- RAM random access memory
- memory 32 may be considered to include memory storage physically located elsewhere in computer 30, e.g., any cache memory in a processor 31, as well as any storage capacity used as a virtual memory, e.g., as stored on a mass storage device 35 or on another computer coupled to computer 30 via network 36.
- Computer 30 also typically receives a number of inputs and outputs for communicating information externally.
- computer 30 typically includes one or more user input devices 33 (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a trackball, a joystick, a touchpad, and/or a microphone, among others) and a display 34 (e.g., a CRT monitor, an LCD display panel, and/or a speaker, among others) .
- user input may be received via another computer interfaced with computer 30 over network 36.
- computer 30 may also include one or more mass storage devices 35, e.g., a floppy or other removable disk drive, a hard disk drive, a direct access storage device (DASD) , an optical drive (e.g., a CD drive, a DND drive, etc.), and/or a tape drive, among others.
- mass storage devices 35 e.g., a floppy or other removable disk drive, a hard disk drive, a direct access storage device (DASD) , an optical drive (e.g., a CD drive, a DND drive, etc.), and/or a tape drive, among others.
- computer 30 may include an interface with one or more networks 36 (e.g., a LAN, a WAN, a wireless network, and/or the Internet, among others) to permit the communication of information with other computers coupled to the network.
- networks 36 e.g., a LAN, a WAN, a wireless network, and/or the Internet, among others
- computer 30 typically includes
- Computer 30 operates under the control of an operating system 38, and executes or otherwise relies upon various computer software applications, components, programs, objects, modules, data structures, etc. (e.g., operating system 38, groupware application 40, groupware database 42, content management application 44, content management database 46, web server 48, and web site content 50, among others) .
- various applications, components, programs, objects, modules, etc. may also execute on one or more processors in another computer coupled to computer 30 via a network 36, e.g., in a distributed or client-server computing environment, whereby the processing required to implement the functions of a computer program may be allocated to multiple computers over a network.
- routines executed to implement the embodiments of the invention whether implemented as part of an operating system or a specific application, component, program, object, module or sequence of instructions will be referred to herein as' "computer programs," or simply “programs.”
- the computer programs typically comprise one or more instructions that are resident at various times in various memory and storage devices in a computer, and that, when read and executed by one or more processors in a computer, cause that computer to perform the steps necessary to execute steps or elements embodying the various aspects of the invention.
- signal bearing media include but are not limited to recordable type media such as volatile and non ⁇ volatile memory devices, floppy and other removable disks, hard disk drives, magnetic tape, optical disks (e.g., CD-ROM's, DVD's, etc.), among others, and transmission type media such as digital and analog communication links.
- signal bearing media include but are not limited to recordable type media such as volatile and non ⁇ volatile memory devices, floppy and other removable disks, hard disk drives, magnetic tape, optical disks (e.g., CD-ROM's, DVD's, etc.), among others, and transmission type media such as digital and analog communication links.
- various programs described hereinafter may be identified based upon the application for which they are implemented in a specific embodiment of the invention. However, it should be appreciated that any particular program nomenclature that follows is used merely for convenience, and thus the invention should not be limited to use solely in any specific application identified and/or implied by such nomenclature .
- FIG. 2 illustrates that a groupware application 40 and groupware database 42 are respectively used as the underlying operating environment for a content management application 44 and content management database 46.
- a groupware application such as Notes, available from Lotus Development Corporation, a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation, is used to implement the underlying environment for providing content management functionality.
- the content management system described herein is utilized to control user access to content such as web site content 50 that is accessible to users via a web server 48.
- control over the access to content is made by controlling what content is placed on a publicly-accessible area of a web site.
- a web site may be maintained on a series of servers, including a test server 60, a staging server 62 and a production server 64.
- web site content such as a content file 66 is initially stored by an author or other authorized person on a test server 60.
- staging server 62 typically by a "promoter” or other entity with heightened security rights
- An automated update agent 68 then periodically synchronizes staging server 62 with a production server 64 that is read accessible by all users.
- write access to the production server is restricted, with write access to the staging server limited to a limited group of users. As such, any changes made to a staging server will be automatically made to the production server once the update agent synchronizes the servers.
