Ontology-Based Document Template Creation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing methods for creating and modifying document templates are restrictive, requiring specialized skills and tools, and do not facilitate frequent derivation of new templates or variations from existing ones, leading to a separation between template creators and users.

Innovation Solution

A document and template creation system that identifies domain ontology concepts from user input, proposes them for selection, and inserts them into documents, allowing users to create and modify templates with an auto-complete feature and a rules engine to support structured content insertion based on existing domain-specific structures and ontologies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If templates are created by one group of users using specialized tools and administration modes, then template creation reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates because other users cannot easily create or modify templates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate creation reliabilityVSAvoidease of template creation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables end-users to create and modify templates independently without requiring specialized administration tools or modes. Users can directly work with domain ontology concepts in the document editor, allowing template creation to be a self-service activity rather than requiring separation between template creators and users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The document editor is enhanced to serve multiple functions: it can both edit existing documents and create new templates by identifying domain ontology concepts. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate template creation tools and administration modes, making the editor universal for both document processing and template management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Manufacturing precision

If completely separate software applications are used to create or modify templates, then manufacturing precision is improved through specialized tools, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate creation precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges template creation functionality directly into the document editor by integrating domain ontology concept identification. This combination eliminates separate template creation software applications while maintaining precision through the automated identification of domain-specific concepts during normal document editing operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If templates are stored in libraries and accessed remotely or copied to local systems, then template management is improved, but loss of time increases due to copying, downloading, and installation processes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate management reliabilityVSAvoidtime for template access and installation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically identifying and proposing domain ontology concepts during document creation. This eliminates the need for users to manually search template libraries, copy templates, or install them locally, as the required structural elements are automatically provided based on the document content and context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Manufacturing precision

If users must learn to create templates or request template creation from responsible persons, then manufacturing precision is maintained through controlled template creation, but productivity deteriorates due to frequent template creation requests

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate creation qualityVSAvoidtemplate creation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to independently create templates with appropriate domain ontology concepts through the automated identification and proposal features. Users no longer need to learn complex template creation skills or submit requests to responsible persons, as the system self-services by automatically providing the necessary structural elements based on document context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9411799B2Methods, apparatuses, systems and computer readable mediums to create documents and templates using domain ontology concepts
Publication Date: 2016.08.09 SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
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AI summary

A document and template creation system includes a document and template creation device. The document and template creation device is configured to identify at least one domain ontology concept based on at least a portion of a text-string input into a document, propose the at least one domain ontology concept for selection by the user, and insert at least one of the at least one domain ontology concept into the document in response to selection by the user.