> -----Original Message----- > From: d l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:19 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Conceptual Search against Database(s) > > > On Thursday 29 Nov 2007, d l wrote: > > > "my own set of domain knowledge / weightings " > > > Sure, imho, the "key word" here is "good enough", and probably cost > > > effective as well. > > > > Maybe. > > But for one site 'energy' bringing back 'geothermal' may be OK, but > on > > another > > site 'zen' would be a much better choice.
Scientific American has a great article this month about how the Semantic Web could direct searches in just that kind of way. You can buy the issue online here: http://www.sciamdigital.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ARTICLEID _CHAR=3734452E-3048-8A5E-1068474BA8D770C8 The example they use is "Search for Sitcoms set in New York City" and explode that out to three clauses. "Sitcoms" get matched "Television Show", "TV" and many other things. "Set in" equates to "Takes place in", "located", etc and "New York City" is an amalgamation of neighborhoods, nicknames and the like. It's easy to over-simplify and damn the concept but it truly is interesting. However it does reinforce a fundamental concept: truly useful searching results from cooperation between the search engine and the content owners. Content scanners like we have today (Google, Verity, etc) work wonders but are always going to be hamstrung by the lack of contextual, machine-understandable information. Of course users also need to be involved. As you've inferred nearly any search which lacks a domain context has the potential to be poor. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293985 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
