Indicating level of confidence in digital content
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlan F. Benner, Bilicon Patil
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Abstract
Rating content of a digital file includes analyzing, by a computer, data associated with content of the digital file based on predetermined criteria defining a confidence level in the content of the digital file. Each predetermined criterion includes a range of values and at least one threshold delineating a lower confidence level and a higher confidence level. Different confidence ratings are assigned to different segments of the content based on determining that the different segments correspond to different thresholds of the predetermined criteria. The computer associates the different confidence ratings to the different segments.
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A computer implemented method for rating content of a digital file, the method comprising:
- analyzing, by a computer, data associated with content of the digital file based on predetermined criteria defining a confidence level in the content of the digital file, each predetermined criterion comprising a range of values and at least one threshold delineating a lower confidence level and a higher confidence level;
- assigning a different confidence rating to different segments of the content based on determining that the different segments correspond to different thresholds of the predetermined criteria;
- and
- associating, by the computer, the different confidence ratings to the different segments,
- wherein the content is one of computer code, word processing content and computer-aided design content, the computer code further comprising:
- each segment corresponds to a separate line of the computer code,
- assigning a different confidence rating to the different segments of the content includes assigning a different confidence rating to separate lines of the computer code, wherein:
- each segment corresponds to a separate group of words in the word processing content,
- assigning a different confidence rating to the different segments of the content includes assigning a different confidence rating to separate groups of words in the word processing content, and
- the computer-aided design content further comprises a graphical design of a computer-aided design program, wherein:
- each segment corresponds to a separate component of the graphical design, and
- assigning a different confidence rating to the different segments of the content includes assigning a different confidence to separate components in the graphical design.
A computer program product for rating content of a digital file, the computer program product comprising:
- a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
- analyzing, by the processing circuit, data associated with segments of content of the digital file based on predetermined criteria defining a confidence level in the content of the digital file, each predetermined criterion comprising a range of values and at least one threshold delineating a lower confidence level and a higher confidence level;
- assigning a different confidence rating to different segments of the content based on determining that the different segments correspond to different thresholds of the predetermined criteria;
- and
- associating, by the processing circuit, the different confidence ratings to the different segments,
- wherein the content is one of computer code, word processing content and computer-aided design content, the computer code further comprising:
- each segment corresponds to a separate line of the computer code,
- assigning a different confidence rating to the different segments of the content includes assigning a different confidence rating to separate lines of the computer code, wherein:
- each segment corresponds to a separate group of words in the word processing content,
- assigning a different confidence rating to the different segments of the content includes assigning a different confidence rating to separate groups of words in the word processing content, and
- the computer-aided design content further comprises a graphical design of a computer-aided design program, wherein:
- each segment corresponds to a separate component of the graphical design, and
- assigning a different confidence rating to the different segments of the content includes assigning a different confidence to separate components in the graphical design.
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