Concept Searching Limited
Encyclopedia
Concept Searching Limited is a software company which specializes in information retrieval
software. Its has products for Enterprise search
, Taxonomy Management and Statistical classification.
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Compound term processing allows statistical information retrieval applications to perform matching using multi-word concepts. This can improve the quality of search results and also allows unstructured information to be automatically classified with semantic metadata.
The company's products run on the Microsoft .NET
platform. The products integrate with Microsoft SharePoint and many other platforms.
Information retrieval
Information retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...
software. Its has products for Enterprise search
Enterprise search
Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.-Enterprise search summary:...
, Taxonomy Management and Statistical classification.
History
Concept Searching was founded in 2002 in the UK and now has offices in the USA and South Africa. In August 2003 the company introduced the idea of using Compound term processingCompound term processing
Compound term processing is the name that is used for a category of techniques in Information retrieval applications that performs matching on the basis of compound terms...
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Compound term processing allows statistical information retrieval applications to perform matching using multi-word concepts. This can improve the quality of search results and also allows unstructured information to be automatically classified with semantic metadata.
The company's products run on the Microsoft .NET
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
platform. The products integrate with Microsoft SharePoint and many other platforms.
Awards
- 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management 2009/2010/2011
- KMWorld Trend-Setting Products of 2009/2010/2011
See also
- Compound term processingCompound term processingCompound term processing is the name that is used for a category of techniques in Information retrieval applications that performs matching on the basis of compound terms...
- Enterprise searchEnterprise searchEnterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.-Enterprise search summary:...
- Full text searchFull text searchIn text retrieval, full text search refers to techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full text database...
- Information retrievalInformation retrievalInformation retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...
- Concept SearchConcept SearchA concept search is an automated information retrieval method that is used to search electronically stored unstructured text for information that is conceptually similar to the information provided in a search query...