Information processing apparatus, resource identifying program, and resource identifying method

• US 8,392,524 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Matsubara, Masazumi, Wada, Yuji, Matsumoto, Yasuhide, Watanabe, Yukihiro, Shimada, Kuniaki, Katsuno, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/351,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/216, 709/217, 709/226, 709/245, 709/246, 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/256 in federated or virtual databases

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit which acquires a related resource having a predetermined relation to an unfixed resource which is unfixed from among a plurality of fixed resources; and an identifying unit which searches the plurality of fixed resources for the acquired related resource and a resource different from the related resource having the predetermined relation as resources to identify the resources to be identified and the unfixed resource.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor to execute a process including;

acquiring from multiple already-identified resources at least one related resource linked in a prescribed manner to an unidentified resource;

retrieving the aforementioned related resources,

retrieving another resource from within the multiple already-identified resources as an identified target resource linked in the prescribed manner to the undefined resource,

identifying the identified target resource with the unidentified resource; and

calculating a concordance rate representing a rate of matching between at least one piece of defining information which defines the identified target resource and at least one piece of defining information which defines the unidentified resource.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, the process further including:

when the calculated concordance rate exceeds a predetermined threshold value, merging the defining information of the identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, the process further including:

displaying the calculated concordance rate,

selecting whether the defining information of the identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource are to be merged, and

if a merge is allowed, merging the defining information of identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource.

4. A non-transitory recording medium on which a resource identifying program which is executed by a computer is recorded, the resource identifying program causing a computer to perform a process comprising:

acquiring from multiple already-identified resources at least one related resource linked in a prescribed manner to an unidentified resource;

retrieving the aforementioned related resources, retrieving another resource from within the multiple already-identified resources as an identified target resource linked in the prescribed manner to the unidentified resource, and identifying the identified target resource with the unidentified resource; and

calculating a concordance rate representing a rate of matching between at least one piece of defining information which defines the identified target resource and at least one piece of defining information which defines the unidentified resource.

5. The non-transitory recording medium on which a resource identifying program is recorded, according to claim 4, further comprising:

when the calculated concordance rate exceeds a predetermined threshold value, merging the defining information of the identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource.

6. The non-transitory recording medium on which a resource identifying program is recorded, according to claim 4, further comprising:

displaying the calculated concordance rate, selecting whether or not the defining information of the resource to be identified and the defining information of the unfixed resource are to be merged, and if a merge is allowed, merging the defining information of identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource.

7. A resource identifying method comprising:

acquiring from multiple already-identified resources at least one related resource linked in a prescribed manner to an unidentified resource;

retrieving the aforementioned related resources, retrieving another resource from within the multiple already-identified resources as an identified target resource linked in the prescribed manner to the unidentified resource, and identifying the identified target resource with the unidentified resource; and

calculating a concordance rate representing a rate of matching between at least one piece of defining information which defines the identified target resource and at least one piece of defining information which defines the unidentified resource.

8. A resource identifying method according to claim 7, further comprising:

when the calculated concordance rate exceeds a predetermined threshold value, merging the defining information of the identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource.

9. A resource identifying method according to claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the calculated concordance rate, selecting whether or not the defining information of the identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource are to be merged, and if a merge is allowed, merging the defining information of identified target resource and the defining information of the unidentified resource.