Managing a classification system and associated selection mechanism

• US 9,898,524 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2013
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Longo, Deirdre S., Schlotfeldt, Jenifer, Priestley, Michael F., Xue, Wen Ke, Zhou, Yi Yan
• Primary Examiner(s): Mobin, Hasanul
• Application Number:
  US14/084,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/367 Ontology

Abstract

Generating a wizard includes receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy, receiving a defined set of content files to form received content files, and loading the received content files and the received scheme. The received content files can be tagged using the received scheme. A wizard can be generated using the received scheme. The generated wizard is capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented process for generating a wizard, the computer-implemented process comprising:

receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy;

receiving a defined set of content files to form received content files;

loading the received content files and the received scheme;

tagging the received content files using the received scheme; and

generating, using a processor unit, a wizard using the received scheme to create a generated wizard capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard, wherein receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme further comprises;

responsive to determination the set of schemes does not exist, prompting a user for a definition of a scheme.

2. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme further comprises:

determining whether a set of schemes exists;

responsive to determination the set of schemes exist, prompting a user for a selection from among the set of schemes; and

receiving a selected scheme from the set of schemes.

3. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein the scheme is a taxonomy containing content classification information and is one of a master scheme or a subset of the master scheme to form the received scheme and wherein the scheme further comprises definitions of classification tags and additional annotations including attributes, groupings, and labels.

4. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein receiving the defined set of content files to form received content files further comprises:

content files conforming to a Darwin Information Typing Architecture specification.

5. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein generating the wizard using the received scheme further comprises:

generating an updated wizard responsive to a change in a subject scheme, wherein the generation of the wizard is dependent upon the change in the subject scheme to construct object relations in a context of the subject scheme wherein the wizard is continually synchronized with the subject scheme.

6. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein generating the wizard using the received scheme to create a generated wizard further comprises:

using a single-source for a classification scheme and a complex value selection mechanism, wherein the scheme is one of a master scheme defining a general scheme used to classify content using the scheme and a subset of the scheme for a particular selection scenario.

7. A computer program product for generating a wizard, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer recordable-type media containing computer executable program code stored thereon, the computer executable program code executed by a processor unit to perform a method comprising;

receiving, using the processor unit, a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy;

receiving, using the processor unit, a defined set of content files to form received content files;

loading, using the processor unit, the received content files and the received scheme;

tagging, using the processor unit, the received content files using the received scheme; and

generating, using the processor unit, a wizard using the received scheme to create a generated wizard capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard, wherein receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme further comprises;

responsive to determination that the set of schemes does not exist, prompting a user for a definition of a scheme, wherein the scheme is authored as an XML file representing a taxonomy with additional information in grouping elements and attributes.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme further comprises:

determining whether a set of schemes exists;

responsive to determination that the set of schemes exist, prompting a user for a selection from among the set of schemes, wherein the scheme is authored as an XML file representing a taxonomy with additional information in grouping elements and attributes; and

receiving a selected scheme from the set of schemes.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the scheme is a taxonomy containing content classification information and is one of a master scheme or a subset of the master scheme to form the received scheme and wherein the scheme further comprises definition of classification tags and additional annotations including attributes, groupings, and labels.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein receiving the defined set of content files to form received content files further comprises:

receiving content files conforming to a Darwin Information Typing Architecture specification.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein generating the wizard using the received scheme further comprises:

generating an updated wizard responsive to a change in a subject scheme, wherein the generation of the wizard is dependent upon the change in the subject scheme to construct object relations in a context of the subject scheme wherein the wizard is continually synchronized with the subject scheme.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein generating the wizard using the received scheme to create a generated wizard further comprises:

using a single-source for a classification scheme and a complex value selection mechanism, wherein the scheme is one of a master scheme defining a general scheme used to classify content using the scheme and a subset of the scheme for a particular selection scenario.

13. An apparatus for generating a wizard, the apparatus comprising:

a memory comprising computer executable program code;

a processor unit configured to execute the computer executable program code to direct the apparatus to;

receive a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy;

receive a defined set of content files to form received content files;

load the received content files and the received scheme;

tag the received content files using the received scheme; and

generate a wizard using the received scheme to create a generated wizard capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard, wherein the processor unit executes the computer executable program code to receive a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme further directs the apparatus to;

responsive to determination that the set of schemes does not exist, prompt a user for a definition of a scheme, wherein the scheme is authored as an XML file representing a taxonomy with additional information in grouping elements and attributes.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor unit executes the computer executable program code to receive a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme further directs the apparatus to:

determine whether a set of schemes exists;

responsive to determination the set of schemes exist, prompt a user for a selection from among the set of schemes, wherein the scheme is authored as an XML file representing a taxonomy with additional information in grouping elements and attributes; and

receive a selected scheme from the set of schemes.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the scheme is a taxonomy containing content classification information and is one of a master scheme or a subset of the master scheme to form the received scheme and wherein the scheme further comprises definitions of classification tags and additional annotations including attributes, groupings, and labels.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor unit executes the computer executable program code to receive the defined set of content files to form received content files further directs the apparatus to:

receive content files conforming to a Darwin Information Typing Architecture specification.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor unit executes the computer executable program code to generate the wizard using the received scheme further directs the apparatus to:

generate an updated wizard responsive to a change in a subject scheme, wherein the generation of the wizard is dependent upon the change in the subject scheme to construct object relations in a context of the subject scheme wherein the wizard is continually synchronized with the subject scheme.