Microsoft Powerset Adds Semantic Search To Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a popular online encyclopedia that can be a good starting point for researching a specific topic. What Wikipedia sorely needs is a better search engine. Microsoft Powerset is a search engine technology that is powering Microsoft's own search engine Bing. The Powerset website however is currently being used to demonstrate the Powerset technology by providing a better Wikipedia search experience.
The most notable difference becomes apparent on the start page of Powerset. Here it is not only possible to enter specific keywords like Google Chrome or Microsoft but also questions like “what did Benjamin Franklin invent†or phrases like “impressionist paintersâ€. Wikipedia will return a list of possible results for those queries leaving the user with the task to look through them to find the article containing the right information.
Wikipedia is a popular online encyclopedia that can be a good starting point for researching a specific topic. What Wikipedia sorely needs is a better search engine. Microsoft Powerset is a search engine technology that is powering Microsoft's own search engine Bing. The Powerset website however is currently being used to demonstrate the Powerset technology by providing a better Wikipedia search experience.
The most notable difference becomes apparent on the start page of Powerset. Here it is not only possible to enter specific keywords like Google Chrome or Microsoft but also questions like “what did Benjamin Franklin invent†or phrases like “impressionist paintersâ€. Wikipedia will return a list of possible results for those queries leaving the user with the task to look through them to find the article containing the right information.
