Jean Graef outlines the major user issues in multilanguage
information retrieval and then asks an expert to explain
the nuts and bolts of how search engines deal with language issues. Finally,
she concludes with an introduction to multilingual thesauri.
This month's entries include a discussion of the
latest attempts to turn the "semantic Web" into usable applications,
a Google-funded project to gather product review information, a Web
site directory of Google Custom Search Engine applications, and a Forrester
review of top blogs.
Netflix search guru and former Ultraseek search architect
Walter Underwood offers in-depth tips on how to get better performance
out of your search engine and how to get past vendor hype when shopping
for a new search engine product.
For those having little experience with collaboration
tools in a corporate environment. Includes an overview of collaboration
technologies, the economics of using collaboration to promote innovation,
and the role IT can play in innovation.
Brian Gorman, leader of Intel's Advanced Collaboration
and Innovation research team, describes a pilot project to use blogs,
wikis, and other collaboration tools to foster innovation.
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site
based on last month's server statistics.
KNOWLEDGE BASE PROTOTYPING PROJECTS The following courses in the Knowledge
Base Publishing series can be taken on site or over the Web with individual
mentoring and a hands-on Lab.
