Techniques to manage vocabulary terms for a taxonomy system

• US 20080189265A1
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Taranov, Viktoriya, Miller, Patrick C., Kogan, Daniel E., Antonoff, Lauren N., Piaseczny, Michal K.
• Application Number:
  US11/703,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20080189265A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/313 Selection or weighting of terms for indexing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/328 Management therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/36 Creation of semantic tools, e.g. ontology or thesauri

Abstract

Techniques to manage vocabulary terms for a taxonomy system are described. An apparatus may comprise a managed taxonomy system having a vocabulary management module to manage a taxonomy of formal vocabulary terms organized in a hierarchical structure. The taxonomy may include a category for informal vocabulary terms stored as a list of keywords. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

assigning an informal vocabulary term to a category for a managed taxonomy;

assigning a decision parameter to said informal vocabulary term; and

converting said informal vocabulary term to a formal vocabulary term based on said decision parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, said decision parameter comprising a usage parameter, a weighting parameter, a relationship parameter, or a relevance parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising assigning said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a usage parameter to represent a number of times said informal vocabulary term is associated with a resource.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising assigning said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a weighting parameter to represent a priority level for said informal vocabulary term or a resource.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising assigning said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a relationship parameter to represent a relationship between said informal vocabulary term and a formal vocabulary term in said managed taxonomy.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising assigning said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a relevance parameter to represent a level of relevance to a formal vocabulary term or a resource.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising converting said informal vocabulary term to a formal vocabulary term if said decision parameter exceeds a defined threshold value.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising inserting said converted formal vocabulary term into a hierarchy of formal vocabulary terms for said managed taxonomy.

9. An article comprising a storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

assign an informal vocabulary term to a category for a managed taxonomy;

assign a decision parameter to said informal vocabulary term;

monitor said assigned decision parameter; and

convert said informal vocabulary term to a formal vocabulary term based on said decision parameter.

10. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to assign said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a usage parameter to represent a number of times said informal vocabulary term is associated with a resource.

11. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to assign said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a weighting parameter to represent a priority level for said informal vocabulary term or a resource.

12. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to assign said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a relationship parameter to represent a relationship between said informal vocabulary term and a formal vocabulary term in said managed taxonomy.

13. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to assign said informal vocabulary term a decision parameter comprising a relevance parameter to represent a level of relevance to a formal vocabulary term or a resource.

14. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to convert said informal vocabulary term to a formal vocabulary term if said decision parameter exceeds a defined threshold value.

15. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to insert said converted formal vocabulary term into a hierarchy of formal vocabulary terms for said managed taxonomy.

16. An apparatus comprising a managed taxonomy system having a vocabulary management module to manage a taxonomy of formal vocabulary terms organized in a hierarchical structure, said taxonomy having a category for informal vocabulary terms stored as a list of keywords.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, comprising a vocabulary assignment module to assign a decision parameter to an informal vocabulary term.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, comprising a vocabulary association module to associate an informal vocabulary term with a resource.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, comprising a vocabulary analysis module to analyze a decision parameter for an informal vocabulary term, and convert said informal vocabulary term to a formal vocabulary term based on said decision parameter.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, comprising a vocabulary analysis module to convert an informal vocabulary term to a formal vocabulary term based on usage of said informal vocabulary term.