System for synchronizing of user's affinity to knowledge

1. A method for synchronizing profile data based on one or more changes in affinity to knowledge data in a system, the profile data including at least an affinity of a person to knowledge data, the method comprising:

providing metadata information associated with stored content belonging to one or more topical categories of knowledge data, wherein the metadata information at least represents a history of the person's activities with the stored content, wherein the person's activities with the stored content that are represented by the metadata information comprise one or more of authoring data, responding to data, linking to data, modifying data, or reading data in the stored content;

computing the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data based at least in part on the history of the person's activities with the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data as represented by the metadata information;

determining one or more changes in the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data based on monitoring the person's activities with the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data; and

synchronizing the profile data to indicate a change in the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data that corresponds to the determined one or more changes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data is stored in one or more data repositories.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata information will represent at least authoring data, responding to data, linking to data, modifying data, and reading data in the stored content, if such activities have been performed by the person.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of one or more changes is done over a period of time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing step further includes monitoring the person's activities with the stored content of the one or more topical categories of knowledge data within one or more data repositories.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of determining the one or more changes includes monitoring changes over a period of time in the person's actions with the stored content of the one or more data repositories.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stored content includes different types of documents.

8. A system for synchronizing profile data based on one or more changes in affinity to knowledge data, the profile data including at least an affinity of a person to knowledge data, the system comprising:

a processor;

a spider module that monitors the person's activities with stored content belonging to one or more topical categories of knowledge data, wherein the spider module provides metadata information that at least represents a history of the person's activities with the stored content, and wherein the person's activities with the stored content that are represented by the metadata information comprise one or more of authoring data, responding to data, linking to data, modifying data, or reading data in the stored content;

a computing module that computes the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data based at least in part on the history of the person's activities with the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data;

a determining module that determines one or more changes in the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data based on monitoring the person's activities with the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data as represented by the metadata information provided by the spidering module; and

a synchronizing module that synchronizes the profile data to indicate a change in the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data that corresponds to the determined one or more changes.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the stored content of the one or more topical categories of knowledge data is stored in one or more data repositories.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the metadata information provided by the spidering module will represent at least authoring data, responding to data, linking to data, modifying data, and reading data in the stored content, if such activities have been performed by the person.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the determining module that determines the one or more changes is done over a period of time.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the determining module determines the one or more changes based on the spider module monitoring changes in the person's actions with the one or more stored contents over a period of time.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the stored content includes different types of documents.

14. A system for synchronizing profile data based on one or more changes in affinity to knowledge data, the profile data including at least an affinity of a person to knowledge data, the system comprising:

a processor;

spidering means for monitoring the person's activities with stored content belonging to one or more topical categories of knowledge data, wherein the spidering means provides metadata information that at least represents a history of the person's activities with the stored content, and wherein the person's activities with the stored content that are represented by the metadata information comprise one or more of authoring data, responding to data, linking to data, modifying data, or reading data in the stored content;

computing means that computes the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data based at least in part on the history of the person's activities with the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data;

determining means that determine one or more changes in the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data based on monitoring the person's activities with the stored content belonging to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data as represented by the metadata information provided by the spidering means; and

synchronizing means that synchronizes the profile data to indicate a change in the affinity of the person to the one or more topical categories of knowledge data that corresponds to the determined one or more changes.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the stored content is stored in one or more data repositories.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the metadata information provided by the spidering means will represent at least authoring data, responding to data, linking to data, modifying data, and reading data in the stored content, if such activities have been performed by the person.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the determining of one or more changes is done over a period of time.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the determining means determines the one of more changes based on the spidering means monitoring changes over a period of time in the person's activities with the stored content.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the stored content includes different types of documents.