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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Viktoriya Taranov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel E. Kogan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Patrick C. Miller, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michal K. Piaseczny, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gerhard Schobbe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Viktoriya Taranov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel E. Kogan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Patrick C. Miller, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michal K. Piaseczny, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gerhard Schobbe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to manage vocabulary terms for a taxonomy system are described. An apparatus may comprise a managed taxonomy system having a vocabulary management module to manage a taxonomy of formal vocabulary terms organized in a hierarchical structure. The taxonomy may include a category for informal vocabulary terms stored as a list of keywords. Other embodiments are described and claimed.