Community metadata dictionary
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsTim Smith, Mark Eyer
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of controlling data translation between communities can include: receiving data from a first community in a second community, where the data has a tag associated therewith; searching a metadata dictionary in the second community for an entry corresponding to the tag; translating the received data to provide translated data using a community definition from the entry corresponding to the tag; and outputting the translated data to the second community.
Claims20
A method of controlling data translation between communities, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a first community in a second community, the data having a tag associated therewith;
- searching a metadata dictionary in the second community for an entry corresponding to the tag;
- translating the received data to provide translated data using a community definition from the entry corresponding to the tag;
- and
- outputting the translated data to the second community.
An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors, and when executed operable to:
- receive data from a first community in a second community, the data having a tag associated therewith;
- search a metadata dictionary in the second community for an entry corresponding to the tag;
- translate the received data to provide translated data using a community definition from the entry corresponding to the tag;
- and
- output the translated data to the second community.
A community translation system, comprising:
- means for receiving data from a first community in a second community, the data having a tag associated therewith;
- means for searching a metadata dictionary in the second community for an entry corresponding to the tag;
- means for translating the received data to provide translated data using a community definition from the entry corresponding to the tag;
- and
- means for outputting the translated data to the second community.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.