Methods, systems, and products for characterizing target systems
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1. A processor-implemented method of characterizing a target system, comprising:
- sending a query from a characterizing system, the query comprising an ontology of interest that describes and represents a domain of interest, a predicate, and a scoring algorithm, wherein the ontology of interest includes a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes related to another node of the plurality of nodes, the predicate describing a membership qualification for a node in the ontology of interest;
receiving a response comprising a score at the characterizing system, the score being generated with the scoring algorithm, the score representing an evaluation of the predicate to metadata associated with the target system and how well the metadata matches the ontology of interest;
evaluating the score to characterize the target system, wherein the metadata of the target system is inaccessible to the characterizing system; and
accepting that the metadata is inaccessible to a sender of the query.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for characterizing a target system. A query is sent. The query includes an ontology of interest, a predicate, and a scoring algorithm. The predicate describes a membership qualification for a node in the ontology of interest. A response is received comprising a score. The score represents an evaluation of the predicate to metadata associated with the target system. The score represents how well the metadata matches the ontology of interest.
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1. A processor-implemented method of characterizing a target system, comprising:
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sending a query from a characterizing system, the query comprising an ontology of interest that describes and represents a domain of interest, a predicate, and a scoring algorithm, wherein the ontology of interest includes a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes related to another node of the plurality of nodes, the predicate describing a membership qualification for a node in the ontology of interest; receiving a response comprising a score at the characterizing system, the score being generated with the scoring algorithm, the score representing an evaluation of the predicate to metadata associated with the target system and how well the metadata matches the ontology of interest; evaluating the score to characterize the target system, wherein the metadata of the target system is inaccessible to the characterizing system; and accepting that the metadata is inaccessible to a sender of the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for characterizing a target system, comprising:
- a characterization application stored in memory; and
a processor communicating with the memory, the processor sending a query, the query comprising an ontology of interest that describes and represents a domain of interest, wherein the ontology of interest includes a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes related to another node of the plurality of nodes, a predicate, and a scoring algorithm, the predicate describing a membership qualification for a node in the ontology of interest; the processor receiving a response comprising a score generated with the scoring algorithm, the score representing an evaluation of the predicate to metadata associated with the target system and how well the metadata matches the ontology of interest; the processor evaluating the score to characterize the target system, wherein the metadata of the target system is inaccessible to the processor; and wherein the system accepts that the metadata is inaccessible to a sender of the query. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a characterization application stored in memory; and
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13. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium storing instructions for performing the steps:
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sending a query from a characterizing system, the query comprising an ontology of interest that describes and represents a domain of interest, wherein the ontology of interest includes a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes related to another node of the plurality of nodes, a predicate, and a scoring algorithm, the predicate describing a membership qualification for a node in the ontology of interest; receiving a response comprising a score, the score being generated with the scoring algorithm, the score representing an evaluation of the predicate to metadata associated with a target system and how well the metadata matches the ontology of interest; evaluating the score to characterize the target system, wherein the metadata of the target system is inaccessible to the characterizing system; and accepting that the metadata is inaccessible to a sender of the query. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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