Patent ID: 7426525
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A processor-implemented method for identifying an object using an object description language, comprising: reading a set of attribute values from a data storage arrangement, the set of attribute values describing an object according to an object description language; wherein the attribute values are specified as one or more text strings in a plurality of statements in the object description language and each attribute value is associated with a subject part and a predicate part of a respective statement in the object description language, and the subject-parts of the plurality of statements are equal; calculating respective numerical hash values for each attribute value of the set of attribute values; forming a unique identifier as a function of the numerical hash values; creating a reference to the object as a function of the unique identifier; establishing an identity of the object in the object description language using the reference to the object; and wherein establishing the identity includes replacing the subject part in each of the plurality of statements with the unique identifier.