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Using Dynamic Classification To Expand Individual/Intuitive Search Processes: 

Using Dynamic Classification To Expand Individual/Intuitive Search Processes Mushtaq Khan VP Product Management mkhan@convera.com (703) 761-5249 NMCI Industry Forum New Orleans, June 18, 2003

Outline of the talk: 

Outline of the talk Search process from a users perspective Imagination at work Behind the scene Benefits for NMCI

Outline of the talk: 

Outline of the talk Search process from a users perspective Imagination at work Behind the scene Benefits for NMCI

Everyday search experience: 

Everyday search experience

Refine Search to Government Sites: 

Refine Search to Government Sites

Still too many results to deal with: 

Still too many results to deal with

Success depends a lot on being lucky: 

Success depends a lot on being lucky

How about the Yahoo Experience?: 

How about the Yahoo Experience?

Still not there: 

Still not there

The folders offer an alternative but …: 

The folders offer an alternative but …

Summary of User Search Experience: 

Summary of User Search Experience Simple keyword search can be frustrating and time-consuming Results are based on most popular links, not what is relevant to user’s context Categories in Yahoo or Portal Interfaces are static and have to be updated manually Modern Search Engines can deal with large volumes and variety of data formats but This works when you know what you are looking for Is there a better way which adds discovery to the Find Process?

Outline of the talk: 

Outline of the talk Search process from a users perspective Imagination at work Behind the scene Benefits for NMCI

Browsing Yahoo Style at NMCI: 

Browsing Yahoo Style at NMCI Select Your Context – Eg. Military Systems

Or … : 

Or … Alternatively you can Select Your Context In Terms of Geographic Location

Or …: 

Or … Select Your Context In Terms of Your Functional Application

Then, Drill Down to Topics of Interest: 

Then, Drill Down to Topics of Interest Drill Into Topics Under Logistics>Operations

To Find What You Are Looking For: 

To Find What You Are Looking For

But, How does it make Search better?: 

But, How does it make Search better? Select Your Search Scope In Terms of Your Content Sources

Which Data Repositories Do I Search? : 

Which Data Repositories Do I Search? Select Your Search Scope In Terms of Content Repositories

Start with Keyword Search: 

Start with Keyword Search Type in Your Query & Search “Supply Chain Performance”

View Relevance Ranked Results: 

View Relevance Ranked Results

Dynamic Classify Search Results in Context: 

Dynamic Classify Search Results in Context Selecting the Folder Viewer Activates Dynamic Classification Of Search Results

IF Your Context is “Geography”: 

IF Your Context is “Geography” Results Are Dynamically Classified Into “Geography” Folders

IF Your Context is “Modeling & Simulation”: 

IF Your Context is “Modeling & Simulation” Results Are Dynamically Classified Into Relevant Folders

View Relevance to Context : 

View Relevance to Context Hit Highlights Are Displayed in Multiple Colors for Search and Classification Relevance

View Results from 2-Perspectives: 

View Results from 2-Perspectives Dynamically Classified Results From “FAM” and “Military Systems” Perspectives Crossed

Change Perspectives: 

Change Perspectives Dynamically Classified Results From “Geography” and “Military Systems” Perspectives Crossed

Outline of the talk: 

Outline of the talk Search process from a users perspective Imagination at work Behind the scene Benefits for NMCI

Ingest Filters : 

Ingest Filters

Lexicon Extraction: 

Lexicon Extraction THE MERGER BETWEEN CRIME AND TERRORISM 6 December 2001, Volume  1, Number  6 by Radio Free Europe/RL The line dividing crime and terrorism is an amorphous one at best. Where did Al-Qaeda find the estimated $500,000 required to pay for the flight training, travel, phone calls, and flight tickets for the 19 men who attacked America on 11 September? Was this merely money belonging to one individual, or was it money raised from the sale of Afghan opium to criminal drug cartels in Europe for resale on the streets of Berlin and Amsterdam? Many experts claim that the fight against terrorism and organized crime represents two sides of the same coin… Opium and heroin processed in Afghanistan reaches the West by two major routes: the Northern route, through Central Asia to Russia and Ukraine, then through Poland to Western Europe; and the Balkan route, via Turkey to Bulgaria, Albania, and Italy, then north to Austria and the rest of Europe. A substantial amount of drugs, mostly heroin, from Afghanistan has been confiscated from traffickers recently in Iran, Tajikistan, and Bulgaria.

