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Lars Bauer

3 Geeks and a Law Blog: The Search for Meaning - 0 views

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KM concept-search search semantic-search wordsearch

shared by Lars Bauer on 12 Jan 09 - Cached
  • First there is an effort to better structure information as it is captured. Second, there are efforts to create structure out of chaotic information (a.k.a. BLOBs), which is where next-generation search tools come into play.
  • For now I will break search into three categories: Keyword, Concept and Semantic.
  • Keyword or word searching, for this discussion, is that of searching for exact word matches.
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  • The keyword method has been very useful to-date, especially when searching within large structured databases. It allows users to search by date, location, category, etc., to come up with useful results.
  • The problem with keyword searching is the expanding mass of unstructured information we now have. Keyword searching has become inadequate and at times counter productive to finding the right information quickly and affordably.
  • Concept search is one method for solving this problem. My definition: The ability to extract structure from unstructured data.
  • Concept searching is just coming into the market, with players like Recommind, Autonomy and Collexis. As an emerging technology, the challenge is good implementation. Companies and firms are attacking this problem now, so I would expect this challenge to diminish over time.
  • Semantic search is truly Web 3.0. Sir Tim suggested this concept over a decade ago and now efforts are under way to make it a reality. My definition: Attach meaning to each piece of data. In practice this means describing each piece of information by its relationship to another piece. In the geek world this is referred to as “subject, predicate, object” and is defined with a standard called RDF (more on that in another post).
  • In fact in this environment the machine can discover knowledge. By connecting all the triples via their relationships, the machine will answer questions we never ask.
  • Semantic search currently lives mostly in the minds of geeks and venture capitalists (with some exceptions).
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Search at the Foundation of the Enterprise | LLRX.com - 0 views

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Recommind concept-search enterprise-search search semantic-search software theory

shared by Lars Bauer on 14 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Lars Bauer on 14 Jan 09
     
    "Businesses and firms are being overwhelmed with electronic records. Enterprise search offers a promising way to deal with the growth of electronically stored information. However, not all search technologies are well adapted to serve as the search backbone for an enterprise. While key word searching may help find some documents in document collections, more sophisticated search technologies are called for to assimilate and organize content across the enterprise. We have found that Recommind's Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis (PLSA) search engine is particularly well-suited for law firm and professional services environments, both because of the inherent power of PLSA and because Recommind's strong and diverse search platform is focused on solving problems inherent in the legal enterprise."
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Recommind - MindServer Enterprise Search - 0 views

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MindServer Recommind enterprise-search products software

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    Recommind's accurate and automated concept search software enables users to quickly and easily pinpoint information they need. MindServer™ Enterprise Search combines sophisticated search technology with a simple user interface that provides highly accurate results tailored to the information requirements of the organization. Rules-based access enables organizations to customize results for each user, giving optimal relevancy for users as well as increased control over the display and ranking of information for administrators.
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon Selects Recommind for Firmwide Information Management | Reuters - 0 views

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shared by Lars Bauer on 07 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Recommind, a leading provider of enterprise search, automatic categorization and eDiscovery systems for enterprises and law firms, today announced that Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a top international law firm, has chosen Recommind's MindServer(TM) Legal platform to power its internal information retrieval system. The MindServer Legal platform enables Shook, Hardy & Bacon's partners, associates, analysts, and paralegals in nine offices around the world to more effectively search, access and manage information to support client objectives in a cost-effective manner.
  • "We selected Recommind's MindServer Legal platform because our lawyers, analysts, and legal staff found it intuitive to use, identifying not only relevant documents and files, but also the on-point expertise of individual lawyers and analysts in the firm," said John Anderson, CIO at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. "In comparison with other platforms, Recommind's platform was more effective and will take employees less time in the searching process, leaving more time for clients."
  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon has chosen to deploy the following MindServer Legal components: -- Enterprise Search, which utilizes powerful, concept-based search capabilities to connect relevant information in document management, records management, portal and e-mail systems and myriad other applications and databases with the attorneys that need it. -- Matters & Expertise which provides a comprehensive, firm-wide view of matters, deals, cases, and the vast array of expertise contained within a firm by tapping into a variety of information sources such as time and billing systems, CRM applications, intranets, internal firm databases and other information repositories.
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  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. is an international law firm with a legal legacy spanning more than a century. Established in Kansas City in 1889, today the firm has grown to more than 1,507 employees worldwide, with 502 attorneys and 262 research analysts and paraprofessionals. Many of the research analysts hold advanced degrees, in biochemistry, neuroscience, engineering, genetics and physiology. The firm has nine offices strategically located in Geneva; Houston; Kansas City, Missouri; London; Miami; Orange County, California; San Francisco; Tampa, Florida; and Washington, D.C.
  • Recommind customers include the Australian Government, Bertelsmann, BMW, Cleary Gottlieb, Davies Arnold Cooper, Lewis Silkin, Novartis and Shearman & Sterling. Recommind is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Bonn, Germany.
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KM Space: Wikis at The Rosen Law Firm - 0 views

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shared by Lars Bauer on 08 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Lee Rosen, the president of Rosen Law Firm, took a few minutes to talk with me about his firm's experience with wikis.Rosen is replacing his Lotus Notes platform with an externally hosted wiki from PBWiki. You may have read about the cash prize contest he ran for his employees in a story on CNN.com: Boosting Teamwork with Wikis.
  • Lee was drawn to the concept of using a wiki because of its purported simplicity. He found it much easier to develop and add content.
  • The firm started with the free version of PBWiki and had their wiki up and running in minutes. Some of his administrators worked with the wiki for a few months to see its functionality and how it might work within the firm. Then others in the firm started asking to join and it took off.
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  • Over the last year, his firm has created three to four thousand pages in the wiki. Lee estimates that 60% of his employees make at least one change to the wiki each day.
  • Lee really likes the flexibility of the wiki platform. People can work in the wiki the way that they want to work. Of course, that has lead to some disagreements over the way to organize content.
  • Lee sees a conflict between the need for rules and the freedom to contribute. There are places where the wiki is not organized in a way that works for him. But it does work for others.
  • Lee also likes that the wiki is externally hosted. He lets PBwiki worry about keeping the server up and all the "plumbing" headaches. He wants to be out of the IT business.
  • One of his biggest issues is keeping the wiki in people's minds as a way to communicate. It takes some time for people to realize that they can communicate through the wiki. Lee still sees lots of email communication that could be better handled in the wiki. They are also still transitioning some of the content from Lotus Notes into the wiki.
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Jiglu - 0 views

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    Jiglu is a super-smart engine that pieces sites together, intelligently tagging and linking all your content
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