Knowledge mapping allows for representation of semantic spaces, from Web pages or databases, under dynamic representation forms.

 

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Knowledge mapping:
first steps toward fuzzy interfaces

 

The most recent research tools (1) on the Internet are meta-engines with interfaces allowing for information mapping.

 

  Two-dimension representation brings complementary information that does not appear in the classic search engines: that of links, generally key words, that bring together, or separate, the proposed answers. Each answer is a small island in the middle of the information ocean. Lexical relations appear like bridges between these islands. Today, use of these new interfaces is still a little bit intuitive. The RU3 project counts on the use of new more powerful concepts that will allow fuzzy interfaces to easily handle the structured information.

 

(1) For more information concerning the new intelligent tools, refer to RU3 rubric ¬ PORTAL ¬ TOOLS

 
  

The fuzzy interface, a tool for idea association

  

A dose of indetermination must remain in any search of knowledge

  

The effectiveness of new interfaces rests on the information design