EP2577445A1 - Data tagging - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to improved systems and methodologies for data tagging.
- the present invention provides improved systems and methodologies for data tagging.
- a method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes ascertaining an owner for each of the plurality of data elements and requiring the owner to review and validate the metatags automatically applied to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the employing includes automatically applying specific ones of a plurality of different metatags to specific ones of the plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the employing includes automatically applying to each one of the plurality of data elements a metatag previously applied to a parent folder thereof.
- the data identifier is one of file type, author, category and language.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of access metrics for the each of a plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of data identifiers for the each of a plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes employing an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes employing an access metric to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes employing a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- a method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically recommend application of metatags to the plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes automatically recommending application of specific ones of a plurality of different metatags to specific ones of the plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the employing includes automatically recommending application to each of the plurality of data elements a metatag previously applied to a parent folder thereof.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes ascertaining an owner for each of the plurality of data elements and requiring the owner to review and validate application of the recommended metatags to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the data identifier is one of file type, author, category and language.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of access metrics for the each of a plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of data identifiers for the each of a plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes employing an access metric and a data identifier to automatically recommend application of a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes employmg an access metric to automatically recommend application of metatags to the plurality of data elements.
- the employing includes employing a data identifier to automatically recommend application of metatags to the plurality of data elements.
- a method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining an owner for each of a plurality of data elements and requiring the owner to apply at least one metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of access metrics for the each of a plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of data identifiers for the each of a plurality of data elements.
- a method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining an owner for each of a plurality of data elements and requiring the owner to review and validate metatags applied to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of access metrics for the each of a plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of data identifiers for the each of a plurality of data elements.
- a method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining an owner for each of a plurality of data elements and automatically recommending application of metatags by the owner to the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of access metrics for the each of a plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes maintaining a database of data identifiers for the each of a plurality of data elements.
- a method of operating a file system including maintaining a data owner/administrator accessible database of metatags assigned by data owner/administers to a plurality of data elements; applying the metatags to the plurality of data elements in a storage platform and automatically synchronizing the metatags applied to the plurality of data elements and the database.
- a system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including access metrics collection functionality operative to collect access metrics associated with a plurality of data elements, metadata collection functionality operative to collect metadata associated with the plurality of data elements and metatag application functionality operative to utilize the access metrics collection functionality and the metadata collection functionality to automatically employ at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes metatag owner validation functionality operative to ascertain owners of each of the plurality of data elements and to require each of the owners to review and validate the metatags automatically applied to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the metatag application functionality is also operative to automatically apply specific ones of a plurality of different metatags to specific ones of the plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the metatag application functionality is also operative to automatically apply to each one of the plurality of data elements a metatag previously applied to a parent folder thereof.
- the data identifier is one of file type, author, category and language.
- system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes an access metrics database which stores the access metrics collected by the access metrics collection functionality. Additionally or alternatively, the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise and also includes a metadata database which stores the metadata collected by the metadata collection functionality.
- the metatag application functionality is also operative to utilize the access metrics collection functionality and the metadata collection functionality to automatically employ an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the metatag application functionality is also operative to utilize the access metrics collection functionality to automatically employ an access metric to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the metatag application functionality is also operative to utilize the metadata collection functionality to automatically employ a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- a system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including access metrics collection functionality operative to collect access metrics associated with a plurality of data elements, metadata collection functionality operative to collect metadata associated with the plurality of data elements and metatag recommendation functionality operative to utilize the access metrics collection functionality and the metadata collection functionality to automatically employ at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically recommend application of a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the metatag recommendation functionality is also operative to automatically recommend application of specific ones of a plurality of different metatags to specific ones of the plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the metatag recommendation functionality is also operative to automatically recommend applying to each one of the plurality of data elements a metatag previously applied to a parent folder thereof.
- system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes metatag owner validation functionality operative to ascertain owners of each of the plurality of data elements and to require each of the owners to review and validate application of the recommended metatags to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the data identifier is one of file type, author, category and language.
- the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes an access metrics database which stores the access metrics collected by the access metrics collection functionality. Additionally or alternatively, the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes a metadata database which stores the metadata collected by the metadata collection functionality.
