摘要 |
A method and system for constructing and using a personalized database of trusted metadata is described. One illustrative embodiment constructs a personalized database of trusted metadata for a computer user by establishing an informer network associated with the computer user, the informer network including the computer user and at least one informer, each informer in the informer network being trusted by the computer user either directly or indirectly, each indirectly trusted informer being trusted directly by at least one other informer in the informer network; receiving metadata from the informer network, the metadata including at least one report, each of the at least one report including a subjective assertion regarding the quality of an item or an expression of a degree of trust in an informer; and storing the at least one report in the personalized database of trusted metadata.
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