1. A method for automatically mapping a pattern of a location identifier of an object to a semantic type using metadata associated with the object, the method, comprising: determining the location identifier for the object; wherein, the metadata corresponds to the semantic type with which the object or content embodied therein has a semantic relationship; extracting the pattern from the location identifier of the object; storing the pattern in a database embodied in a machine-readable storage medium as being mapped to the semantic type; wherein, the pattern corresponds to the semantic type with which the object or the content embodied therein has a semantic relationship.