Microsoft Research tests biographical search
InternetNews | at | by Mike
If you have endless curiosity, particularly about people, and plenty of time to burn, Microsoft's got a research tool for you.
Microsoft Research Asia has a research tool that provides what might be thought of as a biographical search engine, complete with automatically generated relationship charts.
Dubbed EntityCube, the research prototype is directed toward finding all the Web pages regarding an "entity," whether that be a person, a product, or a business.
EntityCube is the English translation of the Chinese term "Renlifang," according to a readme file on the EntityCube site. Renlifang was the original Chinese language project. EntityCube is the English language version.