- a content- controlled content item is "promoted" when it is made available for access by users for which access is restricted on non- promoted content items.
- promotion therefore encompasses copying an item to the staging server, while demotion encompasses removing the item from the staging server.
- the copying/removing of an item from a production server may correspond to promotion/demotion consistent with the invention.
- server in the context of a web site may refer to one or more physical computers. Moreover, any particular server may also logically share the same physical hardware as another server. Thus, the illustration of servers 60-66 as shown in Fig. 3 is not meant to specify any particular hardware arrangement.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary content management record or document 70 stored in content management database 46 and linked via a bidirectional link 72 to one or more of content files 66 stored on test server 60.
- a series of database agents 74 are illustrated as operating upon database 46 to perform various monitoring functions for the content management system.
- an author 76 and one or more country owners 78 are illustrated as operating upon database 46 to perform various monitoring functions for the content management system.
- an author 76 and one or more country owners 78 each of which representing entities that may interact with the content management system during the course of managing content consistent with the invention.
- a content management system consistent with the invention permits collaboration between a number of entities that together may act as a content management "team.”
- an author refers to an entity that creates a content item.
- an author may also perform some development tasks, e.g., performing all or a portion of the HTML coding required for formatting the content item for inclusion on a web site.
- a reviewer refers to an entity that reviews a content item and either approves or disapproves of the content item based upon such a review.
- a reviewer may be a topic owner who reviews content items associated with particular topics, e.g., particular technology areas, business areas, marketing programs, etc.
- a reviewer may also be a legal representative or manager who reviews content items for compliance with legal requirements and/or to identify potential liability issues associated with content items, e.g., inappropriate disclosure of confidential material, advertising claims, products liability claims, consumer claims, trademarks, etc.
- a reviewer may also be a manager who has primary responsibility for web site content, and whose responsibility can overlap multiple fields, including with respect to content, legal issues, formatting issues, etc.
- a reviewer may also be a country or language owner who has responsibility for performing any of the above-described review functions on behalf of a particular country, geographic region or language, particularly where a web site maintains support for content appropriate for different regions of the world.
- Another entity is a developer, who typically is responsible for performing any necessary formatting and/or coding of a content item so as to put the content item in suitable condition for incorporation into a web site.
- a related entity which may be the same entity or different individuals that share overlapping responsibility, is a promoter, who is typically responsible for adding, deleting and/or modifying content items stored on the staging server (assuming the update agent updates the production server accordingly) .
- status Another concept relevant to content management as described herein is status, given that a status is maintained for every content item.
- the following statuses are supported:
- a document number or other identifier is assigned to each content management document, which in this implementation is a Lotus Notes document that contains content management information about the content file(s) (e.g., owner, topics, dates, etc.). In turn, much of the content management information is reproduced (as meta data) in every content item that is controlled by this document. Likewise, every content item filename is listed in the content management document.
- bidirectional links are typically defined between content management documents and the content files. Unidirectional links, as well as other linking mechanisms (e.g., pointers, numbers, UIDs, tokens, look-up tables, etc.), may be used in the alternative.
- Block 80 is a create content stage
- block 82 is a topic owner review stage
- block 84 is a legal review stage
- block 86 is a content validation stage
- block 88 is a content approval stage
- block 90 is a promote files stage where approved content is copied to the staging server.
- An additional block 90 represents an additional stage in the workflow process, where HTML coding is performed, but which does not have a separate status associated therewith (although a separate status could be used in the alternative) . involve activities that typically occur outside of the primary managed process activities.
- each block Displayed within each block is the status and owner associated with a content management document or record when the content item and workflow process are in that particular stage. Also displayed is an action item that triggers progression to another stage in the process.
- an action item that triggers progression to another stage in the process.
- a content creator produces a new document. This person is considered the author of the document. As will be discussed in greater detail below, the author selects appropriate categories from those available (typically via controls such as pull-down lists) . These categories are used for routing in this content management process and also for enhancing navigation and search effectiveness.
- the author submits (typically via clickable button) the document to a Topic Owner contact (Topic Owner) .
- Topic Owner The author is typically responsible for checking the accuracy of spelling and grammar in their document in addition to initially making sure that their document meets some or all legal requirements (e.g. proper usage of trademarks) .
