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Methods and systems for enabling the collaborative management of information using persistent metadata

  • US 20070168340A1
  • Filed: 07/19/2005
  • Published: 07/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for sharing electronic information, comprising:

  • a centrally managed electronic information management system;

    means enabling a plurality of users to access the system;

    at least one user metadata schema stored on the system associated with each of the plurality of users;

    means for receiving, in accordance with the user metadata schema, user metadata pertinent to each of the plurality of users and storing the user metadata in association with each of the plurality of users;

    a plurality of information assets electronically accessible on the system;

    at least one asset metadata schema stored on the system associated with each of the plurality of information assets;

    means for receiving, in accordance with the asset metadata schema, asset metadata pertinent to each of the plurality of information assets and storing the asset metadata associated with each of the plurality of information assets;

    whereby the system persistently stores all user metadata and information asset metadata under centralized management.

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