This bit requires some of that clever software I mentioned earlier. Our news databases are updated with far too many stories on a daily basis for them to be indexed by a person. So, the company developed software over many years to apply controlled indexing terms based on the content of a story. That is the secret of InfoSort. With the addition of the Dialog and DataStar databases, the next challenge for InfoSort is clear.
Different fields become important, such as author's name, chemical compounds and drug brands.
This is our work in progress. Applying the extremely powerful software techniques we have acquired over the years, we are certain that we will be able to add real value to the Dialog and DataStar services in the next year. The next step for InfoSort is the application of indexing to internal data. InfoSort may also be applied to special projects, and some customers are already solving their real-world information handling problems with our help. The BBC wanted to roll out an electronic news cuttings service over their corporate intranet, to replace as much as possible their existing paper based service.