Patent Document ID: 8150857
Application ID: 11625761

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of disciplining data input to a multi-contextual and multi-dimensional database, the method comprising: providing a template identifying subject matter specific settings, wherein the settings comprise a default ontology or taxonomy, and wherein the template includes a template identification and a version; generating a new record based on the template and an existing record; assigning a unique identification code to the new record including a reference to the template identification and version; scoring the new record on a relative scale based on the quality of the information in the new record, wherein the quality of information depends in part upon the quality of the credentials with regard to a source entity, data generation device or software, or author associated with the new record; and storing the new record in a database.

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Claim 24:
24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quality of information depends in part upon the quality of the credentials with regard to the source entity, data generation device or software, and author associated with the new record.