Patent ID: 6704739
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a computer program application, a method of responding to a user request that the application open a data asset, the method comprising:presenting to the user a location interface to receive location information from the user to locate a desired data asset; linking the location 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 the plurality of concepts represented by concept data elements; receiving from the user through the location interface a query identifying a concept and a relation; using the query to search the tag database to identify a set of data assets each having the relation with the concept; and presenting to the user information identifying the data assets in the set.