Semantic information analysis
Knowledgist, Invention Machine’s knowledge mining tool, contains several new features, including expanded Web processing capabilities.
Version 2.0 is designed to reduce the amount of time people spend identifying pertinent information on the Internet, intranets and on their own computers.
Knowledgist’s enhanced Web capabilities include search access to more than 700 Web sites grouped by industry. The search feature enables users to simultaneously search all sites included in user-selected industry groups or specific sites within industry groups.
The software semantically analyzes a Web site based on a user-defined level of links explored during processing. For example, a user can enter the Web address of a site containing links to white papers, and then semantically process not only the specified Web site, but also the white papers and links to Web sites included in the white papers.
Other enhancements include expanded personalization, improved user interface and graphical representation of the processing results as a chart.
“The classification of Web sites is very useful, enabling us to quickly find relevant information,” says James Mentele, information scientist at Dow Corning. “In one example, our search really could have applied to several industries. We saved several hours of searching for information and reading the results by focusing our search on the Web sites in our one area of interest. In addition, the structure of the Knowledge Index is a time-saver. We found it quite useful in organizing our thoughts early in the investigative process.”