Why is Sophia different?
why is sophia different
Last Updated (Friday, 29 February 2008 23:46)
Why is SOPHIA different
SOPHIA does not rely on you knowing precisely what you need when forming queries – relevant information is returned in the form of themes and you can understand the different aspects of your query, quickly learn from this and focus on those aspects that are of most relevance to your current context and needs.
You can automatically learn about themes that you didn’t know even existed – for example when querying using “Java” perhaps you were unaware that Java is an island in Indonesia.
SOPHIA also understands meaning in information and can therefore enable you to search based on the meaning of what you are looking for, presenting more useful information as a result. You don’t get information back simply because it contains the key word you used in your query, you get information back because it is relevant to the topic and meaning of what you are looking for. Therefore information relevant to your needs, which does not explicitly contain your query terms, will also be presented to you.
Search can be split into two types of task. The first is recovery where you know a piece of information is in your repository and you are trying to create a query that will retrieve it. The second is discovery where you are unaware of the existence of an important piece of information but it is vital that it is found based on your query. Conventional search can only address (to some extent) the issue of recovery but not discovery. After all if you don’t know it’s there how can you form a query with the right terms to find it? Because SOPHIA understands meaning it can address both the recovery and discovery aspects of search.