Patent ID: 7885949

Claim:
A method of managing terminology among one or more users, said method comprising: receiving data relating to a first glossary term from a first user, wherein the first user is associated with a first project in an organization; storing the received data relating to the first glossary term in a first memory area, said first memory area associated with the first user; receiving data relating to a second glossary term from a second user, wherein the second user is associated with a second project in the organization, said second project being different from the first project; storing the received data relating to the second glossary term in a second memory area, said second memory area associated with the second user; storing the data relating to the first glossary term in a central memory area in response to storing the data relating to the first glossary term in the first memory area; storing the data relating to the second glossary term in the central memory area in response to storing the data relating to the second glossary term in the second memory area, wherein the central memory area has a hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of tiers and wherein one of the tiers stores data representing the first project and the second project; and enabling the first user and the second user to access the central memory area to manage the first and second glossary terms as a function of the first project and the second project, said enabling the first user and the second user to access the central memory area comprising enabling the first and second users to manage the first and second glossary terms as a function of a defined relationship between the first user and the second user and the one or more projects associated with the central memory area, wherein a database rule and schema is responsible for the relationship by having an intermediary table providing multi-join capabilities and wherein a priority of permissions are assigned based on the role of each individual, said defined relationship identifying each user's permission setting with respect to each of the one or more projects.