- an e-mail is sent to each Topic Owner based on the selected categories for the document. All notifications to people who must take action throughout this process are typically via e-mail, or alternatively, another form of electronic communication.
- the e-mail typically contains a link to the specific control document requiring action.
- one or more topic owner reviewers ensure appropriate technical content of specific topics or categories.
- the reviewers for the specified functional area are responsible for technical accuracy, elimination or avoidance of duplicate information, content appropriateness for that category, adherence to the overall web page design and structure, etc.
- a set of questions to determine the necessity of legal review, answered by the author can also be altered at the discretion of the reviewer. Based on those questions, the process will flow either to legal review stage 84 or content validation stage 86. If a content file is rejected by a topic owner, the file may also be returned to the author and the status returned to draft.
- a review is performed by a lawyer or other appropriate entity to ensure adherence to desired legal guidelines, in regards to usage of trademarks, registered names, product or performance claims, confidential information, etc.
- a document After a document has been approved by the legal manager, it is then forwarded to the content validation stage 86. If not approved, the document can be returned to draft status for further action by the author.
- the input supplied by the author is validated for accuracy by a development team member.
- an initial determination is made by a development team member as to whether additional HTML coding is required (given some authors may perform all necessary coding) . If coding is needed, web development activities occur as shown in block 92, and once the HTML coding is complete, the process progresses to a content approval stage (block 88) . Otherwise, if no coding is required, progress to content approval stage may occur directly from block 86.
- meta data is automatically generated by the system. This meta data provides machine readable attributes specific for the current document. Meta data greatly enhances search capabilities and provides information necessary for ongoing review and maintenance of the content.
- the meta data may be generated at other stages, and furthermore, alternative information, as well as data structures, may be used to store such information.
- the document is reviewed by a content manager to ensure its readiness for publication.
- This content manager is typically an overall "site” content manager that is responsible for ensuring site consistency and completeness. If no changes are required, the document can be approved. The document will then be moved to a status of "Available - Waiting for Promotion" or "Available - Hold", based upon whether a publish now or publish later indication was selected in the content management document for the content item. While typically an immediate publication is desired, in some instances, e.g., when a product announcement or advertising campaign, or new price structure, is planned for a particular date, withholding publication until a particular date may be beneficial. In addition, if an international flag is set in the content management document, one or more country owners is notified via email that a parent, main language document has been approved. The purpose of this operation is discussed in greater detail below.
- Block 92 may either be entered via stage 88, or alternatively, if an "available-hold” status is assigned to a document, a separate, hold agent (one of database agents 74, and discussed below in connection with Fig. 11) is used to initiate content promotion at an appropriate time.
- a separate, hold agent one of database agents 74, and discussed below in connection with Fig. 11
- a document remains in that status until the date that was specified in the "Web Publication Date" field is reached. On the specified date, the document then moves to "Available - Waiting for Promotion", and block 92 is initiated.
- a content management document is implemented in the form of a Lotus Notes document that is shared among the various entities that collaborate on a particular web site content item.
- groupware messaging i.e., email
- Figs. 4A-4C illustrate an exemplary control management document 100 consistent with the invention.
- Document 100 includes a header 101 that includes a field 102 including a document identifier that unique identifies the content management document.
- Field 104 stores the author of the associated content item(s) being managed by document 100, and field 106 stores the creation date for document 100. The ability to change the author (and thus, who receives future notifications directed to an author) is supported through a control 108.
- Fields 110 and 112 respectively store the current status and date of the last status change, while fields 114 and 116 respectfully store the category assigned to the document and the topic owner for that category.
- Field 118 stores an identifier (e.g., Notes address) for the entity from which the next action is required.
- Field 120 includes a field 120 that stores pointers or links to any secondary language documents associated with document 100 (discussed below) .
- help/instruction buttons 122 used to provide help information for an entity that is accessing the document.
- a radio button control 124 is provided to query an entity as to whether the document is related to a "special processing" content item.
- alternate functionality e.g., special defaults, special input fields, constrained input options, etc.
- Other situations that might warrant special processing might includes marketing campaigns, special events such as business shows and seminars, urgent items, etc.
- Field groups 125, 132, 142, 160, 170, 190, 194, 198, and 210 may be provided, with each field group representing a sequential "step" taken by an author when inputting the necessary content management information.
