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A method of capturing intentions within online text comprises with a data mining device (105), identifying (block 305) a number of statements of intention within an online forum (110), and with the data mining device (105), extracting (block 310) a number of attributes (240, 245, 250, 255, 260) from the statements of intention. A system (100) for extracting intentions expressed within an online forum comprises a data mining device (105), a forum server (115) comprising a number of online forums (110) communicatively coupled to the data mining device (105), in which the data mining device identifies a number of statements of intention within the online forums (110) and extracts a number of attributes (240, 245, 250, 255, 260) from the statements of intention.