Patent ID: 7539934

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for developing an annotation lexicon, comprising: obtaining a set of annotations for at least one piece of content, the at least one piece of content including image data, wherein each annotation includes at least one term that describes a corresponding piece of content, and wherein the at least one term is drawn from the annotation lexicon; obtaining a plurality of computational tests, wherein the plurality of computational tests includes: a first computational test to determine whether the at least one term in the set of annotations meets with an expected frequency of use; a second computational test to determine whether any groupings of the at least one term in the set of annotations are commonly used together; a third computational test to determine whether any groupings of the at least one term in the set of annotations are rarely used together; a fourth computational test to determine which of the at least one term in the set of annotations is most predictive of the at least one piece of content; and a fifth computational test to determine one or more clusters of the at least one term in the set of annotations; analyzing the set of annotations using at least one of the plurality of computational tests to determine an effectiveness of the at least one term; and providing feedback based on the analyzing to develop the annotation lexicon.