Theseus Program
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Theseus Program is a research program initiated in 2006 by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Germany)
with the goal of developing a new Internet-based infrastructure
in order to better use and utilize the knowledge available on the Internet.
To this end, application-oriented basic technologies and technical standards are to be developed and tested. The expected results are novel products, tools, services, and business models for the World Wide Web
, as well as for the service and knowledge society of tomorrow.
The focus of the research program is on Computational linguistics
and semantic technologies, which determine contents (words, images, and sounds) not through conventional methods (e.g., combinations of letters) but which are able to recognize and place the meaning of a content in its proper context. Using these technologies, computer programs can intelligently comprehend the context in which data were stored. In addition, by applying rules and order principles, computers can draw logical inferences from the contents and autonomously recognize and produce connections between various pieces of information from different sources.
Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a ministry in the German cabinet. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin.-Functions and Responsibilities:...
with the goal of developing a new Internet-based infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
in order to better use and utilize the knowledge available on the Internet.
To this end, application-oriented basic technologies and technical standards are to be developed and tested. The expected results are novel products, tools, services, and business models for the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
, as well as for the service and knowledge society of tomorrow.
The focus of the research program is on Computational linguistics
Computational linguistics
Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective....
and semantic technologies, which determine contents (words, images, and sounds) not through conventional methods (e.g., combinations of letters) but which are able to recognize and place the meaning of a content in its proper context. Using these technologies, computer programs can intelligently comprehend the context in which data were stored. In addition, by applying rules and order principles, computers can draw logical inferences from the contents and autonomously recognize and produce connections between various pieces of information from different sources.