Method, system, and computer program product for semantic annotation of data in a software system

• US 20070233668A1
• Filed: 04/03/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Osipov, Kirill
• Application Number:
  US11/396,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20070233668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A method, system, and program product for rapid semantic annotation of data in a software system is disclosed. The method may include receiving an annotated portion of a data set; and producing a recommended annotation for a data sample of the data set, wherein the recommended annotation is derived from the received annotated portion. The recommended annotation may be a ranked list of potential semantic associations and/or a hierarchy of all available semantic associations. The software system may be a learning system. Significant time (both overall and with each annotation) is saved in the semantic annotation process.

Claims

1. A method of semantic annotation of data in a software system, comprising:

receiving an annotated portion of a data set; and

producing a recommended annotation for a data sample of the data set, wherein the recommended annotation is derived from the received annotated portion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the software system is selected from a group consisting of a speech recognition system, a video analysis system, and a text search and categorization system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the producing further comprises:

developing a hierarchy of all available semantic associations to the data set.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommended annotation comprises a ranked list of potential semantic annotations.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommended annotation comprises a label.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving further comprises:

annotating a first portion of the data set.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising annotating the data sample with the recommended annotation.

8. A method of semantic annotation of data in a software system, comprising:

providing a data set;

receiving a selected sample from the data set; and

providing a recommended semantic association for the selected sample.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the recommended semantic association comprises a hierarchical list of semantic associations.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the recommended semantic association is graphically displayed to a user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the software system is selected from a group consisting of:

a speech recognition system, a video analysis system, and a text search and categorization system.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the recommended semantic association is selected from a group consisting of:

an annotated data set, a hierarchy of available semantic associations, and a ranked list of potential semantic associations.

13. A system for semantic annotation of data in a software system, comprising:

a system for receiving an annotated portion of a data set; and

a system for producing a recommended annotation for a data sample of the data set, wherein the recommended annotation is derived from the received annotated portion.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the software system is selected from a group consisting of a speech recognition system, a video analysis system, and a text search and categorization system.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the system for producing further comprises:

a system for developing a hierarchy of all available semantic associations.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the recommended annotation comprises a ranked list of potential semantic annotations.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the recommended annotation comprises a label.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the system for receiving further comprises:

a system for annotating a first portion of the data set.

19. The system of claim 13, further comprising a system for annotating the data sample with the recommended annotation.

20. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for providing semantic annotation of data in a software system, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the steps of:

receiving an annotated portion of a data set; and

producing a recommended annotation for a data sample of the data set, wherein the recommended annotation is derived from the received annotated portion.