Abstract: A distributed ontology system including a central computer comprising a global ontology directory, a plurality of ontology server computers, each including a repository of class and relation definitions, and a server for responding to queries relating to class and relation definitions in the repository, and a computer network connecting the central computer with the plurality of ontology server computers. A method is also described and claimed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 29, 2006
Assignee:
Unicorn Solutions
Inventors:
Ziv Zalman Hellman, Marcel Zvi Schreiber, Tom Yechiel Yuval