Publishing system for intranet
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method of controlling a web-based editing and publishing system comprising a network of client computers, network file server and a Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server, said method comprising the steps ofstoring on the LDAP directory server information defining and limiting the rights of authors and readers in the system;
- transmitting from the client computer to the file server pointers to one or more files on the network file server and directory files on the LDAP directory server;
resolving on the file server the pointers into requests for files and directory files;
retrieving from the LDAP directory server directory content; and
converting the directory content into web-publishable information and including the web-publishable information as part of the requested files displayed on the client computer for editing further parts of the files.
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Abstract
A method and system for publishing information on a network-based computer system is disclosed using a network of client computers, network file server and a Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server, wherein the LDAP directory server is adapted to store information defining and limiting the rights of authors and readers in the system; and the network file server is adapted to resolve file server pointers to one or more files on the file server and directory files on the LDAP directory server transmitted from the client computer into requests for files and directory files; to retrieve from the LDAP directory server directory content; and to convert the directory content into web-publishable information and including the web-publishable information as part of the requested files displayed on the client computer for editing further parts of the files.
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1. A method of controlling a web-based editing and publishing system comprising a network of client computers, network file server and a Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server, said method comprising the steps of
storing on the LDAP directory server information defining and limiting the rights of authors and readers in the system; -
transmitting from the client computer to the file server pointers to one or more files on the network file server and directory files on the LDAP directory server; resolving on the file server the pointers into requests for files and directory files; retrieving from the LDAP directory server directory content; and converting the directory content into web-publishable information and including the web-publishable information as part of the requested files displayed on the client computer for editing further parts of the files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer network for web-based editing and publishing system comprising a network of client computers, network file server and a Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server, wherein the LDAP directory server is adapted to store information defining and limiting the rights of authors and readers in the system;
- and the network file server is adapted to resolve file server pointers to one or more files on the file server and directory files on the LDAP directory server transmitted from the client computer into requests for files and directory files;
to retrieve from the LDAP directory server directory content; and
to convert the directory content into web-publishable information and including the web-publishable information as part of the requested files displayed on the client computer for editing further parts of the files. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- and the network file server is adapted to resolve file server pointers to one or more files on the file server and directory files on the LDAP directory server transmitted from the client computer into requests for files and directory files;
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