It was an honor to attend and for my company to have played a key role in the launch of multilingual WorldWideScience.org in Helsinki this past June 11th. Beginning more than three years ago, the R&D effort that ultimately resulted in the launch of our ground-breaking multilingual federated search capability involved plenty of hard work [...]
In a follow-up to a previous article, Barbara Quint, the editor-in-chief of Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals and columnist for Information Today, interviewed Deep Web Technologies’ President and CEO Abe Lederman about the promises and challenges of federated search. Check out the excerpt below for a look at this enlightening conversation regarding the future [...]
Last night, I treated myself … no, I indulged myself … to a 30 minute hot tub under the stars. Alone, in my backyard, I stood looking up at the moon, and I was really struck by the contrast sitting in front of me: The moon, sitting motionless above me and my hot tub, travels [...]
One of the most interesting features of our Explorit search product is our clustering engine, which analyzes results and produces “clusters” that represent a new and powerful way to navigate search results. The true power of these clusters is often overlooked, for they superficially resemble the output generated by the keyword-based systems and fixed taxonomies [...]
[ Editor's note: This article first appeared in the OSTI Blog and then in the Federated Search Blog. Dr. Walt Warnick, Director of the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, part of DOE, and Sol Lederman co-authored the article. For some important search applications there is no alternative to federated.] Discovery services have begun to [...]
