Refinement and calibration mechanism for improving classification of information assets
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSUSHAIN PANDIT, CHARLES K. SHANK, CHARLES D. WOLFSON
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Abstract
Techniques are described for refining the manual classification of assets classified or categorized using the terms of a business glossary. A semantic refinement mechanism is used to refine the manual classification of such assets, as well as subsequently evaluate the refined asset classifications. Further, the refined asset classifications may be used as a training set for a machine learning classifier. That is, should the classification of an asset contributing to a refinement change, the refinement based on that classification may be undone, at least in some cases.
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A computer-implemented method for refining asset classifications, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of assets, each asset having a classification of a term selected from a business glossary, wherein the business glossary provides a hierarchy of controlled vocabulary of terms used within an organization and wherein each asset is characterized in database records using a set of attributes selected from a domain ontology;
- evaluating, by operation of one or more computer processors, the classification assigned to each of the plurality of assets against a set of refinement criteria;
- and
- refining the classification assigned to at least a first asset, wherein the first asset satisfies the set of refinement criteria.
A computer program product storing executable instructions for configuring a computing appliance, which, when executed, performs an operation for refining asset classifications, the operation comprising:
- receiving a plurality of assets, each asset having a classification of a term selected from a business glossary, wherein the business glossary provides a hierarchy of controlled vocabulary of terms used within an organization and wherein each asset is characterized in database records using a set of attributes selected from a domain ontology;
- evaluating, by executing the instructions on a computer processor, the classification assigned to each of the plurality of assets against a set of refinement criteria;
- and
- refining the classification assigned to at least a first asset, wherein the first asset satisfies the set of refinement criteria.
A computing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory storing one or more executable components configured to perform an operation for refining asset classifications, the operation comprising:
- receiving a plurality of assets, each asset having a classification of a term selected from a business glossary, wherein the business glossary provides a hierarchy of controlled vocabulary of terms used within an organization and wherein each asset is characterized in database records using a set of attributes selected from a domain ontology;
- evaluating, by executing the instructions on the processor, the classification assigned to each of the plurality of assets against a set of refinement criteria;
- and
- refining the classification assigned to at least a first asset, wherein the first asset satisfies the set of refinement criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.