Link clouds and user/community-driven dynamic interlinking of resources
A network-based communication and information discovery solution that pertains to network-accessible resources and the use of interlinks among resources. In one embodiment, dynamic interlinking of resources is proposed, wherein the resources reside in a web-based system and are accessible via web-clients. The resources can be representable by an administrator in a graph-like structure interlinking the resources with each other and thus defining a navigation model. An extended navigation model can be implemented by a user-generated, individual or collaborative interlinking functionality.
1. A method, within and by a server system, of generating a first interlink having a source page, as a beginning of the first interlink, and a target page, comprising:
receiving, from a first client and by the server system, a first request to begin the first interlink from the source page;
storing, responsive to the first request to begin the first interlink and within a dataset, an identification of the source page as the beginning of the first interlink;
receiving, from the first client and by the server system, a second request to complete the first interlink at the target page;
storing, responsive to the second request to complete the first interlink and within the dataset, an identification of the target page;
receiving a request for the source page;
identifying, responsive to the request for the source page and from the dataset, the first interlink based upon the first interlink having the source page as the beginning; and
serving, in response to the request for the source page, the source page, wherein
the served source page is modified, using the first interlink, to include a link to the target page.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the identifying identifies a plurality of interlinks based upon each of the plurality of interlinks respectively having the source page as a beginning, and
the served source page is modified to include a plurality of links to a plurality of target pages respectively associated with each of the plurality of interlinks.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks were generated from a plurality of different clients.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein
weights are respectively assigned to each of the plurality of interlinks.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks form a link cloud, and
a display of the link cloud reflects the respective weights of each of the plurality of interlinks.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks were generated from a plurality of different clients, and
a weight for a particular interlink is based upon a number of clients generating the particular interlink.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the source page is served with a graphical user interface (GUI) component, and
the GUI component includes:
a control for triggering beginning a generation of an interlink to be generated, and
a control for triggering completing the generation of the interlink to be generated.
8. A server system for generating a first interlink having a source page, as a beginning of the first interlink, and a target page, comprising:
a hardware processor configured to initiate:
receiving, from a first client and by the server system, a first request to begin the first interlink from the source page;
storing, responsive to the first request to begin the first interlink and within a dataset, an identification of the source page as the beginning of the first interlink;
receiving, from the first client and by the server system, a second request to complete the first interlink at the target page;
storing, responsive to the second request to complete the first interlink and within the dataset, an identification of the target page;
receiving a request for the source page;
identifying, responsive to the request for the source page and from the dataset, the first interlink based upon the first interlink having the source page as the beginning; and
serving, in response to the request for the source page, the source page, wherein the served source page is modified, using the first interlink, to include a link to the target page.
9. The server system of claim 8 , wherein
the identifying identifies a plurality of interlinks based upon each of the plurality of interlinks respectively having the source page as a beginning, and
the served source page is modified to include a plurality of links to a plurality of target pages respectively associated with each of the plurality of interlinks.
10. The server system of claim 9 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks were generated from a plurality of different clients.
11. The server system of claim 9 , wherein
weights are respectively assigned to each of the plurality of interlinks.
12. The server system of claim 11 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks form a link cloud, and
a display of the link cloud reflects the respective weights of each of the plurality of interlinks.
13. The server system of claim 11 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks were generated from a plurality of different clients, and
a weight for a particular interlink is based upon a number of clients generating the particular interlink.
14. The server system of claim 8 , wherein
the source page is served with a graphical user interface (GUI) component, and
the GUI component includes:
a control for triggering beginning a generation of an interlink to be generated, and
a control for triggering completing the generation of the interlink to be generated.
15. A computer program product, comprising:
a hardware storage device having computer usable program code stored therein,
the computer usable program code, which when executed by a server system for generating a first interlink having a source page, as a beginning of the first interlink, and a target page, causes the server to perform:
receiving, from a first client and by the server system, a first request to begin the first interlink from the source page;
storing, responsive to the first request to begin the first interlink and within a dataset, an identification of the source page as the beginning of the first interlink;
receiving, from the first client and by the server system, a second request to complete the first interlink at the target page;
storing, responsive to the second request to complete the first interlink and within the dataset, an identification of the target page;
receiving a request for the source page;
identifying, responsive to the request for the source page and from the dataset, the first interlink based upon the first interlink having the source page as the beginning; and
serving, in response to the request for the source page, the source page, wherein the served source page is modified, using the first interlink, to include a link to the target page.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein
the identifying identifies a plurality of interlinks based upon each of the plurality of interlinks respectively having the source page as a beginning, and
the served source page is modified to include a plurality of links to a plurality of target pages respectively associated with each of the plurality of interlinks.
17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks were generated from a plurality of different clients.
18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein
weights are respectively assigned to each of the plurality of interlinks.
19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein
the plurality of interlinks were generated from a plurality of different clients, and
a weight for a particular interlink is based upon a number of clients generating the particular interlink.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein
the source page is served with a graphical user interface (GUI) component, and
the GUI component includes:
a control for triggering beginning a generation of an interlink to be generated, and
a control for triggering completing the generation of the interlink to be generated.