[seul-edu] [Fwd: 'Distributed Encyclopedia']

[Doug Loss <drloss@home.com>]

XIAO Gang wrote:

> Sir,
>
> I would like you to forward this message to the SEUL/EDU list, as I am
> not subscribed (although I read the archives regularly).
>
> 'Distributed Encyclopedia of Sciences' (http://wims.unice.fr/enc.html)
> is simply a web search engine, based on a new method using full text
> analysis. The text analyzer can select the best web pages explaining the
> topic corresponding to the search keyword.
>
> Thanks to the tremendous wealth of the internet resources, the result
> makes the word 'Distributed Encyclopedia' no exageration. For the time
> being it is still a very rough and very limited prototype and has lots
> of imperfections, but especially for educational topics, it can usually
> give you the most relevant pages you look for, in a list with very few
> 'pollutions', much better than any other search engine.
>
> Besides the available disciplines (math, physics, chemistry, astronomy,
> biology, medicine), many others (botany, zoology, social sciences,
> psychology, geology, etc.) are under preparation.
>
> At this stage of the development, the most important thing is for me to
> know whether people find it useful, in order to decide how much energy I
> should put into it. So comments and criticisms are extremely welcome.
>
> If you reference this site, please only use the link
> http://wims.unice.fr/enc.html. Any other URL may be very unstable at
> this time.
>
> --
>
> XIAO Gang (~{P$8U~})                          xiao@unice.fr
>                http://pcmath126.unice.fr/xiao.html

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