System and method for providing platform-independent content services for users for content from content applications leveraging Atom, XLink, XML Query content management systems

摘要

The system and method of the present invention provides a solution to allow users to receive platform-independent content services on content from content applications, such as blogs, wikis and eForms. It utilizes the Atom, XLink and XML Query (XQuery) formats and protocols with a content management system (CMS) which supports these formats and protocols. In the preferred embodiment, XML eForms, such as Workplace Forms, Adobe Forms, and Microsoft InfoPath is used as an example to describe the architecture, the system and method of the present invention although the invention can be applied to the various content applications mentioned above. In another embodiment of the present invention, unstructured content is converted to structured content via UIMA so that the content services may be offered to the user on the content. It transforms the content to a form more desirable to the user prior to delivering the delivering the content. The content is delivered in an XML document and is summarized for the user.