Near Dupes goes Open Kimono
October 8th, 2007 by Andrew Jenks
I think everyone can agree that when it comes to conceptual search and the “near-dupe” functionality, it’s been pretty much a black box. Everyone says “trust our algorithm”, everyone else does. At times this can be a bit like a leap of faith and like the Jedi mind trick “these are not the droids you’re looking for”.
In our weekly release, we’re adding something that we like to call View Diff. What is View Diff, you may ask. Well, it’s basically a comparison of two documents that you’re looking at side by side. The exciting feature here is that not only are the documents side by side, but each are color highlighted to show you where the differences are. Not only will this give a quick glance to see if it’s worth exploring, but it will also allow you to see the near-dupe technology in action.
Giving transparency like this will not only allow you to see the algorithm, it will give you the decision power to decide if it is really a near-dupe. As features that uncover ‘black box’ functionality roll out, clients will in turn have more trust in the technology and greater acceptance of Automated Discovery.