- Field groups 125 and 132 for example, request topic area information, thus defining the topic owners that require notification and approval in the workflow process.
- Field group 125 includes a primary topic stored in field 126, an industry topic stored in field 128 and a country list stored in field 130.
- Field group 132 includes a list of other topics in field 134, as well as a number of yes/no radio buttons 136, 138 and 140 that respectfully note whether the content is associated with a shopping site, a system sales site, and a business partner information site.
- Field group 142 includes a number of fields that provide descriptive information about content being managed by the document.
- Field 144 provides a short title
- field 146 provides a short summary.
- Field 148 provides one or more keywords that are searchable through the Lotus Notes search facilities, and field 150 stores an international flag that indicates whether the content is world wide in scope, and needs approval and/or customization from entities in other countries or regions. As discussed above, the state stored in field 150 is used when determining whether to initiate an international review process. Moreover, field 148 is typically manually filled with keywords, although in some implementations synonyms to manually selected keywords may automatically be added to the field by the application.
- field group 160 permits publication, review, and expiration dates to be specified by an author or other entity.
- Field 162 specifies whether content is to be published (promoted) immediately upon approval, or at a specific date after approval is obtained.
- Field 164 stores the relevant publication date whether a specific date is specified in field 162.
- Field 166 stores a review date, specifying when an expiration process will begin so that an author will reinstitute review of an existing document.
- Field 168 stores an expiration date, defined after the review date, defining when content items will be removed from the web site if review is not completed in a timely fashion. Any of fields 164-168 may be constrained to certain ranges if desired.
- Field group 170 provides a number of queries that assist an author in determining whether legal review is required.
- Field 172 queries whether the content is already approved by legal, and field 174 stores the name of the entity completing such a review.
- Fields 176, 178, 180, 182 and 184 ask a number of questions pertaining to potential liability risks posed by content, e.g., whether comparative claims are being made, whether confidential information is being disclosed, whether performance claims are being made, whether unannounced information is being released, and whether market share or other competitive data is being released.
- Logic in the application take the answers to these queries to determine whether legal review is required, e.g., if any of queries 176- 184 has a "yes" result and legal review has not yet been obtained.
- Field groups 190 and 194 enable content to be associated with an identified file within the content management document.
- Field group 190 includes a field 192 where the specific content files being added, changed or deleted are identified.
- Field group 198 includes a comment field 200 that maintains a running dialog between team members throughout the review process, e.g., so reviewers can inform an author of modifications that are required, among other collaborative purposes.
- each entry in field 200 includes a user name, timestamp, and comment.
- An entity is also able to add a new content manually through interaction with button 202.
- field group 210 provides a number of fields 212, 214 and 216 that store contact information for the author, in particular an external phone number, internal phone line, and fax number.
- a region of role-specific controls which are controllably displayed in the document based upon the "role" of the entity viewing the document at a particular time.
- These different role-specific controls are illustrated in Figs. 5-10.
- the controls displayed to an author includes a "submit for review" button 250 that is selected when an author wishes to submit the document for review.
- Button 252 permits the document to be saved and closed, without submitting the document for review.
- Button 254 is an optional button that permits the author to build a country specific page or document .
- Fig. 6 illustrates the controls presented to a reviewer, including an "approve content” button 260 used to note the reviewer's approval of the content, and an “approve, send to legal” button 262 used to note the reviewer's approval, but also forward the document to legal for additional review (regardless of the status of the queries in field group 170 of Fig. 4B) .
- a "return to submitter” button 264 is used to return the document to the author, and return the document status to "draft,” and a “save and close” button 266 is used to save and close without changing the current stage or ownership of the document .
- Fig. 7 illustrates the controls presented to a developer, including a "submit for approval” button 270 used to pass control to the approval stage, and a “save and close” button 272 used to save and close without changing the current stage or ownership of the document.
- Fig. 8 illustrates the controls presented to a legal manager, including a "legal approve” button 280 used to note the manager's approval of the content, and a “return to submitter” button 282 used to return the document to the author, and return the document status to "draft.”
- a “save and close” button 284 is used to save and close without changing the current stage or ownership of the document.
