IBM's UIMA Goes From Search To Concept

The reason why people are better at answering questions than search engines is due to people understanding the concept behind a question; while search engines do well on context, IBM sees concepts as the next great advance in search technology. If you remember something about a particular movie, a quote or a scene, but not the movie itself, a search engine may be very helpful in making a connection. But if it's something very obscure and a Google or a Yahoo can't find it, it isn't a real big deal. What if it's your physician trying to find out more about symptoms of an illness you possess? Does finding data related to those symptoms, locating information based on the symptoms, become a big deal for you? Most likely the answer will be yes. The idea of "concept" as the operative function in search has become the place where IBM wants to take enterprise search. For IBM, it's stopped being about keywords. It's about discovering the concepts in content. Marc Andrews, director for strategy & business development for content discovery, spoke to me about how discovery works, and it all starts with Del.icio.us") |