Facilitating collaborative searching using semantic contexts associated with information

摘要

A method and system include sending a search context to a collaboration server for use in determining another user of the collaboration server that is associated with similar subject matter, the search context including at least one first context definition such that the first context definition has one or more words selected from a first plurality of information belonging to a first search information set of the user. The first plurality of information is related to each other and such relation is represented by the first context definition of the search context. The system and method also include receiving an identification of a matching search context associated with the another user such that the matching search context contains at least one second context definition considered to match the first context definition. The matching second context definition includes one or more words selected from a second plurality of information belonging to a second search information set associated with the another user.