Iridescent Software Illuminates Research Data
Mike Martin,
NewsFactor,
Feb 03, 2004
Article describing software that helps "scientists easily identify obscure commonalities in research data and directly relate them to their own work, saving money and speeding the process of discovery." As Peter Suber comments, "Like other intelligent text analysis software, Iridescent applies first and best to the ocean of free data on the public internet. In this case, Iridescent is optimized for reading Medline abstracts." I think this is a good point, and I think that software like this is the way of the future. But data locked behind subscription walls will not be found using such tools.
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