Techniques to manage metadata fields for a taxonomy system

• US 20080301096A1
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Schobbe, Gerhard A., Miller, Patrick C., Kogan, Daniel E.
• Application Number:
  US11/807,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301096A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/36 Creation of semantic tools, e.g. ontology or thesauri
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Techniques to manage metadata fields for a taxonomy system are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor and memory, the memory to store a vocabulary management module and a smart field management module for execution by the processor. The vocabulary management module may be arranged to manage a taxonomy of managed vocabulary terms organized in a hierarchical structure. The smart field management module may be arranged to receive a candidate vocabulary term for a smart metadata field, compare the candidate vocabulary term with the managed vocabulary terms, and validate the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a candidate vocabulary term by a smart metadata field for a resource;

comparing the candidate vocabulary term with managed vocabulary terms; and

validating the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field based on the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising accepting the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising denying the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising providing alternate vocabulary terms for the candidate vocabulary term.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising providing alternate managed vocabulary terms from a managed taxonomy for the candidate vocabulary term.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising replacing the candidate vocabulary term with a managed vocabulary term.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing alternate metadata fields associated with the resource to store the candidate vocabulary term.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising parsing the resource for the candidate vocabulary term suitable for use as metadata information representing the resource and storage by the smart metadata field.

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

receive a candidate vocabulary term by a smart metadata field;

compare the candidate vocabulary term with managed vocabulary terms from a managed taxonomy; and

validate the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field based on the comparison.

10. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to accept the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field.

11. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to deny the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field.

12. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to provide alternate vocabulary terms for the candidate vocabulary term.

13. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to provide alternate managed vocabulary terms from a managed taxonomy for the candidate vocabulary term.

14. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to provide alternate metadata fields associated with the resource to store the candidate vocabulary term.

15. The article of claim 9, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to parse a resource for the candidate vocabulary term suitable for use as metadata information representing the resource and storage by the smart metadata field.

16. An apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the memory to store a vocabulary management module and a smart field management module for execution by the processor, the vocabulary management module arranged to manage a taxonomy of managed vocabulary terms organized in a hierarchical structure, the smart field management module to receive a candidate vocabulary term for a smart metadata field, compare the candidate vocabulary term with the managed vocabulary terms, and validate the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, the smart field management module to accept the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field, or deny the candidate vocabulary term for storage by the smart metadata field, based on a set of smart field processing rules.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, the smart field management module to provide alternate metadata fields associated with the resource to store the candidate vocabulary term.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, the memory storing a vocabulary disambiguation module for execution by the processor, the vocabulary disambiguation module arranged to provide alternate vocabulary terms for the candidate vocabulary term, the alternate vocabulary terms comprising managed vocabulary terms from the taxonomy.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, the memory storing a vocabulary parsing module for execution by the processor, the vocabulary parsing module arranged to parse a resource for the candidate vocabulary term suitable for use as metadata information representing the resource and storage by the smart metadata field.