Complex-adaptive system for providing a facted classification
First Claim
1. A computer system for providing a faceted classification of a domain of information, the computer system comprising:
- (a) a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes with which to classify information;
(b) a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that ascribe meaning to the objects, said concepts represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; and
(c) a complex-adaptive system for selecting and feeding back dimensional concept taxonomy information, said computer system varying the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information.
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Abstract
A complex-adaptive system is described for providing a faceted classification of a domain of information. A dimensional concept taxonomy classifying a domain may be constructed from a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies. An enhanced method of faceted classification provides the taxonomy which assigns facet attributes to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts (defined using the facet attributes) that ascribe meaning to the objects. Further the taxonomy expresses dimensional concept relationships between concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set. The complex-adaptive system selects dimensional concept taxonomy information to facilitate varying the faceted data set and subsequent iterations of the taxonomy. The complex-adaptive system may involve a machine-based approach using statistical analysis of source data structures or user interactions with the taxonomy to provide the feedback. Computer system, method and software aspects are provided.
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63 Claims
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1. A computer system for providing a faceted classification of a domain of information, the computer system comprising:
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(a) a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes with which to classify information; (b) a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that ascribe meaning to the objects, said concepts represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; and (c) a complex-adaptive system for selecting and feeding back dimensional concept taxonomy information, said computer system varying the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for providing a faceted classification of a domain of information, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes with which to classify information; (b) providing a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that ascribe meaning to the objects, said concepts represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; (c) providing a complex-adaptive system for selecting and feeding back dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer program product storing instructions and data to configure a computer system to provide a faceted classification of a domain of information, the instructions and data configuring the computer system to:
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(a) provide a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes with which to classify information; (b) provide a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that ascribe meaning to the objects, said concepts represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; (c) provide a complex-adaptive system for selecting and feeding back dimensional concept taxonomy information; and (d) vary the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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