Patent Document ID: 7640267
Application ID: 10719002

Base Claim:
1. A method of semantically representing a target entity using a semantic object, the method comprising: identifying a set of meta-tags having associated metadata entries to represent attributes associated with the target entity in the semantic object, the semantic object being stored on a computer-readable storage medium; wherein at least one meta-tag of the set of meta-tags is defined using an ontology; storing in a metadata entry in the semantic object on the computer-readable storage medium an attribute including an access policy that specifies how the semantic object is shared over a network; sharing, over a network, the semantic object with a user via a computational device in accordance with the access policy of the semantic object; displaying the semantic object on a display screen of the computational device; creating a second semantic object to represent information resource or tacit information, the second semantic object comprising meta-tags which identify semantic information and rules regarding at least one of: how the second semantic object (i) interacts with, (ii) is manipulated by, and (iii) is displayed to human beings and automated processes; seeking to detect the information resource containing information that is represented by the second semantic object; linking the second semantic object to the information resource to represent the information resource using the second semantic object; wherein the second semantic object is configured to have a link to or from any number of other semantic objects.

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Claim 17:
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata entry is retrieved on-demand.