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Method and system for organizing an annotation structure and for querying data and annotations

  • US 6,519,603 B1
  • Filed: 10/28/1999
  • Issued: 02/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

  • organizing an annotation structure;

    inputting annotations;

    generating a query for simultaneously querying for particular data and annotations;

    in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any; and

    wherein organizing the annotation structure includes selecting an annotatable data item to be annotated by selecting an attribute of an entity, where the entity is referenced by any one or more of;

    an index, a schema object, or a set of the attribute or schema object.

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