- FIG. 9 illustrates the controls presented to a content manager, including an "approve, no changes” button 290 used to note the manager's approval of the content, and a “return to development” button 292 used to return the document to the development team, and return the document status to "develop.”
- a “reset status” button 294 may also be provided to permit the content manager to return the document to any desired status (e.g., "draft” status). In connection with resetting status, the author is typically notified via email.
- a single control, "notify author" button 295 may be presented to a promoter so that the author identified in the document can be notified via email when the content associated therewith has been promoted and published to the web site.
- a generate META data button 222 may be provided to generate or regenerate standardized META data for any content item associated with the document, with the META data storing relevant content management information stored in the document, as shown in field 224. For example, it may be desirable to add META tags for title, summary, abstract, keywords, review date, author, security information, expiration date, industries, document number, contact, last update date, creation date, country code, language code, and other data as may be deemed necessary. It will be appreciated that such data generation typically incorporates little more than simply extracting desired information from document 100 and generating properly formatted tags therefrom. However, it is desirable to ensure that only automated META data generation is supported, so that all content items will have similarly-formatted META regions, thus permitting global search and replace operations and the like.
- Field 226 provides an input for the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the content file and/or root directory therefor on the test server.
- Field 228 provides an input for a list of all content items or files associated with document 100, which is in contrast to field 192 (Fig. 4B) , which only lists those items or files that have been modified from a previous version of the content.
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- Document 100 also includes an activity log region 230, including log entries 232, 236, 238, 240 and 242 to log the respective activities of the author (submitter) , topic owner (s), legal manager, developer, and content manager.
- Each entry typically includes the identity or user name of the entity associated with the entity, and a date/timestamp indicating the time and day of the logged entry.
- document 100 may also include one or more active links to the content items covered thereby, e.g., so that an entity opening document 100 can quickly access the content at issue.
- the invention is not limited to the particular implementation of document 100 as shown herein.
- a hold agent 300 illustrated in greater detail in Fig. 11, is provided as one of the database agents.
- Hold agent 300 operates by periodically polling all documents having an "available-hold" status to detect those documents that have reached their appropriate publication dates. As such, agent 300 may be considered to operate in a loop 302 that periodically scans through all content management documents in the system. For each such document, block 304 determines whether its status is "available-hold.” If not, control returns to block 302 to process other documents. Otherwise, control passes to block 306 to determine whether the current date is the same as the publication date stored in the document. If so, block 308 is executed to notify the promoter to promote the content associated with the document, and to set the status of the document to "available-waiting for promotion.” Control then passes to block 302 to process additional documents.
- block 308 is bypassed, and control passes directly to block 302.
- block 302 passes control to block 310 to wait for a next monitoring interval (e.g., the next day), then scanning of all documents is restarted for the next interval.
- a document is moved to "Available-Promoted," the document is published to the web site and can remain published without review (without any editing being done to it) for a specified period of time (e.g., a maximum of 1 year) .
- the review date can be set as appropriate for each document. If the document remains untouched (that is, no editing has been done to it) past the review date, the document then enters an expiration process that lasts another set period of time. This is a separate workflow process specific to the review and maintenance of this content, and is managed by an additional pair of agents, review agent 320 of Fig. 12 and expiring agent 340 of Fig. 13. Within the expiration process, the document will typically not be removed from its designated web site(s). However, the document is returned to the author to take immediate action. Once the author starts to take action on the document, the status of the control document is reverted to "draft" (in the workflow process only) , thus starting the review and approval process as described above.
- the author will typically receive periodic e-mail notifications until they complete the update, to warn them that their document is in danger of being deleted if action isn't promptly taken. If the author does not take appropriate action in a specified time frame, the Reviewer (Topic Owner) may also be notified. This is to ensure proper action is taken, even if the author is unresponsive.
- Fig. 12 illustrates the operation of one embodiment of review agent 320 in greater detail.
- Review agent 320 operates by periodically polling all documents having an "available- promoted" status to detect those documents that have reached their appropriate review dates. As such, agent 320 may be considered to operate in a loop 322 that periodically scans through all content management documents in the system. For each such document, block 324 determines whether its status is "available-promoted.” If not, control returns to block 322 to process other documents. Otherwise, control passes to block 326 to determine whether the current date is the same as the review date stored in the document. If so, block 328 is executed to notify the author and initiate a review process and essentially "re-certify" the content. Control then passes to block 322 to process additional documents.