- the metatag recommendation functionality is also operative to utilize the access metrics collection functionality and the metadata collection functionality to automatically employ an access metric and a data identifier to automatically recommend application of a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the metatag recommendation functionality is also operative to utilize the access metrics collection functionality to automatically employ an access metric to automatically recommend application of a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the metatag recommendation functionality is also operative to utilize the metadata collection functionality to automatically employ a data identifier to automatically recommend application of a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- a system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including metatag owner validation functionality operative to ascertain owners of each of the plurality of data elements and to require each of the owners apply at least one metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes an access metrics database which stores access metrics associated with the plurality of data elements.
- the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes a metadata database which stores metadata associated with the plurality of data elements.
- metatag owner validation functionality operative to ascertain owners of each of a plurality of data elements and to require each of the owners to review and validate application of metatags to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes an access metrics database which stores access metrics associated with the plurality of data elements. Additionally or alternatively, the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes a metadata database which stores metadata associated with the plurality of data elements.
- a system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including metatag owner validation functionality operative to ascertain owners of each of a plurality of data elements and to recommend application of metatags by each of the owners to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes an access metrics database which stores access metrics associated with the plurality of data elements.
- the system for characterizing data elements in an enterprise also includes a metadata database which stores metadata associated with the plurality of data elements.
- a system of operating a file system including a data owner/administrator accessible database of metatags assigned by data owner/administers to a plurality of data elements, metatag application functionality operative to apply the metatags to the plurality of data elements in a storage platform and synchronizing functionality operative to automatically synchronize the metatags applied to the plurality of data elements and the database.
- Fig. 1 is a simplified pictorial illustration of an example of the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a simplified pictorial illustration of an example of the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a simplified pictorial illustration of an example of the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 4 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 5 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 6 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 7 is a simplified block diagram illustration of the automatic data tagging system whose functionality is illustrated in Figs. 1 - 6.
- Fig. 1 is a simplified pictorial illustration of an example of the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 1 is preferably suitable for operating in an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements, computer hardware resources and computer software resources.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 1 preferably includes characterizing data elements in an enterprise by ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements, and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system also preferably includes ascertaining an owner for each of the plurality of data elements and requiring the owner to review and validate the metatags automatically applied to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the term "data identifier" is used throughout to refer to metadata associated with a data element.
- the data identifier may be a content-based data identifier or a non content-based data identifier.
- a content-based data identifier associated with a data element preferably includes, for example, keywords or an abstract of the content of the data element.
- a non content-based data identifier associated with a data element preferably includes characteristics associated with the data element such as, for example, file type, author, category and language.
- a non content-based data identifier associated with a data element may also include one or more non content- based data identifiers associated with a parent folder of the data element.
- the metadata may comprise predefined characteristics provided by the system which hosts the data elements or user-defined characteristics.
- Metatags are useful, for example, for automating data management tasks and for identifying data elements which may be grouped or categorized together for purposes of automatic or manual data management tasks.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 1 typically resides on an a server 100 that is connected to an enterprise computer network 102 which preferably includes multiple disparate clients 104, servers 106 and data storage resources 108.
- data elements such as computer files, reside on servers 106 and on data storage resources 108 and are accessible to users of the network 102 in accordance with access permissions defined by an owner of each data element or each data element folder. It is appreciated that the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the system continuously maintains a database of actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise.
- This functionality is described in U.S. Patent 7,606,801, in U.S. Published Patent Application 2009/0265780 and in U.S. Patent Application 12/673,691 owned by assignee, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Access permissions and/or actual access are together designated as access metrics and may be used to designate subsets of all of the data elements in the enterprise.
- the system also continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements.
- an IT Administrator of enterprise network 102 decides to utilize the automatic data tagging system residing on server 100 to automatically tag a subset of files which files have access permissions to the 'Everyone' group and contain the term 'confidential' as being vulnerable files.
- the Administrator decides to send a list of the vulnerable files to their respective owners for access permissions remediation.
- access permissions remediation may include, for example, modification of the access permissions of the file to include access permissions only to trusted individuals who require ongoing access to the file.
