Methods and systems for managing offers and requests in a network
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating a semantic object using a computer system, comprisingreceiving an indicator to create a semantic object to represent a target referent;
- determining whether an object type of the target referent is a physical entity, a digital object, or an intangible entity;
identifying a semantic object type for the semantic object suitable to represent the object type of the target referent;
creating the semantic object of the semantic object type to represent the target referent and storing the semantic object on a computer-readable storage medium, the semantic object having a plurality of meta-tags;
wherein the plurality of meta-tags comprises a predetermined set of meta-tags based on the semantic object type;
wherein a meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags is associable with metadata;
associating the meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags with metadata;
wherein at least one of, the meta-tag and the metadata is definable by an ontology;
extracting at least part of the content from the target referent before inclusion in the semantic object, if the target referent represented by the semantic object is a physical entity or a digital object; and
subsequently determining that the target referent has been revised and updating the metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of meta-tags of the semantic object using the revision.
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Abstract
Among other disclosure, a knowledge network and semcards enabling intelligent matching of offers and requests, involving all types of information and knowledge, including information such as classified ads, data about products and services, or knowledge, expertise, ideas, suggestions, opinions, and other forms of tacit knowledge is described.
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating a semantic object using a computer system, comprising
receiving an indicator to create a semantic object to represent a target referent; -
determining whether an object type of the target referent is a physical entity, a digital object, or an intangible entity; identifying a semantic object type for the semantic object suitable to represent the object type of the target referent; creating the semantic object of the semantic object type to represent the target referent and storing the semantic object on a computer-readable storage medium, the semantic object having a plurality of meta-tags; wherein the plurality of meta-tags comprises a predetermined set of meta-tags based on the semantic object type;
wherein a meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags is associable with metadata;associating the meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags with metadata;
wherein at least one of, the meta-tag and the metadata is definable by an ontology;extracting at least part of the content from the target referent before inclusion in the semantic object, if the target referent represented by the semantic object is a physical entity or a digital object; and subsequently determining that the target referent has been revised and updating the metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of meta-tags of the semantic object using the revision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 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, 54)
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55. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied therein instructions, which, when executed in a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a computer-implemented method for creating and storing a semantic object, the method comprising,
determining whether an object type of a target referent is a physical entity, a digital object, or an intangible entity; -
identifying a semantic object type for the semantic object suitable to represent the object type of the target referent; creating the semantic object of the semantic object type to represent the target referentthe semantic object having a plurality of meta-tags; wherein the plurality of meta-tags comprises a predetermined set of meta-tags based on the semantic object type;
wherein a meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags is associable with metadata;associating the meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags with metadata; wherein at least one of, the meta-tag and the metadata is definable by an ontology; extracting at least part of the content from the target referent before inclusion in the semantic object, if the target referent represented by the semantic object is physical entity or a digital object; and subsequently determining that the referent target has been revised and updating metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of meta-tags of the semantic object using the revision.
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56. A system for creating and storing a semantic object, the system, comprising:
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a processor; means for, determining whether an object type of a target referent is a physical entity, a digital object, or an intangible entity; means for, identifying a semantic object type for the semantic object suitable to represent the object type of the target referent; means for, creating the semantic object of the semantic object type to represent the target referent and storing the semantic object on a computer readable medium, the semantic object having a plurality of meta-tags; wherein the plurality of meta-tags comprises a predetermined set of meta-tags based on the semantic object type;
wherein a meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags is associable with metadata;means for, associating the meta-tag of the plurality of meta-tags with metadata;
wherein at least one of, the meta-tag and the metadata is definable by an ontology;means for, extracting at least part of the content from the target referent before inclusion in the semantic object, if the target referent represented by the semantic object is physical entity or a digital object; and means for, subsequently determining that the referent target has been revised and updating metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of meta-tags of the semantic object using the revision.
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