Linking related data in a document set including a plurality of books written by different groups of authors in a computer network
First Claim
1. A method performed on a computer for linking data in a document set including a plurality of books, comprising the steps of;
- tagging an information unit (iunit) from a first book with a tag that provides information about the iunit that includes a semantic attribute and a unique identifier;
exporting the tag to a tag repository; and
selecting the tag from the tag repository to request importation of the iunit to a second book.
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Abstract
Particularly, a system and method are disclosed that enable an author of a subsection of a document quickly to locate referenced information in other parts of the document or different documents prepared by other authors and then incorporate that information in their own document. An author tags information in their document that other authors might wish to import. Each time the document is updated, or as requested by the author, the author'"'"'s tags and other tags that reference information that is importable by default (e.g., section headings, figures, tables) are exported to a tag repository that is accessible to all other authors. The tag repository also holds the tags generated by other authors from different documents. Using information finding/linking programs any of the authors can search the tag repository and select tags corresponding to information they would like to import into their own documents. The information can be imported by reference, by hypertext link, or by simple copying, among other techniques.
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39 Claims
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1. A method performed on a computer for linking data in a document set including a plurality of books, comprising the steps of;
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tagging an information unit (iunit) from a first book with a tag that provides information about the iunit that includes a semantic attribute and a unique identifier; exporting the tag to a tag repository; and selecting the tag from the tag repository to request importation of the iunit to a second book. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer based band system for linking data in a document set including a plurality of books, comprising:
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a tag that provides information about an information unit (iunit) from a first book, including a semantic attribute and a unique identifier; a tagexporter configured to export the tag to a tag repository; and a tagfinder configured to select the tag from the tag repository and import the iunit to a second book. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A network system for linking data in a document set including a plurality of books, comprising:
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a plurality of networked nodes on which the books are stored; and a network tag repository accessible to the networked nodes; each of the networked nodes including; a set of tags, each providing information about a respective information unit (iunit) from a first book stored on that node; a tagexporter configured to export at least a subset of the tags to the network tag repository; and a tagfinder configured to select from the network tag repository a second set of tags, each providing information about a respective iunit from a second book, and, based on the second set of tags, to import the respective iunits from the second book into any of the books stored on that node.
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Specification