International Business Machines Corporation

Hendrik Haddorp

Andreas Nauerz

Timo Kussmaul

Stephan Laertz

Oliver Koeth

Peter Fischer

Stefan Alfons Hepper

Uwe Karl Hansmann

Matthias Falkenberg

Andreas Prokoph

David Winter

Udo Schoene

Anke Lüdde

Oliver Rudolph

Mark Carl Hampton

Eric Martinez De Morentin

Dieter Buehler

Stefan Liesche

Carsten Leue

Stephen Laertz

Michael Marks

Timo Kußmaul

Thomas Stober

Michael Blum

Timo Kuβmaul

A network-based communication and information discovery solution that pertains to network-accessible resources and the use of interlinks among resources. In one embodiment, dynamic interlinking of resources is proposed, wherein the resources reside in a web-based system and are accessible via web-clients. The resources can be representable by an administrator in a graph-like structure interlinking the resources with each other and thus defining a navigation model. An extended navigation model can be implemented by a user-generated, individual or collaborative interlinking functionality.

Link clouds and user/community-driven dynamic interlinking of resources

The present invention provides a method and system for storing and retrieving tags. Each tag is associated with a resource, upon a user's request. A tagging GUI is displayed which presents the available tags for one particular resource and/or a tag cloud GUI is displayed which presents tags for more than one resource. The tagging GUI allows to assign new tags to single resources. The tag cloud GUI enables users to search for resources which have been assigned certain tags. In the tag cloud GUI the relevancy of each single tag is visually reflected by its weighting factor which is determined by the frequency of occurrence. The method is characterized by the further steps:

Tag weighting engine using past context and active context

A server system and methodology include the following operations. A request for tags associated with a resource is received from a tag widget associated with the resource. Responsive to the request, a tag weighting engine is executed that identifies the tags and determines, respectively, individual overall weighting factors for each of the tags. The tags and associated overall weighting factors are forwarded to the tag widget within the client. The individual overall weighting factors for a particular tag is based upon a combination of weighting factors including a context weight factor for the particular tag. The context weighting factor for the particular tag is based upon a past context for the particular tag specified by a past user and an active context in which a user of the tag widget is operating.

A portal system is provided for dynamically accessing a data source of components for use within a composite application by parsing the data source to identify the components matching a predetermined functionality specification standard indicating a specific functionality requirement for the components to possess. Then the identified components are ranked according to predetermined ranking criteria that has been adjusted to the composite application. Components are selected from the ranked identified components and also a list is defined of the selected usable components from the ranking. At least a subset of the selected usable components are stored in a local storage and the composite application is deployed from the selected usable components.

System for the discovery and provisioning of artifacts and composites

Validating revisions of digital content managed by a content management system can include determining a quality metric value, the value indicating coverage of the digital content by a set of training data used to train a ranking model for ranking responses to search queries of the digital content. Additionally, content validation can include invoking a ranking editor in response to the quality metric value deviating from a predetermined threshold by more than a predetermined amount. Content validation can further include extending the set of training data using the interactive ranking editor.

Content validation

Embodiments generally relate to selecting a service instance in a service infrastructure. In some embodiments, a method includes sending, by a service registry, a status request to each service instance of a plurality of service instances, where the service registry maintains a data store of performance information associated each of the service instances. The method further includes receiving, by the service registry, a plurality of status responses, where each status response is received from a respective service instance of the plurality service instances, and where each status response includes one or more performance characteristics. The method further includes ranking, by the service registry, the service instances based at least in part on the one or more performance characteristics. The method further includes performing, by the service registry, service lookups based on the ranking.

Selection of ranked service instances in a service infrastructure

Embodiments generally relate to finding a service in a service infrastructure. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a service lookup request, where the service lookup request includes an application program interface (API) specification for a service to be invoked, where the API specification defines at least one target input parameter and at least one target output parameter. The method further includes searching for at least one service that has an API specification that corresponds to the API specification included in the service lookup request. The method further includes determining a sequence of services if no service is found that has an API specification that corresponds to the API specification included in the service lookup request, where services of the sequence of services include API specifications that, in combination, correspond to the API specification included in the service lookup request; and invoking the services of the sequence of services.

Application program interface based service lookup in a service architecture

A system for automatically assisted generation of composite applications composed of instantiable components performs the steps of:

Storing and retrieving tags

A system for assisted generation of composite applications which are composed of instantiable components includes a portal system executing in memory of a computer to: a) dynamically access a data source of one or more components being potentially suitable for being used within the composite application, b) parse the data source for a predetermined searched component according to a predetermined functionality specification standard, c) rank found components according to predetermined ranking criteria, d) define a list of selected usable components from the ranking, e) store at least a subset of the selected components locally, and, f) automatically deploy the composite application from the selected components.

Storing and retrieving tags can include determining a quantitative weighting factor for each tag, determining a reputation weighting factor for each tag, determining a context weighing factor for each tag, determining an expiry weighting factor for each tag, and determining, using a server, an overall weighting factor for each tag by calculating an average of the weighting factors. The relevance of each tag can be visually reflected in the tag cloud based on the overall weighting factor.

Method and system for storing and retrieving tags

Storing and retrieving tags can include determining a quantitative weighting factor for each tag, determining a reputation weighting factor for each tag, determining a context weighing factor for each tag, determining an expiry weighting factor for each tag, and determining, using a server, an overall weighting factor for each tag by calculating an average of the weighting factors. The relevance of each tag can be visually reflected in a tag cloud based on the overall weighting factor.

The present invention relates to software development in a networked environment, and in particular to a method for automatically assisted generation of composite applications which are composed of instantiable components. The method includes a) dynamically accessing a data source comprising one or more components being potentially suitable for being used within said composite application, b) parsing said data source for a predetermined searched component according to a predetermined functionality specification standard, c) ranking found components according to predetermined ranking criteria, d) defining a list of selected usable components from said ranking, e) storing at least a subset of said selected components locally, f) automatically deploying said composite application from said selected components.

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