Business semantic network build
AssigneeSap SE
InventorRobert Heidasch
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Abstract
Pre-existing business objects (e.g., component parts of large business applications) may already define a hierarchy of related terms and include a search index created by a pre-existing search function. A semantic network including a plurality of semantic knowledge domains may be constructed automatically, based on the objects' initial terms structure and search index, and further modified by search results and related terms returned by the search function. This way, a customer specific semantic network may be constructed automatically from pre-existing software components and terms.
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A method for building a semantic network of knowledge domains, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of pre-existing business objects:
- building a knowledge domain, including:
- importing, with an electronic processor, an initial configuration based on structured terms pre-defined in the respective pre-existing business object;
- executing, with the electronic processor, a search for each term of the initial configuration using a search tool that provides search results that include the respective term and related terms;
- creating a new term for the knowledge domain for each of the related terms not currently in the knowledge domain;
- and
- connecting the respective term to the new term within the knowledge domain.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions configured to be executed by a processor, the instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the performance of a method, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of pre-existing business objects:
- building a knowledge domain, including:
- importing, with an electronic processor, an initial configuration based on structured terms pre-defined in the respective pre-existing business object;
- executing, with the electronic processor, a search for each term of the initial configuration using a search tool that provides search results that include the respective term and related terms;
- creating a new term for the knowledge domain for each of the related terms not currently in the knowledge domain;
- and
- connecting the respective term to the new term within the knowledge domain.
A system for building a semantic network of knowledge domains, comprising:
- an electronic processor configured to:
- build, for each of a plurality of pre-existing business objects, a knowledge domain, including:
- importing an initial configuration based on structured terms pre-defined in the respective pre-existing business object;
- executing a search for each term of the initial configuration using a search tool that provides search results that include the respective term and related terms;
- creating a new term for the knowledge domain for each of the related terms not currently in the knowledge domain;
- and
- connecting the respective term to the new term within the knowledge domain.
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