DATA DISCOVERY AND DESCRIPTION SERVICE

• US 20160171054A1
• Filed: 02/16/2016
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: James, Alex, Pizzo, Michael, Castro, Pablo, Flasko, Michael Justin, Olson, Lance, Clark, Jason, Jayadevan, Siddharth
• Application Number:
  US15/044,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20160171054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

The subject disclosure relates to one or more computer-implemented processes for collecting, analyzing, and employing annotations of data sources. In particular, an annotation component is configured to receive annotations of data for a data source, wherein the respective annotations comprise different associations of a global terms with the data of the data source, a data store configured to store the annotations, and an interface component configured to render the data based on the annotations in response to a request for the data. In an aspect, storing information, the data also stores descriptions of the data sources and definitions of the global terms, and the interface component determines a subset of the information in the data store based on the annotations. A method is further provided comprising receiving a global term and determining data sources that have the global term associated with the data thereof based on the information in the data store.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving annotations, wherein the annotations include associations of global terms with data of data sources;

storing information, the information including, descriptions of the data sources, definitions of the global terms, and the annotations; and

determining a subset of the information based on the annotations.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the subset of information includes receiving a global term and determining data sources that have the global term associated with the data thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the subset of information includes receiving a data source and determining the global terms associated therewith.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the subset of information includes receiving a global term and determining data sources that have a related global term associated with the data thereof based on a definition of the global term.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the global terms convey properties of the data for respective data sources.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the global terms convey manners of use of the data respective data sources by a client.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the global terms convey manners in which to present the data of the respective data sources by a client.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the global terms convey meanings about the data for the respective data sources, wherein the meanings are recognized by at least two different clients.

9. A method comprising:

receiving annotations, wherein the annotations include associations of global terms with data of data sources;

storing information, the information including, descriptions of the data sources, definitions of the global terms, and the annotations;

generating subsets of the information in response to requests based on the annotations;

receiving selections of at least one of a data source, an annotation, or a global term included in the subsets; and

tracking the selections.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a relationship between respective requests and respective selections; and

determining the subsets of the information based on the relationship.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining preferences for at least one of the data sources, the annotations, or the global terms in response to the tracking.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein tracking the selections includes tracking the types of clients affiliated with the selections.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving ratings of at least one of the data sources or the annotations; and

employing the ratings to determine at least one of;

a popularity of respective data sources, a popularity of respective annotations, a quality of respective data sources, or a quality of respective annotations.