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Determining and storing at least one results set in a global ontology database for future use by an entity that subscribes to the global ontology database

  • US 8,495,004 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2006
  • Issued: 07/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of storing at least one validated results set in a global ontology database for future use by an entity that subscribes to said global ontology database comprising:

  • determining, by a processor, if global ontology data is stored in a global ontology database;

    if global ontology data is stored in said global ontology database, attempting to determine a mapping between first and second ontologies from said global ontology data;

    if a mapping between said first and second ontologies is determined from said global ontology data, validating said mapping between said first and second ontologies, and defining said validated mapping as a validated first results set;

    if global ontology data is not stored in said global ontology database or a mapping between said first and second ontologies is not determined from said global ontology data stored in said global ontology database, unifying said first and second ontologies by determining a mapping between said first and second ontologies, validating said mapping between said first and second ontologies, and defining said validated mapping as a validated first results set;

    if global ontology data is stored in said global ontology database and said global ontology data includes a results set comprising a mapping between said first and second ontologies, determining the mapping between said first and second ontologies by retrieving said mapping between said first and second ontologies from said global ontology database, validating said mapping between said first and second ontologies, and defining said validated mapping as a validated first results set;

    wherein said validating said mapping between said first and second ontologies comprises inferring corrections to mappings between elements of said first and second ontologies from corrections made by a user to data; and

    storing said validated first results set in said global ontology database for future use by an entity that subscribes to said global ontology database.

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