Epi-Search and dtSearch
January 11, 2017
I read about Epi-Search in “Epi-Search, A Free Academic Resource, Lets Researchers Enter Up to 10,000 Words of Text and, Using a dtSearch® Engine API, Find “More Like This” Across the ISCE Library.” The idea is a good one. Plug in a research summary or journal article abstract. The system then outputs related documents. The search plumbing is provided by dtSearch, a vendor based in Bethesda, Maryland.
I ran a test using the description of my Cyberosint: Next Generation Information Access monograph on the system at this link. The system returned 10 hits to related documents. Here’s a partial list:
Only the “Penal Populism” was in the same city as the ball park in which I kick around.
The link to Google search results was in the ball park’s parking lot. But the majority of the Google hits point to sites for cyber security, not for the use of open source intelligence to obtain operational intelligence. The Google search grabbed the notion of bad actors compromising network integrity. Important, but not the game I follow. The Google search results returned by the Epi system were PDF files and advertisements.
On a side note, there is a product called Episerer which is offered by a company called Epi. You can get information at this link. Epi’s content management system includes a search engine marketed as Find. Perhaps the name clash can be resolved?
Stephen E Arnold, January 11, 2017
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