December 26, 2004
* A Look At Desktop Search Tools Still Under Development

James Fallows reviews cutting edge work underway in the area of desktop search applications, with a focus on I.B.M.'s Unstructured Information Management Architecture Project.

  • "An Unstructured Information Management (UIM) application may be generally characterized as a software system that analyzes large volumes of unstructured information (text, audio, video, images, etc.) to discover, organize and deliver relevant knowledge to the client or application end-user." [Link]
  • Permanent Link       Topic(s): Search Engines