[topicmapmail] New Semantic Network Product

[Jack Park]

This Web site is the creation of Kathleen M. Fisher, who contributed a
chapter on topic maps in the classroom to the new book _XML Topic Maps_
which is now in press and about to begin shipping (if it hasn't already).

http://www.semanticresearch.com

"Semantic Research is focused on a key problem facing most organizations=20
with multi-faceted informational resources and systems: the capture,=20
organization, management and visualization of knowledge. Chief among these=
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organizations are the military, the intelligence community, major=20
corporations, government agencies, and bio sciences.
Over the last 25 years, two significant issues related to the management of=
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knowledge have emerged: Information Overload and Tacit Knowledge."

"We apply semantic networking theory to a new breed of sophisticated=20
knowledge capture, management and transfer products. Our goal is to create=
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value for our customers by increasing revenue, lowering costs, and=20
producing benefits of knowledge capitalization through the use of our=20
Semantica=99 products.

Semantica provides an intuitive, graphical environment for quickly and=20
easily capturing unstructured knowledge from knowledge workers and experts,=
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integrating it into an accessible knowledge management framework."


"A semantic network is fundamentally a system for capturing, storing and=20
transferring information that works much the same as (and is, in fact,=20
modeled after) the human brain. It is robust, efficient and flexible. It is=
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also the basis for many efforts to produce artificial intelligence.=20
Semantic networks can grow to extraordinary complexity, necessitating a=20
sophisticated approach to visual display, balancing the need for simplicity=
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with the full expressive power of the network. Semantic networks may be=20
traversed via concept list views, via their relations, or by retracing the=
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user's history."

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XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web.
Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-74960-2.