Schema for federated searching
US8229963B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/217
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a schema to describe the structure of a data store that may be used to query the data store. The schema may include a property description describing static and contextual attributes of a property of the data store. The schema may also include a property reference describing contextual attributes of a property of the data store, while referencing static attributes from a property description in another schema. In some instances, the schema may further describe item types and/or kinds for the data store.
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