Abstract: In a cooperative insight-sharing system, a method of reducing steps to index and retrieve an insight data object. The cooperative insight-sharing system stores the insight data object in an insight database, and compares insight attributes of the insight data object to known attributes stored in a reference database. Based on the comparison, the cooperative insight-sharing system derives an insight actionability measure, and links the insight actionability measure to the insight data object. The cooperative insight-sharing system generates a measure analysis of the insight actionability measure as a function of the reference database and the insight attributes of the insight data object, and causes an output device to render the measure analysis to a user.

Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods in which a user could mark one or more sections of one or more documents to create an annotation in a manner to easily enable verification of the annotation. An annotation comprises user-defined data associated with the one or more sections, such as, for example, a summary, a common conclusion, a common quote, a common comment, or a common attribute. For example, a user could select a plurality of sections in one or more documents that all support a common conclusion, and could create an annotation comprising the common conclusion linked to each of the sections. Upon request by a user to verify the annotation, the system can present the relevant sections of the document from which the annotation is derived.