- FIG. 2 is a simplified pictorial illustration of an example of the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 2 is preferably suitable for operating in an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements, computer hardware resources and computer software resources.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 2 preferably includes characterizing data elements in an enterprise by ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements, and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system also preferably includes ascertaining an owner for each of the plurality of data elements, and requiring the owner to review and validate the metatags automatically applied to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 2 typically resides on an a server 200 that is connected to an enterprise computer network 202 which preferably includes multiple disparate clients 204, servers 206 and data storage resources 208.
- data elements such as computer files, reside on servers 206 and on data storage resources 208 and are accessible to users of the network in accordance with access permissions defined by an owner of each data element or each data element folder. It is appreciated that the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the system continuously maintains a database of actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise.
- This functionality is described in U.S. Patent 7,606,801, in U.S. Published Patent Application 2009/0265780 and in U.S. Patent Application 12/673,691 owned by assignee, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Access permissions and/or actual access are together designated as access metrics and may be used to designate subsets of all of the data elements in the enterprise.
- the system also continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements.
- an IT Administrator of enterprise network 202 decides to utilize the automatic data tagging system residing on server 200 to automatically tag a subset of files which files are owned by Dave, the company attorney, as being 'legal' files. The Administrator then decides to send a list of the legal files to Dave, requesting Dave to ascertain and confirm that the files tagged as 'legal' are actually legal-related files. As seen in Fig. 2, Dave ascertains and confirms that the file Contractl .doc and Agreement2.doc are actually legal-related files, while Resume5.doc is not legal-related, and therefore should not be tagged as 'legal'.
- FIG. 3 is a simplified pictorial illustration of an example of the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 3 is preferably suitable for operating in an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements, computer hardware resources and computer software resources.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 3 preferably includes characterizing data elements in an enterprise by ascertaining an owner for each of a plurality of data elements, and requiring the owner to apply metatags to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 3 typically resides on an a server 300 that is connected to an enterprise computer network 302 which preferably includes multiple disparate clients 304, servers 306 and data storage resources 308.
- data elements such as computer files, reside on servers 306 and on data storage resources and are accessible to users of the network in accordance with access permissions defined by an owner of each data element or each data element folder. It is appreciated that the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the system continuously maintains a database of actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise.
- This functionality is described in U.S. Patent 7,606,801, in U.S. Published Patent Application 2009/0265780 and in U.S. Patent Application 12/673,691 owned by assignee, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Access permissions and/or actual access are together designated as access metrics and may be used to designate subsets of all of the data elements in the enterprise.
- the system also continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements.
- an IT Administrator of enterprise network 302 decides to request from all owners of a subset of files to manually tag the files.
- the Administrator utilizes the system residing on server 300 to automatically ascertain the owners of the files and to send a request to each owner to tag their respectively owned files.
- each file owner tags their respectively owned files.
- Fig. 4 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 4 is preferably suitable for operating in an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements, computer hardware resources and computer software resources.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 4 preferably includes characterizing data elements in an enterprise by ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements, and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system also preferably includes ascertaining an owner for each of the plurality of data elements, and requiring the owner to review and validate the metatags automatically applied to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 4 typically resides on a server that is connected to an enterprise computer network which preferably includes multiple disparate clients, servers and data storage resources.
- data elements such as computer files
- the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the system continuously maintains a database of actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise. This functionality is described in U.S. Patent 7,606,801, in U.S.
- Access permissions and/or actual access are together designated as access metrics and may be used to designate subsets of all of the data elements in the enterprise.
- the system also continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements.
- the system preferably continuously maintains a database of access metrics which include actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise (400).
- the system also preferably continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements (402).
- the system utilizes the database of stored access metrics and the database of metadata to automatically apply a metatag to each of the subset of data elements (404).
- the system may automatically apply the metatag assigned to the parent folder of each of the subset of data elements to the data element.
- system preferably ascertains an owner for each of the subset of data elements (406), and requires the owner of each of the subset of data elements to review and validate the metatag automatically applied to the data element (408).
- Fig. 5 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 5 is preferably suitable for operating in an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements, computer hardware resources and computer software resources.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 5 preferably includes characterizing data elements in an enterprise by: ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements, and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically recommend application of metatags to the plurality of data elements.
