Organizing Annotations

• US 20110145240A1
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sridharan, Hariharan
• Application Number:
  US12/638,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145240A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A method, a system and a computer program of organizing annotations are disclosed. The method includes receiving an annotation, accessing an annotation repository and accessing a reference repository. The annotation repository includes stored annotation units. The reference repository includes stored references corresponding to the stored annotation units. The method further includes generating a reference corresponding to the annotation and initializing the reference. The method further includes recursively parsing the annotation into annotation units and comparing the parsed annotation units with the stored annotation units. The method further includes populating the reference with appropriate stored references and generating new reference in response to the comparison. The method also includes updating the annotation repository in response to the comparison. Also disclosed are a system and a computer program for organizing annotations.

Claims

1. A method for organizing annotation data, the method comprising:

receiving an annotation;

generating a reference associated with the annotation;

initializing the generated reference;

parsing the received annotation; and

matching the parsed annotation with the at least one stored annotation unit, wherein the at least one stored annotation unit is accessed from an annotation repository.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a format of the annotation is at least one selected from a group comprising a textual content, a markup language based content, a video content, an audio content, and an audio-video content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a reference repository having at least one stored reference, wherein the at least one stored reference corresponds to the at least one stored annotation unit.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein parsing further comprises:

recursively identifying at least one annotation unit of the annotation, wherein the at least one annotation unit is a subset of the annotation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein matching further comprises:

comparing the at least one recursively identified annotation unit with the at least one stored annotation unit;

identifying a first set of annotation units, wherein the first set of annotation units includes recursively identified annotation units having a match with the at least one stored annotation unit; and

identifying a second set of annotation units, wherein the second set of annotation units includes recursively identified annotation units having no match with the at least one stored annotation unit.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein if the first set of annotation units is not null, the matching further comprises:

identifying stored reference corresponding to the at least one annotation unit from the first set of annotation units; and

inserting the identified stored reference in the reference.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein if the second set of annotation units is not null, the matching further comprises:

generating a stored reference corresponding to at least one annotation unit from the second set of annotation units;

inserting the generated stored reference in the reference;

storing the generated stored reference in the reference repository; and

storing the at least one annotation unit from the second set of annotation units in the annotation repository.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

storing the reference in the reference repository, in response to comparing all the recursively identified annotation units.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying recursively if at least one stored reference in the reference repository is an aggregate of at least two stored references corresponding to the annotation units of the first set of annotation units; and

if the aggregate is found and if substitution of the stored references by the aggregate reduces storage;

updating the reference with the aggregate; and

storing the updated reference and a corresponding link to the aggregate.

10. A system for organizing annotation data, the system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive an annotation;

generate a reference associated with the annotation;

initialize the generated reference;

parse the received annotation; and

match the parsed annotation with the at least one stored annotation unit, wherein the at least one stored annotation unit is accessed from an annotation repository.

11. The system of claim 10, the processor is further adapted to:

access a reference repository having at least one stored reference, wherein the at least one stored reference corresponds to the at least one stored annotation unit;

recursively identify at least one annotation unit of the annotation, wherein the at least one annotation unit is a subset of the annotation;

compare the at least one recursively identified annotation unit with the at least one stored annotation unit;

identify a first set of annotation units, wherein the first set of annotation units includes recursively identified annotation units having a match with the at least one stored annotation unit; and

identify a second set of annotation units, wherein the second set of annotation units includes recursively identified annotation units having no match with the at least one stored annotation unit.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one stored annotation unit is stored electronically.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one stored reference is stored electronically.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one stored annotation unit is electronically stored in a first file and the at least one corresponding stored reference is electronically stored in a second file.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one stored annotation unit and the at least one corresponding stored reference is electronically stored in a file.

16. The system of claim 11, the processor is further adapted to:

if the first set of annotation units is not null;

identify stored reference corresponding to the at least one annotation unit from the first set of annotation units; and

insert the identified stored reference in the reference; and

if the second set of annotation units is not null;

generate a stored reference corresponding to at least one annotation unit from the second set of annotation units;

insert the generated stored reference in the reference;

store the generated stored reference in the reference repository; and

store the at least one annotation unit from the second set of annotation units in the annotation repository.

17. The system of claim 16, the processor is further adapted to:

store the reference in the reference repository, in response to comparing all the recursively identified annotation units;

identify recursively if at least one stored reference in the reference repository is an aggregate of at least two stored references corresponding to the annotation units of the first set of annotation units; and

if the aggregate is found and if substitution of the stored references by the aggregate reduces storage;

update the reference with the aggregate; and

store the updated reference and a corresponding link to the aggregate.

18. A storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to carry out a method of method for organizing annotation data, the storage medium is configured to:

receive an annotation;

generate a reference associated with the annotation;

initialize the generated reference;

parse the received annotation; and

match the parsed annotation with the at least one stored annotation unit, wherein the at least one stored annotation unit is accessed from an annotation repository.

19. The storage medium of claim 18, further configured to:

access a reference repository having at least one stored reference, wherein the at least one stored reference corresponds to the at least one stored annotation unit;

recursively identify at least one annotation unit of the annotation, wherein the at least one annotation unit is a subset of the annotation;

compare the at least one recursively identified annotation unit with the at least one stored annotation unit;

identify a first set of annotation units, wherein the first set of annotation units includes recursively identified annotation units having a match with the at least one stored annotation unit; and

identify a second set of annotation units, wherein the second set of annotation units includes recursively identified annotation units having no match with the at least one stored annotation unit.

20. The storage medium of claim 19, further configured to:

if the first set of annotation units is not null;

identify stored reference corresponding to the at least one annotation unit from the first set of annotation units; and

insert the identified stored reference in the reference;

if the second set of annotation units is not null;

generate a stored reference corresponding to at least one annotation unit from the second set of annotation units;

insert the generated stored reference in the reference;

store the generated stored reference in the reference repository; and

store the at least one annotation unit from the second set of annotation units in the annotation repository;

store the reference in the reference repository, in response to comparing all the recursively identified annotation units;

identify recursively if at least one stored reference in the reference repository is an aggregate of at least two stored references corresponding to the annotation units of the first set of annotation units; and

if the aggregate is found and if substitution of the stored references by the aggregate reduces storage;

update the reference with the aggregate; and

store the updated reference and a corresponding link to the aggregate.