Neighborhood auditing tool and user interface
AssigneeNew Jersey Institute of Technology
InventorsYehoshua Perl, James Geller
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Abstract
Techniques are described that generally relate to systems, methods, and devices designed to facilitate the auditing of ontologies. Example methods may be designed so that the neighborhood concepts for a selected focus concept may be automatically displayed in a hybrid display that efficiently uses display area, while the concepts may be generally presented in an easy-to-comprehend format.
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A computer-implemented method to generate a display image to audit an ontology, the method comprising:
- selecting a concept in the ontology with the computer device to provide a currently selected focus concept;
- formatting in a first window region of the display image the currently selected focus concept;
- formatting in a second window region of the display image one or more higher concepts, wherein the one or more higher concepts are at least one level of hierarchy higher than the currently selected focus concept;
- formatting in a third window region of the display image one or more lower concepts, wherein the one or more lower concepts are at least one level of hierarchy lower than the currently selected focus concept;
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- formatting in a fourth window region of the display image one or more lateral relationships' target concepts, wherein the one or more lateral relationships' target concepts are laterally associated with the currently selected focus concept, and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth window regions are formatted for concurrent viewing.
An apparatus for generating a display image to audit one or more concepts in an ontology, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium arranged to store computer-readable instructions;
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- a processor that is configured by the computer-readable instructions from the computer-readable storage medium to:
- select a concept in the ontology as a currently selected focus concept;
- identify one or more concepts in the ontology that are at least one level of hierarchy higher than the currently selected focus concept as higher concepts, at least one level of hierarchy lower than the currently selected focus concept as lower concepts, or laterally associated with the currently selected focus concept as lateral relationships' target concepts;
- define a first window region, a second window region, a third window region, and a fourth window region of the display image;
- generate content in the first defined window region to include the currently selected focus concept;
- selectively generate content in the second defined window region for one or two higher concepts in the ontology when identified;
- selectively generate content in the third defined window region for one or two lower concepts when identified;
- selectively generate content in the fourth defined window region for one or two lateral relationships' target concepts in the ontology when identified;
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- render the display image such that the first, second, third, and fourth defined window regions are concurrently rendered in the display image.
A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions for generating a display image to audit one or more concepts in an ontology, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- selecting a focus concept in the ontology as a currently selected focus concept;
- identifying one or more concepts in the ontology that are at least one level of hierarchy higher than the currently selected focus concept as higher concepts, at least one level of hierarchy lower than the currently selected focus concept as lower concepts, or laterally associated with the currently selected focus concept as lateral relationships' target concepts;
- defining a first window region, a second window region, a third window region, and a fourth window region of the display image;
- generating content in the first defined window region to include the currently selected focus concept;
- selectively generating content in the second defined window region for lower concepts when identified;
- selectively generating content in the third defined window region for higher concepts when identified;
- selectively generating content the fourth defined window region for lateral relationships' target concepts when identified;
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- rendering the display image such that the first, second, third, and fourth defined window regions are concurrently rendered in the display image.
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