- the recommending of application of metatags to the plurality of data elements includes automatically recommending application of specific ones of a plurality of different metatags to specific ones of said plurality of data elements.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 5 typically resides on a server that is connected to an enterprise computer network which preferably includes multiple disparate clients, servers and data storage resources.
- data elements such as computer files, reside on servers and on data storage resources and are accessible to users of the network in accordance with access permissions defined by an owner of each data element or each data element folder. It is appreciated that the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the system continuously maintains a database of actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise.
- This functionality is described in U.S. Patent 7,606,801, in U.S. Published Patent Application 2009/0265780 and in U.S. Patent Application 12/673,691 owned by assignee, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Access permissions and/or actual access are together designated as access metrics and may be used to designate subsets of all of the data elements in the enterprise.
- the system also continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements.
- the system preferably continuously maintains a database of access metrics which include actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise (500).
- the system also preferably continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements (502).
- the system utilizes the database of stored access metrics and the database of metadata to recommend applying at least one metatag to each of the subset of data elements (504).
- the system preferably ascertains an owner for each of the subset of data elements (506), and requires the owner of each of the subset of data elements to review and approve the recommendation to apply the at least one metatag to the data element (508).
- Fig. 6 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the operation of an automatic data tagging system constructed and operative in accordance with yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 6 is preferably suitable for operating in an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements, computer hardware resources and computer software resources.
- the operation of the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 6 preferably includes characterizing data elements in an enterprise by ascertaining an owner for each of a plurality of data elements, and requiring the owner to apply metatags to ones of the plurality of data elements of which he is the owner.
- the automatic data tagging system of Fig. 6 typically resides on a server that is connected to an enterprise computer network which preferably includes multiple disparate clients, servers and data storage resources.
- data elements such as computer files, reside on servers and on data storage resources and are accessible to users of the network in accordance with access permissions defined by an owner of each data element or each data element folder. It is appreciated that the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the system continuously maintains a database of actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise.
- This functionality is described in U.S. Patent 7,606,801 , in U.S. Published Patent Application 2009/0265780 and in U.S. Patent Application 12/673,691 owned by assignee, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Access permissions and/or actual access are together designated as access metrics and may be used to designate subsets of all of the data elements in the enterprise.
- the system also continuously crawls over at least a subset of all data elements in the enterprise and maintains a database of metadata associated with each of the subset of data elements.
- the system preferably continuously maintains a database of access metrics which include actual access and access permissions of every user to every data element in the enterprise (600).
- the system utilizes the database of access metrics to ascertain an owner for each of the data elements (602), and requires the owner of each of the data elements to apply at least one metatag to each of the data elements of which he is the owner (604).
- Fig. 7 is a simplified block diagram illustration of the automatic data tagging system whose functionality is illustrated in Figs. 1 - 6.
- the automatic data tagging system 700 typically resides on an a server 702 that is connected to an enterprise computer network 704 which preferably includes multiple disparate clients 706, servers 708 and data storage resources 710.
- data elements such as computer files, reside on servers 708 and on data storage resources 710 and are accessible to users of the network in accordance with access permissions defined by an owner of each data element or each data element folder.
- the data elements may reside on any suitable data storage system or platform, such as a file system or a data collaboration system, which may reside on any suitable computer operating system or infrastructure.
- the automatic data tagging system 700 comprises access metrics collection functionality 720 and metadata collection functionality 722.
- access metrics collection functionality 720 preferably stores access metrics in an access metrics database 724 and metadata collection functionality 722 preferably stores data element metadata in metadata database 726.
- Metatag functionality 730 is preferably provided to utilize databases 724 and 726 to automatically apply metatags to data elements residing anywhere on network 704, as described hereinabove with regard to Figs. 1 - 6.
- Metatag functionality 730 preferably includes metatag application functionality 732, which is operative to apply metatags to data elements, and metatag recommendation functionality 734, which is operative to recommend application of metatags to data elements.
- Metatag application functionality 730 also preferably includes metatag owner validation functionality 736, which is operative to ascertain owners of data elements and to require the owners of the data elements to assign metatags to data elements or to validate recommendations of metatag assignment recommended by metatag recommendation functionality 734.
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