11. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium storing computer usable program code for conversation management in a virtual world data processing system, the computer program product comprising: computer usable program code for recording a sequence of statements from different avatars in a virtual world; computer usable program code for locating a position of each of the avatars in the virtual world; computer usable program code for computing a temporal proximity of each of the recorded statements to others of the recorded statements; computer usable program code for grouping selected ones of the recorded statements in the virtual world if corresponding ones of the avatars are geographically proximate to one another in the virtual world and if the selected ones of the statements have occurred within a threshold temporal proximity of one another; and, persisting the grouped statements in the virtual world as a conversation.
11. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium storing computer usable program code for conversation management in a virtual world data processing system, the computer program product comprising: computer usable program code for recording a sequence of statements from different avatars in a virtual world; computer usable program code for locating a position of each of the avatars in the virtual world; computer usable program code for computing a temporal proximity of each of the recorded statements to others of the recorded statements; computer usable program code for grouping selected ones of the recorded statements in the virtual world if corresponding ones of the avatars are geographically proximate to one another in the virtual world and if the selected ones of the statements have occurred within a threshold temporal proximity of one another; and, persisting the grouped statements in the virtual world as a conversation. 16. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the computer usable program code for grouping the statements in the virtual world if the avatars are geographically proximate to one another in the virtual world and if the statements have occurred within a threshold temporal proximity of one another, comprises, computer usable program code for grouping the statements in the virtual world if the avatars are geographically proximate to one another in the virtual world and if the statements have occurred within a threshold temporal proximity of one another and if no physical barriers separate the avatars.