Comments on: Of hammers and nails http://www.michaelw.net/2009/06/of-hammers-and-nails/ Random thoughts from michaelw Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:40:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sid Probstein http://www.michaelw.net/2009/06/of-hammers-and-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Sid Probstein Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:47:34 +0000 http://www.michaelw.net/?p=207#comment-75 Great post. I agree that faceted browse is popular, and that buying such capabilities makes sense for the majority of buyers. However it's also important to look under the hood. Manually selecting the facets for a particular category of searches is typical (and can be time consuming.) At Attivio, we've gone one step further: our product, the Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) has a feature called Facet Finder that analyzes each result set on-the-fly and automatically identifies the best facets for that search. (No pre-computing or manual configuration required.) I also agree with your sentiment about the relational database: it is definitely time for something new! AIE can index structured (i.e. relational) and unstructured data and has a query-side JOIN() search operator that allows you to use relationships (as a database does) and combine that with full-text operations. Visit our website if you'd like to learn more... thanks! Great post. I agree that faceted browse is popular, and that buying such capabilities makes sense for the majority of buyers. However it’s also important to look under the hood. Manually selecting the facets for a particular category of searches is typical (and can be time consuming.)

At Attivio, we’ve gone one step further: our product, the Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) has a feature called Facet Finder that analyzes each result set on-the-fly and automatically identifies the best facets for that search. (No pre-computing or manual configuration required.)

I also agree with your sentiment about the relational database: it is definitely time for something new! AIE can index structured (i.e. relational) and unstructured data and has a query-side JOIN() search operator that allows you to use relationships (as a database does) and combine that with full-text operations.

Visit our website if you’d like to learn more… thanks!

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://www.michaelw.net/2009/06/of-hammers-and-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:18:48 +0000 http://www.michaelw.net/?p=207#comment-74 <a href="http://www.fox.com/kingofthehill/" rel="nofollow">King of the hill</a>, eh? I'll take it. :-) For those interested in learning more about faceted search at a modest price, I encourage you to check out my recently published <a href="http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/06/02/faceted-search-book-now-available-online/" rel="nofollow">book</a> on the subject. King of the hill, eh? I’ll take it. :-)

For those interested in learning more about faceted search at a modest price, I encourage you to check out my recently published book on the subject.

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