Employing organizational context within a collaborative tagging system

• US 8,819,066 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Banatwala, Mustansir, Zurko, Mary Ellen
• Primary Examiner(s): DWIVEDI, MAHESH H
• Application Number:
  US11/962,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,440 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of employing organizational context within a collaborative tagging system can include receiving at least one tag for an artifact from a user, determining at least one attribute of the user, and storing a tag record including the tag, the attribute of the user, and an association of the tag with the artifact.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of employing organizational context within a collaborative tagging system, the method comprising:

receiving at least one tag for an artifact from a user;

determining at least one attribute of the user, wherein the at least one attribute comprises a security level associated with the user;

storing a tag record comprising the tag, the attribute of the user, and an association of the tag with the artifact;

determining a subset of tags of the tagging system according to the security level of the user; and

presenting the subset of tags to the user, wherein the tag for the artifact is selected from the subset of tags.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one attribute comprises determining an identity of the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a subset of tags of the tagging system according to the identity of the user; and

presenting the subset of tags to the user, wherein the tag for the artifact is selected from the subset of tags.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one attribute further comprises determining organizational information of the user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a subset of tags of the tagging system according to the organizational information of the user; and

presenting the subset of tags to the user, wherein the tag for the artifact is selected from the subset of tags.

6. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising computer-usable program code stored thereon that employs organizational context within a collaborative tagging system, the computer-readable storage comprising:

computer-usable program code that receives at least one tag for an artifact from a user;

computer-usable program code that determines at least one attribute of the user, wherein the at least one attribute comprises a security level associated with the user;

computer-usable program code that stores a tag record comprising the tag, the attribute of the user, and an association of the tag with the artifact;

computer-usable program code that determines a subset of tags of the tagging system according to the security level of the user; and

computer-usable program code that presents the subset of tags to the user, wherein the tag for the artifact is selected from the subset of tags.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer-usable program code that determines at least one attribute comprises computer-usable program code that determines an identity of the user.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer-usable program code that determines at least one attribute comprises computer-usable program code that determines organizational information of the user.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer-usable medium further comprises:

computer-usable program code that determines a subset of tags of the tagging system according to the organizational information of the user; and

computer-usable program code that presents the subset of tags to the user, wherein the tag for the artifact is selected from the subset of tags.