Taxonomy Editor

• US 20110214080A1
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Agrawal, Sanjay, Siradeghyan, Yuri, Chaudhuri, Surajit, Ganti, Venkatesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,527,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/367 Ontology

Abstract

This patent application relates to taxonomy editing. One implementation involves a taxonomy editor configured to generate a visual representation of a taxonomy associated with a set of scientific papers. The taxonomy editor includes a properties module configured to identify properties relating to an individual node of the taxonomy and a statistics module configured to determine trends relating to the individual node. The taxonomy editor further includes a similarity module configured to evaluate keyword similarity relative to individual scientific papers associated with the individual node. The taxonomy editor also includes a suggestion module configured to utilize the properties, the trends and the keyword similarity to identify potential modifications to the taxonomy. The taxonomy editor is further configured to present at least some of the potential modifications, the properties, the trends, and the keyword similarity concurrently with the visual representation of the taxonomy.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a taxonomy editor configured to generate a visual representation of a taxonomy associated with a set of scientific papers, the taxonomy editor comprising;

a properties module configured to identify properties relating to an individual node of the taxonomy;

a statistics module configured to determine trends relating to the individual node;

a similarity module configured to evaluate keyword similarity relative to individual scientific papers associated with the individual node; and

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a suggestion module configured to utilize the properties, the trends and the keyword similarity to identify potential modifications to the taxonomy and wherein the taxonomy editor is further configured to present at least some of the potential modifications, the properties, the trends, and the keyword similarity concurrently with the visual representation of the taxonomy.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the properties module is further configured to populate a node properties region of the visual representation with the identified properties.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the statistics module is further configured to populate a statistics display region of the visual representation with a graphical representation of the determined trends.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the taxonomy editor is further configured to allow user modification of the visual representation and then to modify the taxonomy to reflect the modified visual representation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the similarity module is further configured to employ a similarity function that employs a similarity threshold for keywords of the individual node and between nodes.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the presented potential modifications are shown with a node on the representation to which the potential modifications relate along with associated node properties and node statistics.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the taxonomy editor is further configured to allow a user to browse, search and navigate the visual representation.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the taxonomy editor is further configured to allow user modification of the individual node by collapsing the individual node, deleting the individual node, splitting the individual node or creating a child node of the individual node in the visual representation and wherein the taxonomy editor is further configured to apply the user modification to the taxonomy.

9. A computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform acts, comprising:

providing a navigable visual representation of a taxonomy;

generating statistics associated with nodes of the taxonomy; and

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facilitating user modification of the taxonomy.

10. The computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the providing and generating comprise displaying the visual representation of the taxonomy and statistics on a single graphical window, and wherein in an instance where a user selects a portion of the taxonomy on the representation, the displayed statistics are updated to relate to the selected portion.

11. The computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the providing comprises displaying the navigable visual representation and the generating comprises displaying the statistics.

12. The computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the providing comprises displaying the visual representation of the taxonomy as a tree of the nodes.

13. The computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the facilitating comprises offering modification options to a user relative to individual nodes of the taxonomy.

14. The computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the facilitating comprises identifying potential modifications to the taxonomy and presenting the potential modifications with the visual representation.

15. The computer-readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the presenting comprises presenting the potential modifications in a ranked manner.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the presenting comprises presenting individual potential modifications with an individual node to which the individual potential modifications relate.

17. A system, comprising:

a taxonomy editor configured to generate a tree-based representation of a taxonomy associated with a set of scientific papers and to suggest potential modifications to the taxonomy.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the taxonomy editor is configured to present taxonomy related information with the tree-based representation.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the taxonomy editor is configured to list the suggested potential modifications in a ranked manner relative to individual nodes of the taxonomy.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the taxonomy editor is configured to:

present taxonomy related information associated with displayed nodes of the tree-based representation;

allow a user to navigate and modify the tree-based representation; and

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automatically update the taxonomy to reflect modification to the tree-based representation.