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- A method for ontology modeling comprising the step of:a. receiving an annotation related to an ontology;

b. extracting the information associated with the said annotation in order to locate the said ontology;

c. retrieving a full or partial copy of the said ontology;

d. assigning the said copy of ontology to the said annotation;

e. adding a reference inside the said copy of ontology in order to identify the corresponding elements in the said ontology;

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2

- The method of Claim 1, wherein said repository includes at least one of the following:a. a database;

b. a file;

c. a record set;

d. a record;

e. a memory location.

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- The method of Claim 1, wherein the said annotation comprises the description of contents select from the group consisting of data, data sets, text, semi-structured text, image, audio, video, animations, multimedia content, digital media content including TV and radio content potentially delivered on Internet.

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- The method of Claim 1, wherein the step of extracting the information comprises the step of identifying at least one of the following:a. the communication protocol;

b. the server address;

c. the repository address;

d. the file address;

e. the RDF model name;

f. the resource name.

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5

- The method of Claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving a full or partial copy of the said ontology comprises the utilization of a socket connection.

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6

- The method of Claim 1, further comprising the step of generating a document.

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- The method of Claim 6, wherein said document includes at least one of the following:a. a web page;

b. an image;

c. a text document;

d. a video;

e. a multimedia document;

f. a XML document;

g. a semantic web document;

h. a data.

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- The method of Claim 6, wherein said document includes an index to link some elements of the said copy or said ontology to the said annotation.

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9

- The method of Claim 6, wherein said document includes semantic descriptions using the said copy or the said ontology.

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- The method of Claim 1, further comprising the step of modifying the said copy by merging ontology parts manually, semi-manually or automatically by means of possible guidance rules.

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