Patent ID: 7287029
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer-readable storage medium, the program comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to: present to a user a storage interface to receive location information from the user to identify a storage location identifier for a data asset to be saved; link the storage interface to a searchable tag database of concept data elements, asset references, and associations, the concept data elements each representing a concept and having a hierarchy specified by concept hierarchy information, the asset references each comprising a storage location identifier for a corresponding one of a plurality of data assets, and the associations representing different types of relations between one of the plurality of data assets and one of a plurality of concepts represented by the concept data elements; receive from the user through the storage interface the location information for the data asset to be saved and a selection identifying a concept and a relation between the concept and the data asset to be saved; and store in the tag database an asset reference for the data asset to be saved and create in the tag database an association representing the identified relation between the data asset to be saved and the identified concept.