Patent ID: 8538934

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium configured with data and with instructions that when executed by at least one processor causes the processor(s) to perform a process for managing structured datasets, the process comprising the computational steps of: obtaining in a user work context a structured dataset of interest which has at least one typed attribute, each typed attribute comprising a column name and an associated data type; casting the structured dataset into a samplex having at least one typed attribute in common with the structured dataset, the samplex also defined by at least the following characteristics: the samplex is a computational derivation of the structured dataset, the samplex does not compromise confidentiality of values in cells of the structured dataset, the samplex includes a computational adjustment which reflects at least one local condition, historic productivity being a local condition, enterprise policy also being a local condition; identifying at least one matching dataset or dataset service based at least partially on the samplex; and performing at least one of the following modifications based at least partially on the matching dataset: (a) enriching the structured dataset by adding at least one typed attribute of the matching dataset based at least partially on attribute frequent itemsets information; (b) enriching the structured dataset by adding at least one row of the matching dataset; (c) enriching the structured dataset by adding at least one cell value of the matching dataset to a row of the structured dataset; (d) changing at least one cell value of the structured dataset to match a cell value of the matching dataset or dataset service; or (e) adding the matching dataset to the user work context, wherein the matching dataset shares an entity with the structured dataset and does not share a typed attribute with the structured dataset.