System and method for collaborative knowledge structure creation and management

摘要

A collaborative, semantic-based knowledge structure creation and management system and method are provided. The system and method may include knowledge structures which include concept based maps which may be linked according to topic, relationship types, conceptual equivalence, and temporally. The knowledge structures may be managed by users, wherein users may perform at least one of adding a new concept, creating a new relationship, confirming an existing relationship, and breaking an existing relationship.

主权项

1. An electronic collaboration method for data stored over a network, the method comprising:
receiving a user-contributed topic-to-topic proposed relationship linkage between a first search query and a concept from a first user; displaying the proposed topic-to-topic relationship linkage for the first search query and the concept; establishing a formal collaborative topic-to-topic relationship linkage upon collaboratively-based confirmation of the proposed relationship linkage, wherein the collaboratively-based confirmation comprises a plurality of different users, different from the first user, receiving a plurality of proposals of the user-contributed proposed relationship linkage between the first search query and the concept, the plurality of proposals exceeding a predefined mathematical threshold, and affirming the proposed relationship linkage between the first search query and the concept when the plurality of proposals exceed the predefined mathematical threshold to form the formal collaborative topic-to-topic relationship linkage; displaying the formal collaborative topic-to-topic relationship linkage; removing the proposed relationship linkage upon receiving a challenge to the proposed relationship linkage in accordance with breaking relationship criteria; and continuously managing the formal collaborative topic-to-topic relationship linkage based on additional collaboratively-based confirmations.