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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Alexandru D. Burst, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Koronthaly, Issaquah, WA (US);
Alexandru D. Burst, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Koronthaly, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A facility for obtaining information related to a selection within a hierarchical data structure is provided. The facility detects a selection of a node in a hierarchical data structure, and determines whether the node is a significant node. Responsive to determining that the currently selected node is a significant node, the facility transforms the significant node into a format suitable for retrieving additional information related to the significant node. For example, the format may include a context, which identifies a piece of metadata, and at least one item of data from the hierarchical data structure. The facility then obtains the additional information.