Users can also save searches as Dialog Alerts to receive title lists of new entries via e-mail. Although users pay no extra charge for building a site using PowerPortal, they still have the usual costs to pay as a Dialog subscriber for Dialog data content. The k-working line now comprises three products. The Discovery software searches and extracts data based on key concepts and either natural-language or Boolean queries defined by the user. It uses linguistic inference technology to learn the user s preferences.
Institutions can automatically create and modify taxonomies targeted to specific user needs.
The Alert software creates intelligent agents to notify users of new or updated information when it becomes available. Each agent works with users to refine areas of interest using filtering, feedback monitoring, and suggestions as to revised search strategies. Both software packages suggest related topical information. The third element in the package is the U.S. launch of a stand-alone version of InfoSort, Dialog s proprietary indexing technology that automatically categorizes structured information to business taxonomies, including market sector, scope terms, locations, and company names. InfoSort can read documents and automatically assign index categories and customize use to match individual, departmental, and institutionwide taxonomies.