Researchers at IBM Almaden have been developing a semantic search process that can delve into unstructured text to retrieve structured information.
Two major open source contributions from IBM for its Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) have placed it with the Apache Software Foundation as an incubator project, and out to the OASIS specification development group to create a true standard around the UIMA framework.
It's probably entirely appropriate that if a supercomputer is going to be set up to strive for creative answers to tough questions, that hardware will consist of Apple Xserve G5s.
While Big Blue already makes high-end enterprise search and content integration software, it found a need to make entry-level versions of those products available in the small to medium business markets.
A Microsoft Europe executive has provided some bulletin board material for Google, in claiming Microsoft will exceed Google in the search market in six months, based on being better able to retrieve specific information rather than just URLs.
Source code for IBM's Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) now has a home on SourceForge, as IBM invites developers everywhere to take a shot at the concept of knowledge discovery.
The reason why people are better at answering questions than search engines is due to people understanding the concept behind a question; while search engines do well on context, IBM sees concepts as the next great advance in search technology.
Developing effective search tools for enterprise-level businesses is not the same as developing search for web-based documents. Websites and other web-related documents contain an inherent structure due to the nature of web links.
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