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Prospector

1. What is this Prospector?
The Prospector is tool for text analysis that is included with Cognocys IAM™ software.

2. How does it work?
The Prospector uses a prototypical set of LSA (Latent Semantic Analysis) algorithms to analyze text and summarize it using a simple HTML document.

3. Can I see a sample?
Sure. The link below shows typical output from the Prospector, a "prospect" file. This sample was originally created as a one-off using a number of RSS newsfeeds. In response to some requests, it is now updated regularly.

Sample Prospect - News


4. Which newsfeeds do you use?
Although this changes from time to time, the following newsfeeds are a staple:

	Cognocys does not endorse any of these sources, nor is it responsible for the content they generously make available. Unless otherwise specified, Cognocys is not affiliated with any of these organizations.
	http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/TOPHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=RANDOM&SECTION=HOME http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/USHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=RANDOM&SECTION=HOME
	http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/americas/rss.xml
	http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss
	http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/domesticNews
	http://feeds.feedburner.com/AbcNews_TopStories http://feeds.feedburner.com/AbcNews_US
	http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml
	http://online.wsj.com/xml/rss/3_7085.xml http://online.wsj.com/xml/rss/3_7011.xml
	http://feeds.cbsnews.com/CBSNewsWorld http://feeds.cbsnews.com/CBSNewsNational
	http://feeds.foxnews.com/foxnews/latest http://feeds.foxnews.com/foxnews/national
	http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1001 http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1003
	http://feeds.publicradio.org/MPR_NewsFeatures?format=xml
	http://www.startribune.com/world/index.rss2 http://www.startribune.com/nation/index.rss2
	http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/US.xml
	http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml
	http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/rssnat.asp
	http://www.forbes.com/news/index.xml
	http://news.cnet.com/2547-1_3-0-20.xml

5. How does this relate to IAM?
Effective IAM requires constant analysis of large volumes of text, such as company patents, competitor patents, acquired inventions, agreements (contracts), research publications, and technical disclosure bulletins. This tool allows one to summarize thousands of documents in a simple, off-line document.
On a flight for an M&A discussion? Consider using the Prospector to scan all those contracts in the "not-critical-but-bound-to-be-important-someday" pile.