Microsoft Corp. announced the product strategy for the next version of SharePoint Products and Technologies. The next version utilizes the application server technologies in Windows .NET Server to deliver a portal and collaboration framework based on Microsoft .NET. The version will also deliver information aggregation, advanced search capabilities and mainstream enterprise application integration, provided via integration with Microsoft BizTalk Server. Additional improvements include single sign-on, personalization and integration with Microsoft Content Management Server. SharePoint technology will natively support XML Web services. www.microsoft.com
Category: Semantic technologies (Page 56 of 72)
Our coverage of semantic technologies goes back to the early 90s when search engines focused on searching structured data in databases were looking to provide support for searching unstructured or semi-structured data. This early Gilbane Report, Document Query Languages – Why is it so Hard to Ask a Simple Question?, analyses the challenge back then.
Semantic technology is a broad topic that includes all natural language processing, as well as the semantic web, linked data processing, and knowledge graphs.
Convera announced that it has integrated its RetrievalWare search and retrieval technology with Vignette V6 Content Suite. RetrievalWare can index, search, categorize and profile Vignette-managed content. In addition, developers of Vignette-based applications will now be able to integrate RetrievalWare into their applications. Users are able to perform more comprehensive searches that encompass not just Vignette-managed content, but a broader set of enterprise sources, including data warehouses, databases, groupware systems, e-mail files, presentations, videos and other multimedia files.
www.convera.com
Inktomi Corp. announced information retrieval technology for software developers and systems integrators that will provide advanced search functionality within enterprise applications. Built with native XML support, Inktomi Search Toolkit is an OEM solution for extracting relevant data from structured, unstructured and semi-structured content. This new OEM offering will deliver enhanced information retrieval within content-rich applications such as content management, enterprise portal, CRM and commerce solutions. Inktomi Search Toolkit provides the unstructured search functionality of a keyword search engine, such as relevance ranking, natural language search and filtering for various file formats. Additionally, it delivers XQuery-based structured query capabilities that allow sophisticated retrieval functions such as parametric searching and retrieval of content based on a document’s structure. Inktomi Search Toolkit returns results that include references to documents as well as the actual documents or fragments of those documents that contain the precise information requested. Inktomi Search Toolkit is available now. www.inktomi.com/products/toolkit
Applied Semantics, Inc. unveiled the addition of four new taxonomies as extensions to its Auto-Categorizer product. The four taxonomies, supplementing the existing ODP (Open Directory Project) and International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) taxonomy portfolio, include: MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) based on the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) controlled vocabulary thesaurus of more than 20,000 top-level headings used by NLM for indexing articles; the U.S. Department of Labor’s SIC (Standard Industrial Classification System); the UNSPSC (Universal Standard Products and Services Classification), a 13,000-plus category taxonomy for classifying products and services of, for buy- and sell-side catalogs; and an 800-category taxonomy consisting of country codes standardized around the ISO 3166 alpha-2 code schema, enhanced with U.S. states and major U.S. and international cities. These industry-standard taxonomies are “plug-and-play” modules that can be individually licensed to enhance Applied Semantics Auto-Categorizer. www.appliedsemantics.com
Stratify, Inc. announced an alliance and reseller agreement with Inktomi Corp. Inktomi and Stratify will offer joint customers a scalable, integrated categorized search solution ideal for large, information-intensive enterprises. Additionally, Inktomi will resell the Stratify Discovery System for Inktomi Enterprise Search through its sales force. The Stratify Discovery System for Inktomi Enterprise Search is a categorization solution optimized for Inktomi search technology that delivers direct navigation of sophisticated topic hierarchies. The combined Inktomi-Stratify solution enables enterprises to create a unified, searchable topic hierarchy that spans the organization. The Stratify Discovery System for Inktomi Enterprise Search is available immediately. Inktomi Enterprise Search is sold separately. www.stratify.com
divine, inc. announced the availability of divine Enterprise Content Center (dECC) 1.5, a content Web service that delivers digital business content and advanced integrated searching capabilities to the desk-top. dECC gives administrators the tools to analyze, report and control spending on these resources. This new version expands upon the current dECC offering by providing access to more content through the integration of the Northern Light Special Collection and Multex. Version 1.5 empowers more portal platforms and offers SOAP interface support, fully automated portlet installation with leading portals, and enhanced scalability and performance. divine Enterprise Content Center is immediately available through portlets for portals, including the BEA WebLogic Portal; CleverPath Portal from Computer Associates International, Inc., the IBM WebSphere Portal Server, and the iPlanet Portal Server from Sun Microsystems. dECC is also available as a stand-alone hosted and branded solution for companies that do not have portal infrastructures in place. www.divine.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that Documentum has completed a license agreement with Adobe to include Adobe AlterCast as a core component of Documentum’s ECM Platform. The combined solution allows web and print production teams to automate the image production process by connecting content contributors across the enterprise for updating of images and graphics. Adobe AlterCast, together with the Documentum Media Services product, brings dynamic image and digital asset management capabilities to large-scale publishing applications. The Documentum Media Services product provides intelligent handling of all rich media assets. This includes media-specific indexing, browsing and search capabilities, editing, automated file transformation features, and the ability to fully manage these digital assets with other types of content. AlterCast automatically optimizes files for delivery on any Web-enabled device. By streamlining the image production process, AlterCast lets graphics professionals focus on more strategic and complex creative tasks. www.documentum.com, www.adobe.com
Verity, Inc. announced the availability of a new version of K2 Developer, a product specifically designed to be incorporated into large business software applications. Verity K2 Developer, or K2D, is the company’s newest offering for the OEM market. It gives enterprise software developers the ability to add any of Verity’s three tiers of knowledge management infrastructure – search, content categorization and social networks – to their applications. According to Verity, K2D is compatible with Java, COM, and C/C++. In addition, it offers full support for inclusion within an enterprise software vendor’s .NET or J2EE applications, and includes comprehensive management APIs. www.verity.com
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