- block 328 If the current date is not the same as the review date, block 328 is bypassed, and control passes directly to block 322. Once all documents have been processed, block 322 passes control to block 330 to wait for a next monitoring interval (e.g., the next day), then scanning of all documents is restarted for the next interval.
- a next monitoring interval e.g., the next day
- Fig. 13 illustrates the operation of one embodiment of expiring agent 340 in greater detail.
- Expiring agent 340 operates by periodically polling all documents currently in the review process initiated by agent 320, and performing actions at different points in time to encourage completion of the reviews in a timely fashion.
- agent 340 may be considered to operate in a loop 342 that periodically scans through all content management documents in the system. For each such document, block 344 determines whether a review process initiated for that document (if any) has been completed. If so, control returns to block 342 to process other documents. Otherwise, control passes to block 346 to determine whether the current date is the same as an author reminder date for the document. If so, block 348 is executed to remind the author (e.g., via a reminder email).
- block 350 passes control to block 354 to determine whether the current date is the same as an expiration date stored in the document. If so, block 356 is executed to notify the promoter to remove the now-expired content items from the production server (e.g., by removing them from the staging server prior to a synchronization operation) . Control then returns to block 342 to process additional documents. If block 354 results in a "no" result, block 356 is bypassed, and control returns directly to block 342. Once all documents have been processed, block 342 passes control to block 358 to wait for a next monitoring interval (e.g., the next day), then scanning of all documents is restarted for the next interval.
- a next monitoring interval e.g., the next day
- the review and expiration dates are set by the author or another entity and stored in the content management document.
- One or more author and reviewer reminder dates are typically derived from these stored dates. For example, one author reminder may be scheduled for delivery 7 days after the review date, and one reviewer reminder may be scheduled for delivery 14 days after the review date.
- any of the dates described herein may be derived or independently controlled in various embodiments.
- country when used with respect to a country page, country document or country owner will be used to refer to a particular country, region, or language.
- content items associated with different countries are distinguished as parent and child items, where the parent relates to a primary country (e.g., the US for a US-based enterprise), and the child items relate to other countries.
- the content management system is configured to link child items to a parent item, and to incorporate functionality that automatically notifies owners of child items in response to changes made to a parent item. For example, a review process may be initiated for child items automatically in response to a modification to a parent item.
- the parent and child items may also be considered to be different country versions of the same content item in the alternative.
- Fig. 14 illustrates one possible implementation of an international content management system 400 consistent with the invention.
- system 400 includes a primary country process 402 that supports various stages 404-418 for each content management document, including a draft stage 404, review stage 406, legal stage 408, develop stage 410, approve stage 412, available-hold stage 414, available-waiting for promotion stage 416 and available (promoted) stage 418.
- the email sent thereto includes a document link 422 that references the original document 430, which is shown related to a main country content file 432.
- a create child process 434 is initiated on the original document, resulting in the creation of a child document 440.
- Child and parent document numbers 442 and 444 link the respective parent and child documents.
- some form of local translation process 446 is performed to conform the original content to a format that is appropriate for the specific country. Such conformance may including language translation, currency and measurement unit conversion, look and feel formatting, each of which including manual and/or automated processes.
- the result of process 446 is translated content 448 maintained in relation to child document 440.
- a submit process 450 is initiated by a content owner or author to forward the child document on for country-specific review 452. Moreover, based upon whether a legal review is required, a country-specific legal review 454 may also be performed. The child document may then be transitioned to the develop stage 410 for formatting by a web development team.
- Another key aspect of international support is the ability to link main and alternate country-specific content so that an update to the main content can initiate, in the least, notification of a country owner, and optionally, automated initiation of a review process for any country-specific content.
- an update to the main content can initiate, in the least, notification of a country owner, and optionally, automated initiation of a review process for any country-specific content.
- a main country content item is detected as being modified, it may be desirable to automatically notify any country owners identified in the associated document.
- Such a notification may be initiated in response to the return of a content item to a non-promoted status, or may be deferred until the content item is actually modified.
- a review process similar to that shown in blocks 452 and 454 of Fig. 14 may therefore be initiated in each appropriate country.
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