| 摘要 |
An intelligence system is provided that is comprised of the following basic components. First, a system for converting incoming unstructured data into a well described normalized form. Since the incoming data is multimedia and may represent some data type for which support is provided by the underlying OS platform, this normalized form include the ability to fully describe and manipulate arbitrarily complex native or non-native binary structures and collections. This support is preferably provided by a dedicated 'mining' language tied intimately to a system ontology. Second, a system for accessing and manipulating data held either in memory or in persistent storage in its normalized binary form so that small executables, or 'widgets', within the system can freely and effectively operate on data types they have never before encountered simply by knowledge of the 'type' of data involved. Third, an 'ontology' or world model that represents and contains the items and fields necessary for the target system to perform its function. The ontology would preferably fully specify the form of the normalized binary data. Fourth, a memory system, tied to the ontology, which defines the structure of and access to any persistent storage containers that are required to contain the data. Fifth, a memory management system for splitting incoming data into those portions to be directed to each container. Sixth, a query system for querying each container to retrieve portions of such a composite object. Preferably, all database tables and queries are auto-generated from the ontology, thereby eliminating the role of the conventional Database Administrator (DBA). Seventh, a UI to display and interact with data within the system. In the preferred embodiment, the UI is automatically generated and its behaviors automatically handled by the underlying substrate thus removing this programming burden from the developer (thereby largely eliminating the role of the GUI programmer). Finally, a memory system that forms collections of datums, and enables manipulation and exchange of these collections both within the local machine as well as across the network. In the preferred embodiment, such collections support the ability to attach arbitrary tags or annotations to the binary data they contain without in any way altering the binary representation itself. Additionally, the system supports the concept of either null or dirty (i.e., has been changed locally) datum.
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