Toward Topic Search on the Web was reported by Infodocket.com.
Report from Microsoft researchers on “…framework that improves web search experiences through the use of a probabilistic knowledge base.”
Interesting report.
Even more so if you think about topic maps as declarative knowledge bases and consider the use of probabilistic knowledge bases as a means to add to the former.
BTW, user satisfaction was used as the criteria for success.
Now that is local semantics.
Probably at just about the right level as well.
Comments?