Patent ID: 8161061

Claim:
A module for determining a named entity of a terminology using a named entity dictionary and a mining rule combined with an ontology schema, the module comprising: a named entity dictionary and mining rule database for storing the named entity dictionary in which a named entity of a terminology combined with the ontology schema and connected to a concept (class) is defined, and a mining rule database in which a mining rule configured with a mining pattern and a resource description framework (RDF) triple combined with the ontology schema and connected to a relationship name (property) is defined; a mining pattern generation unit for recognizing a terminology from a text and converting the terminology into a mining pattern; a named entity and mining rule search unit for searching for a corresponding named entity and a mining rule respectively from the named entity dictionary and the mining rule database using the recognized terminology and the mining pattern; and a names entity selection unit for selecting, if two or more named entities corresponding to the recognized terminology are searched, a named entity matching to the concept configuring the RDF triple of the searched mining rule as a named entity of the terminology among the searched named entities.