Method and system for organizing an annotation structure and for querying data and annotations

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations in a source separate from the data, using a data integration engine;
• generating a query for simultaneously querying for particular data and annotations;
• and
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any.

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations;
• generating a query for querying for particular annotations in the context of data;
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any;
• and
• wherein organizing the annotation structure includes selecting an annotatable data item to be annotated by selecting an attribute of an entity, where the entity is referenced by any one or more of:
• an index, a schema object, or a set of the attribute or schema object.

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations in a source separate from the data, using a data integration engine;
• generating a query for querying for particular annotations in the context of data;
• and
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any.

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations;
• querying for particular data in the context of annotations by selecting an annotation category of interest, and by entering a data query predicate based on a selected annotation category;
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any;
• and
• wherein organizing the annotation structure includes selecting an annotatable data item to be annotated by selecting an attribute of an entity, where the entity is referenced by any one or more of:
• an index, a schema object, or a set of the attribute or schema object.

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations in a source separate from the data, using a data integration engine;
• querying for particular data in the context of annotations by selecting an annotation category of interest, and by entering a data query predicate based on a selected annotation category;
• and
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any.

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations;
• querying for particular annotations in the context of data by generating a query;
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any;
• wherein organizing the annotation structure includes selecting an annotatable data item to be annotated by selecting an attribute of an entity, where the entity is referenced by any one or more of:
• an index, a schema object, or a set of the attribute or schema object;
• and
• wherein organizing the annotation structure includes using a data integration engine to select an annotatable data item originating from at least two sources.

A method of managing information containing data, comprising:

• organizing an annotation structure;
• inputting annotations;
• querying for particular data in the context of annotations by selecting an annotation category of interest, and by entering a data query predicate based on a selected annotation category;
• in response to the query, retrieving the particular data and annotations, if any;
• wherein organizing the annotation structure includes selecting an annotatable data item to be annotated by selecting an attribute of an entity, where the entity is referenced by any one or more of:
• an index, a schema object, or a set of the attribute or schema object;
• and
• wherein organizing the annotation structure includes using a data integration engine to select an annotatable data item originating from at least two sources.