Patent ID: 8145580
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A data management apparatus for managing data elements using a plurality of metadata elements, the data management apparatus comprising: an organization unit configured to organize a folder system having a tree structure by repeating a classification operation in accordance with the number of metadata elements, the classification operation including a reorganization unit configured to reorganize the organized folder system having a tree structure by deleting, when a classification result based on a given one of the metadata elements is present in a given folder of the folders in the organized folder system and is not present in other folders having a same parent folder as the given folder and arranged in the same layer as that of the given folder, the parent folder and sub-folders of the parent folder, wherein the sub-folders include the given folder and are arranged in one or more layers lower than a layer of the parent folder; and an assignment unit configured to assign a classification condition used for the given folder to an upper-layer folder arranged in a layer higher than the layer of the parent folder deleted by the reorganization unit.