Method and apparatus for optimizing distribution of information and queries in information spaces

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• receive a request, from a device, to perform an information management operation or query directed at one or more semantic information brokers,
• determine provenance, ownership, or privacy of information within the one or more semantic information brokers,
• determine a strategy for distributing the operation or query among the one or more semantic information brokers based, at least in part, on the provenance, ownership, or privacy information, and
• distribute the operation or query among the one or more semantic information brokers according to the determined strategy.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• receiving a request, from a device, to perform an information management operation or query directed at one or more semantic information brokers;
• determining provenance, ownership, or privacy of information within the one or more semantic information brokers;
• determining a strategy for distributing the operation or query among the one or more semantic information brokers based, at least in part, on the provenance, ownership, or privacy information;
• and
• distributing the operation or query among the one or more semantic information brokers according to the determined strategy.