METHOD OF ADMINISTERING A KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY

• US 20120331014A1
• Filed: 08/08/2011
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Skubacz, Michal, Zillner, Sonja
• Granted Patent: US 8,463,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/805
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

The method of administering a knowledge repository described herein establishes combining data input with concurrent data analytics in order to improve the quality and relevance of data entries.

Claims

1. A method of administering a knowledge repository, the knowledge repository comprising a plurality of information objects, at least one of said information objects including at least one text element, said method comprising the steps of:

providing at least one knowledge base from a memory unit, the knowledge base including a plurality of concepts and a plurality of relationship between said plurality of concepts;

providing a data analytics module, the data analytics module assigning at least one of at least one of said plurality of concepts and at least one of said plurality of relationships to at least one text element of at least one of said plurality of information objects;

providing a semantic knowledge processing component, the semantic knowledge processing component calculating a type and degree of at least one of said plurality of relationships between concepts assigned to at least one text element of at least one of said plurality of information objects;

providing a textual input module, the textual input module being adapted to amend or add one of said plurality of information objects by at least one input text element;

providing a display module, the display module being adapted to display a list of information objects included in said knowledge repository, each information object being displayed by a caption of said information object;

providing an interaction module, the interaction module emphasizing at least one information object in the display module, each of at least one emphasized information object having a semantic relationship with the contents of said textual input module, the semantic relationship being inferred by said type and degree of relationship; and

;

providing an annotation module, the annotation module linking one of said input text element by a reference to an emphasized information object.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said knowledge base is formed by at least one of:

a group of resources, and the group of resources including a taxonomy, a thesaurus, an ontology, a dictionary, a set of keywords, or a lexicon.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of at least one emphasized information object having a context-relevant relationship with the contents of said textual input module, the context-relevant relationship being inferred by said type and degree of relationship.

4. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium storing a program code which when executed on a computer provides for:

providing at least one knowledge base from a memory unit, the knowledge base including a plurality of concepts and a plurality of relationship between said plurality of concepts;

providing a data analytics module, the data analytics module assigning at least one of at least one of said plurality of concepts and at least one of said plurality of relationships to at least one text element of at least one of said plurality of information objects;

providing a semantic knowledge processing component, the semantic knowledge processing component calculating a type and degree of at least one of said plurality of relationships between concepts assigned to at least one text element of at least one of said plurality of information objects;

providing a textual input module, the textual input module being adapted to amend or add one of said plurality of information objects by at least one input text element;

providing a display module, the display module being adapted to display a list of information objects included in said knowledge repository, each information object being displayed by a caption of said information object;

providing an interaction module, the interaction module emphasizing at least one information object in the display module, each of at least one emphasized information object having a semantic relationship with the contents of said textual input module, the semantic relationship being inferred by said type and degree of relationship; and

;

providing an annotation module, the annotation module linking one of said input text element by a reference to an emphasized information object.

5. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said knowledge base is formed by at least one of:

a group of resources, and the group of resources including a taxonomy, a thesaurus, an ontology, a dictionary, a set of keywords, or a lexicon.

6. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein each of at least one emphasized information object having a context-relevant relationship with the contents of said textual input module, the context-relevant relationship being inferred by said type and degree of relationship.

7. A system for administering a knowledge repository, the system comprising:

a knowledge base including a plurality of concepts and a plurality of relationship between said plurality of concepts;

a data analytics module for assigning at least one of;

at least one of said plurality of concepts and at least one of said plurality of relationships to at least one text element of at least one of said plurality of information objects;

a semantic knowledge processing component for calculating a type and degree of at least one of said plurality of relationships between concepts assigned to at least one text element of at least one of said plurality of information objects;

a textual input module being adapted to amend or add one of said plurality of information objects by at least one input text element;

a display module being adapted to display a list of information objects included in said knowledge repository, each information object being displayed by a caption of said information object;

an interaction module for emphasizing at least one information object in the display module, each of at least one emphasized information object having a semantic relationship with the contents of said textual input module, the semantic relationship being inferred by said type and degree of relationship; and

;

an annotation module for linking one of said input text element by a reference to an emphasized information object.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said knowledge base is formed by at least one of:

a group of resources, and the group of resources including a taxonomy, a thesaurus, an ontology, a dictionary, a set of keywords, or a lexicon.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein each of at least one emphasized information object having a context-relevant relationship with the contents of said textual input module, the context-relevant relationship being inferred by said type and degree of relationship.