Patent ID: 7953697
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for collaboratively developing information, the method comprising: storing, by an information delivery system (IDS) program of an IDS, an information set and a vocabulary in an IDS data storage of the IDS, wherein the content owner authors the information set and the vocabulary for describing information represented by the information set, wherein the information set comprises at least one item that represents a respective information, wherein the vocabulary defined by the content owner comprises at least one pair (T, C(T)) of a term T and a respective confidence level associated with the term C(T), wherein the respective confidence level C(T) represents how reliable a statement comprising the term T is; receiving an annotation with respect to an item of said at least one item from a contributing user, wherein the annotation comprises an assertion and a user identifier of the contributing user, wherein the contributing user creates the assertion commenting information represented in the item; and integrating the item with the received annotation such that the integrated item replaces the item created by the content owner within the information set stored in the IDS data storage and such that the integrated item represents information collaboratively developed by the content owner as well as the contributing user identified by the user identifier, wherein said storing, said receiving, and said integrating are performed by the IDS program.