XML, metadata and efficient knowledge discovery

摘要

This paper examines a software tool that assists Defence intelligence analysts in efficient discovery and assimilation of large volumes of information derived from a range of sources. The Health INTelligence System (HINTS) is a prototype that was developed during a collaborative Research and Development project between Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Australia and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO). The paper discusses how advanced document analysis techniques were used to assists intelligence analysts to manage, analyse and assimilate large volumes of electronic documents. CSC worked with DSTO to integrate a range of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products and several custom built components. The COTS products included a web search engine, a geo-spatial Graphical User Interface, and an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) server. The project team utilised the above technologies to provide a generic design and interface to ensure the prototype is readily configurable to suit a variety of domains.