Invention Machine Releases Knowledgist 2.0 - a comprehensive knowledge mining tool
The powerful personal-use software tool has been enhanced to now analyze Web-based sources in addition to local information sources. This award-winning software dramatically reduces the amount of time people spend identifying pertinent information on the Internet, Intranets, and on their own computer.
Using the Company's advanced semantic technology engine, the product processes large volumes of information and analyzes the interaction between words and the meaning of word combinations. Based on complex algorithms, the semantic processing engine divides the content into sentences, preserving the contextual relationships so instrumental in understanding meaning. It then analyzes the sentences and creates a structured Knowledge Index based on the meaning of word combinations.
Knowledgist 2.0 includes greatly expanded Web processing capabilities, including search access to over 700 Web sites grouped by industry. The Web search feature enables users to simultaneously search all sites included in user-selected industry groups, or specific sites within industry groups. The default group is General Search Engines, which concurrently accesses multiple search sites such as Alta Vista, Excite, Google, and Northern Light. Knowledgist then reads and understands the results, analyzing the content to create the structured Knowledge Index.
The unique Web site processing feature has real application in market research and competitive analysis. 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 introduced with Knowledge 2.0 include expanded personalization features, improvements to the user interface, and a graphical representation of the processing results as a chart. Users can save the results of their search, including the links to the source documents, and then merge the Knowledge Indexes.
According to James Mentele, Information Scientist at Dow Corning Corporation, "The classification of Web sites is very useful, enabling us to quickly find relevant information. 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."