System, Method, and Computer Program for a Consumer Defined Information Architecture
First Claim
1. A method for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent characterized by:
- a) a method for faceted classification that is applicable to a domain of information, said method of faceted classification including;
(i) a facet analysis of said domain or receiving the results of facet analysis of the domain; and
(ii) applying a faceted classification synthesis of said domain; and
b) a complex-adaptive method for selecting and returning information, on one or more iterations, from said faceted classification synthesis, said complex-adaptive method varying the organizing and managing of data structures in response to said returned information.
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Abstract
A system, computer program, and method for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent is provided, the method including: (a) a method for faceted classification that is applicable to a domain of information, said method of faceted classification including: (i) a facet analysis of said domain or receiving the results of facet analysis of the domain; and (ii) applying a faceted classification synthesis of said domain; and (b) a complex-adaptive method for selecting and returning information, on one or more iterations, from said faceted classification synthesis, said complex-adaptive method varying the organizing and managing of data structures in response to said returned information. A system and method for faceted classification of a domain of information is also provided that includes providing a faceted data set including facet attributes with which to classify information, such facet attributes including optionally facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes; (b) providing a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that associate meaning to the objects, said concepts being represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; and (c) providing or enabling a complex-adaptive system for selecting and returning dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information. In another aspect of the method of the present invention the method for faceted classification of the domain of information further includes performing faceted classification synthesis to relate a set of concepts represented by concept definitions defined in accordance with a faceted data set including facet attributes, and optionally facet attribute hierarchies. The invention also provides a computer system for enabling a user to manipulate dimensional concept relationships. A further aspect of the system is a system for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent, in which the system includes or is linked to a complex-adaptive system for selecting and returning dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary a faceted data set and a dimensional concept taxonomy in response to dimensional concept taxonomy information, the dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set.
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88 Claims
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1. A method for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent characterized by:
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a) a method for faceted classification that is applicable to a domain of information, said method of faceted classification including;
(i) a facet analysis of said domain or receiving the results of facet analysis of the domain; and
(ii) applying a faceted classification synthesis of said domain; andb) a complex-adaptive method for selecting and returning information, on one or more iterations, from said faceted classification synthesis, said complex-adaptive method varying the organizing and managing of data structures in response to said returned information.
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2. A method for faceted classification of a domain of information characterized by:
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a) providing a faceted data set including facet attributes with which to classify information, such facet attributes including optionally facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes; b) providing a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that associate meaning to the objects, said concepts being represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; and c) providing or enabling a complex-adaptive system for selecting and returning dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 87, 88)
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19. A system for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent characterized in that:
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the system includes or is linked to a complex-adaptive system for selecting and returning dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary a faceted data set and a dimensional concept taxonomy in response to dimensional concept taxonomy information, wherein; the system is operable to process a faceted data set including facets, facet attributes, and, optionally, facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes with which to classify information; and the system is further operable to define the dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that associate meaning to the objects, said concepts being represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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54. A computer system for performing facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure, characterized in that:
the computer system is operable to derive facet attributes, and optionally facet attribute hierarchies, of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify patterns of facet attribute relationships in the input information. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A computer system for enabling a user to manipulate dimensional concept relationships, characterized in that the computer system comprises:
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a processor; a computer-readable medium in data communication with the processor, where the computer-readable medium includes thereon processor executable instructions and a plurality of data elements determined to be related in a particular dimensional concept relationship; an input utility configured to allow an outside entity to interface with the processor; a display operative to provide a visual depiction of at least selected data elements; and an editor allowing the outside entity to modify the data elements and the particular dimensional concept relationship. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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