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Interesting... Your 'da vinci paintings' example also brings up tricky issues (for Google and for the end-user) around how to disambiguate information about the original painting, the multiple digital surrogates thereof and other related resources such as reviews (and even the tourist attractions that result from the paintings it seems - see the 'type' for the Last Supper!). Andy ________________________________ Andy Powell Research Programme Director Eduserv [log in to unmask] 01225 474319 / 07989 476710 www.eduserv.org.uk efoundations.typepad.com twitter.com/andypowe11 ________________________________ Eduserv Symposium 2009 - Evolution or revolution: The future of identity and access management for research -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dan Zambonini Sent: 04 June 2009 08:35 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Google Squared - collections search? Google Squared (http://www.google.com/squared) launched yesterday, which, as the Techcrunch article (http://tinyurl.com/r8qyuk) says, 'structures the unstructured data on web pages' and 'looks for data structures on the web that imply facts'. I played with this last night with trivial (but successful) searches search us 'uk political parties' or 'welsh mountains', but have just realised that it is also implicitly a type of cross-collections search: http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=da+vinci+paintings http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=mechanical+calculator http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=world+war+2+tanks http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=monet Interesting stuff, and yet more (shudder) copyright implications? :) Dan ---------------------------------------- Dan Zambonini Box UK Internet Development and Consultancy t: +44 (0)29 2022 8822 f: +44 (0)29 2022 8820 e: [log in to unmask] w: http://www.boxuk.com ---------------------------------------- We are welcoming a new decade of growth and innovation at Box UK. Visit our website and read the Annual Report (http://www.boxuk.com/annual-report) to learn more. Registered Office Address: 6a Poland Street, London, W1F 8PT. Registered in England and Wales No. 3606919. Important Information: This message may contain confidential, proprietary or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system. You should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. **************************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************************** **************************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk ****************************************************************