Federated ontology index to enterprise knowledge
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1. A method for using a federated ontology as an index to business enterprise knowledge, comprising:
- receiving a request for the business enterprise knowledge;
mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology, wherein the federated ontology comprises a plurality of localized ontologies that are linked through one or more concepts;
searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify one or more data sources holding the business enterprise knowledge;
retrieving the business enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data; and
returning the search result data.
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A method, system, and computer program product for using a federated ontology as an index to enterprise knowledge are provided. The method includes receiving a request for the enterprise knowledge, mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology, and searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify one or more data sources holding the enterprise knowledge. The method further includes retrieving the enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data, and returning the search result data.
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1. A method for using a federated ontology as an index to business enterprise knowledge, comprising:
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receiving a request for the business enterprise knowledge; mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology, wherein the federated ontology comprises a plurality of localized ontologies that are linked through one or more concepts; searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify one or more data sources holding the business enterprise knowledge; retrieving the business enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data; and returning the search result data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for using a federated ontology as an index to enterprise knowledge, comprising:
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receiving a request for the enterprise knowledge; mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology; searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify one or more data sources holding the enterprise knowledge; retrieving the enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data; and returning the search result data; establishing a notification threshold value for the search result data; initiating the request; notifying a user when a value in the search result data exceeds the notification threshold value; and periodically reinitiating the request at a specified interval.
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13. A system for using a federated ontology as an index to business enterprise knowledge, comprising:
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a host system; one or more storage devices in communication with the host system, the one or more storage devices holding data sources of the business enterprise knowledge; a federated ontology accessible via a host system, wherein the federated ontology comprises a plurality of localized ontologies that are linked through one or more concepts; and a semantic router application executing on the host system, the semantic router application including computer instructions for performing; receiving a request for the business enterprise knowledge; mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology; searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify the one or more data sources holding the business enterprise knowledge; retrieving the business enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data; and returning the search result data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A system for using a federated ontology as an index to enterprise knowledge, comprising:
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a host system; one or more storage devices in communication with the host system, the one or more storage devices holding data sources of the enterprise knowledge; a federated ontology accessible via a host system; and a semantic router application executing on the host system, the semantic router application including computer instructions for performing; receiving a request for the enterprise knowledge; mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology; searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify the one or more data sources holding the enterprise knowledge; retrieving the enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data; and returning the search result data; and an agent application executing on the host system, the agent application including computer instructions for performing; establishing a notification threshold value for the search result data; initiating the request to the semantic router application; notifying a user when a value in the search result data exceeds the notification threshold value; and periodically reinitiating the request to the semantic router application at a specified interval.
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20. A computer program product for using a federated ontology as an index to business enterprise knowledge, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for implementing a method, the method comprising; receiving a request for the enterprise knowledge, wherein the request for the enterprise knowledge is formatted as a question inquiring about the business enterprise knowledge; mapping the request to a concept within the federated ontology, wherein the federated ontology is comprised of a first localized ontology linked with a second localized ontology through a common concept contained within each of the first and second localized ontologies; searching the federated ontology for the concept to identify one or more data sources holding the business enterprise knowledge; retrieving the business enterprise knowledge from the identified one or more data sources as search result data; formatting the search result data as an answer to the question; and returning the search result data formatted as the answer to the question.
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