Heterogeneous multi-level extendable indexing for general purpose annotation systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8321470
APP PUB NO 20050203876A1
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10600382

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Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for indexing annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. A set of parameters uniquely identifying an annotated data object may be converted to an index comprising a set of index values, each corresponding to a column in a homogeneous index table. In order to accommodate the indexing of heterogeneous data objects, a mapping may be provided for each different type (or classification) of data object that may be annotated, that defines how the identifying parameters of that type will be mapped to the columns of the homogeneous index table.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Cragun, Brian J Rochester, US 88 4370
Rice, Julia E Sunnyvale, US 9 224
Schwarz, Peter M San Jose, US 19 591
Swope, William C Morgan Hill, US 8 212
Tran, Hoa T Rochester, US 21 595

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