APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A COLLABORATIVE SEMANTIC DOMAIN AND DATA SET BASED ON COMBINING DATA

A computer readable storage medium includes computer executable instructions to provide a semantic domain with a plurality of semantic definitions associated with one or more subject areas to a community of users. A data input is received from a user within the community of users. A portion of the data in the data input is linked with a semantic definition from the plurality of semantic definitions to create a mapping. The data input and the mapping are evaluated. The data input is published to the community of users.