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US 8,572,060 B2Granted
E-mail based semantic web collaboration and annotation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJordi A. Albornoz, Sean J. Martin, Benjamin H. Szekely
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Abstract
Semantic Web attributes are transmitted via an electronic message such as an email message. The attributes are extracted from the message by a program agent according to a predetermined plan. The extracted attributes are saved in storage wherein the storage is optionally an annotation store.
Claims20
A method for generating Semantic Web relationships comprising:
- receiving, at an automated agent, an electronic message at a first dedicated network address from a user sender, the electronic message comprising the first dedicated network address and a second dedicated network address directing the electronic message to at least one user recipient, wherein the automated agent is separate and distinct from a messaging server configured to send the electronic message to the at least one user recipient based on the second dedicated network address;
- analyzing a set of content in the electronic message, wherein the set of content comprises one or more Semantic Web attributes and one or more Semantic Web data relationships in a Resource Description Framework (“RDF”), wherein the Semantic Web attributes and Semantic Web data relationships in a Resource Description Framework have been manually typed by the user sender in syntactic patterns directly into a body portion of the electronic message without a use of templates and an automated agent to implement the RDF;
- selecting, based on the analyzing, at least one semantic metadata analysis method from a plurality of semantic metadata analysis methods, wherein the plurality of semantic analysis methods comprises at least a natural language analysis method and a syntactic pattern analysis method;
- extracting, based on the selected semantic metadata analysis method, from the electronic message a first attribute of the one or more Semantic Web attributes and a first data relationship of the one or more Semantic Web relationships;
- and
- saving the first attribute and the first data relationship in a searchable storage.
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A computer program product for generating Semantic Web relationships, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
- receiving, at an automated agent, an electronic message at a dedicated network address from a user sender,
- the electronic message comprising the first dedicated network address and a second dedicated network address directing the electronic message to at least one user recipient, wherein the automated agent is separate and distinct from a messaging server configured to send the electronic message to the at least one user recipient based on the second dedicated network address;
- analyzing a set of content in the electronic message, wherein the set of content comprises one or more Semantic Web attributes and one or more Semantic Web data relationships in a Resource Description Framework (“RDF”), wherein the Semantic Web attributes and Semantic Web data relationships in a Resource Description Framework have been manually typed by the user sender in syntactic patterns directly into the body portion of the electronic message without a use of templates and an automated agent to implement the RDF;
- selecting, based on the analyzing, at least one semantic metadata analysis method from a plurality of semantic metadata analysis methods, wherein the plurality of semantic analysis methods comprises at least a natural language analysis method and a syntactic pattern analysis method;
- extracting, based on the selected semantic metadata analysis method, from the electronic message a first attribute of the one or more Semantic Web attributes and a first data relationship of the one or more Semantic Web relationships;
- and
- saving the first attribute and the first data relationship in a searchable storage.
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A system for generating Semantic Web relationships, the system comprising:
- a network;
- a computer system in communication with the network wherein the computer system includes instructions to execute a method comprising:
- receiving, at an automated agent, an electronic message at a dedicated network address from a user sender,
- the electronic message comprising the first dedicated network address and a second dedicated network address directing the electronic message to at least one user recipient, wherein the automated agent is separate and distinct from a messaging server configured to send the electronic message to the at least one user recipient based on the second dedicated network address;
- analyzing a set of content in the electronic message, wherein the set of content comprises one or more Semantic Web attributes and one or more Semantic Web data relationships in a Resource Description Framework (“RDF”), wherein the Semantic Web attributes and Semantic Web data relationships in a Resource Description Framework have been manually typed by the user sender in syntactic patterns directly into a body portion of the electronic message without a use of templates and an automated agent to implement the RDF;
- selecting, based on the analyzing, at least one semantic metadata analysis method from a plurality of semantic metadata analysis methods, wherein the plurality of semantic analysis methods comprises at least a natural language analysis method and a syntactic pattern analysis method;
- extracting, based on the selected semantic metadata analysis method, from the electronic message a first attribute of the one or more Semantic Web attributes and a first data relationship of the one or more Semantic Web relationships;
- and
- saving the first attribute and the first data relationship in a searchable storage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.