World Geography Taxonomy: 

World Geography Taxonomy Europe Western Europe Belgium Brussels Netherlands Amsterdam … Southern Europe Greece Athens Bulgaria Sofia Italy Rome …

Chemicals and Drugs Taxonomy: 

Chemicals and Drugs Taxonomy Heterocyclic Compounds   Acids … Alkaloids Aconite Aconitine … Opium Morphinans Benzomorhans … Morphine Noscapine …

Terrorism Taxonomy: 

Terrorism Taxonomy International Al-Qaeda Aum Shinrikyo Hamas PKK PLO October 6 … Domestic Cults Militias New World Order White Supremacy …

Taxonomy Activation: 

Taxonomy Activation THE MERGER BETWEEN CRIME AND TERRORISM 6 December 2001, Volume  1, Number  6 by Radio Free Europe/RL The line dividing crime and terrorism is an amorphous one at best. Where did Al-Qaeda find the estimated $500,000 required to pay for the flight training, travel, phone calls, and flight tickets for the 19 men who attacked America on 11 September? Was this merely money belonging to one individual, or was it money raised from the sale of Afghan opium to criminal drug cartels in Europe for resale on the streets of Berlin and Amsterdam? Many experts claim that the fight against terrorism and organized crime represents two sides of the same coin… Opium and heroin processed in Afghanistan reaches the West by two major routes: the Northern route, through Central Asia to Russia and Ukraine, then through Poland to Western Europe; and the Balkan route, via Turkey to Bulgaria, Albania, and Italy, then north to Austria and the rest of Europe. A substantial amount of drugs, mostly heroin, from Afghanistan has been confiscated from traffickers recently in Iran, Tajikistan, and Bulgaria.

What Is This Document About?: 

What Is This Document About? Geography - (Europe(4), Berlin, Amsterdam, Afganistan,, Turkey, Bulgaria (2), Albania, Italy, Austria, Afganistan (2) …   Terrorism – crime (4), terrorism (3), Al-Qaeda, Drug cartels, traffickers …   Chemicals and Drugs – opium (2), heroin (2), drug (2), … Semantic Signature Index Document

Population Mechanism: 

Population Mechanism Bulgaria New Members Estonia Original Members NATO Turkey

Population Mechanism: 

Population Mechanism Psychotropic Substances Drugs Cocaine Narcotic Substances Opium Heroin

Slide38: 

Benchmarking Tools

Outline of the talk: 

Outline of the talk Search process from a users perspective Imagination at work Behind the scene Benefits for NMCI

How NMCI Can Benefit …: 

How NMCI Can Benefit … Document & Records Management Visual Information Management (VIMS) Portal Applications Legacy Application Transition

Supports Transition Goals: 

Supports Transition Goals

Slide42: 

ROLES CHANNELS SOLUTION SOURCES CONTENT AUDIO IMAGES DATA TEXT VIDEO COLLABORATION / EMAIL DB OFFICE OF CNO DCNO (N1) BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CHIEF OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING US NAVAL ACADEMY RetrievalWare® Enterprise Intelligent Cross-Lexical / Cross-Repository, Multimedia Search and Categorization GOVERNMENT INTRANETS Enterprise Centric Search at NMCI …

Thank You: 

Mushtaq Khan VP Product Management Convera Corporation mkhan@convera.com (703) 761-5249 Thank You