Method for utilizing audience-specific metadata
US7689631B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4532
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One or more embodiments of the invention enable a user to create multiple non-redundant views using metadata targeted at a specific audience that comprises language, regional, regulatory and/or cultural specific values. The word “audience” for the purposes of this specification means a group of document consumers such as people or computers that are associated with a language, country, region, regulation or culture. Audience specific data therefore is data targeted at a specific audience and audience specific metadata is related to the descriptive information related to the data, such as a table name or a field name for example. At least one embodiment of the invention makes use of rule-based inheritance in providing metadata values via layers that comprise audience specific data.
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