'''[http://www.sophiasearch.com Sophia Search Limited]''' is an Irish software company, founded in 2007.
Sophia builds contextually aware [[Enterprise Search]] solution products, that enable organizations to intelligently discover knowledge from unstructured content based on context so that it can be recovered, consolidated and optimized. (The information may be on the Internet, or stored privately in files in a company or database, or a combination of these.)
The technology works for a range of natural languages and so does not require reconfiguration. There is no external meta-data required: no ontology, no dictionary, no thesaurus, no [[Resource Description Framework]] augmenting and improving other search engines. Using a proprietary set of algorithms, the content enrichment process automatically creates semantic metadata for information.
Sophia is based on a model of [[Linguistics]] (called [[Semiotics]]), the metadata discovered and extracted by Sophia's Contextual Discovery Engine (CDE) is exposed as XML through RESTful web services.
== History ==
Sophia began life as a campus company in the [[University of Ulster]] and [[Saint Petersburg State University]] currently maintaining offices in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland, and San Jose, California. It also has an R&D base in St Petersburg, Russia. It is privately funded; having raised the [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/angel-investors-enable-search-to-pursue-the-american-dream-14865413.html largest ever private investment round], via an [[Angel Investor]](s), in Northern Ireland history.
The name Sophia is taken from the Greek word for [[Wisdom]]
== Mission ==
The Company's mission is to improve the 'findability' of content within organizations.
==Products==
Its core product, the Sophia Digital Librarian, automatically enriches each document with semantic metadata (such as Topic, concepts, document tags & semantic tags). This [[Metadata]] can then be leveraged by other tools, such as search and content management systems, in order to radically improve the findability of information. The tool has a key focus on discovery of new information. The Sophia Digital Librarian does not rely on [[Taxonomies]], ontologies, thesauri or any type of background knowledge nor does it require any training. It is built on a model of Linguistics called Semiotics, which explains how humans understand the meaning of signs, symbols and text.
This knowledge can be used to in conjunction with existing search tools, such as MS FAST, Google Search Appliance and Lucene/Solr to search semantically and to significantly improve the findability of indexed content. It can also be used to enrich content held within Content Management Systems (CMS) such as SharePoint, Documentum, and MarkLogic.
== Awards ==
The company has won a number of awards for its products including:
* [[Logica]] UK Global [http://www.logica.co.uk/we-are-logica/media-centre/news/2011/givp%20uk%20winners/ Innovation Partner] - winner 2011
* KM World Magazine top [http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/KMWorld-Trend-Setting-Products-of-2010-69565.aspx trend setting] - product 2010 & 2011
* [http://www.intertradeireland.com/newsevents/news/2009/name,5673,en.html Seedcorn] Business Competition - all Ireland winner 2009
* [http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3457.html Entrepreneurship award] - Northern Ireland winner 2007, of [[Northern Ireland Science Park]]'s £25K Entrepreneurship Award
== References ==
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# [http://chrisjhorn.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/semantic-tagging-opencalais-and-sophia/ Semantic Tagging: OpenCalais and Sophia] - Chrisjhorn's Blog 12 September 2011
# [http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/KMWorld-Trend-Setting-Products-of-2011-77169.aspx Trend-Setting Products of 2011] - KMWorld 1 September 2011
# [http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/22851-belfast-search-firm-invited Belfast search firm invited onto global IBM program] - Silicon Republic 26 July 2011
# [http://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondetails.do?solution=41611&expand=true&lc=en Sophia - Core Engine 1.0] - IBM 27 April 2011
# [http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/KMWorld-100-Companies--That-Matter-in-Knowledge-Management-74019.aspx KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management] - KMWorld 1 March 2011
# [https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/7a73d4de-7ade-425a-9078-e0ab103e2ee8/entry/websphere_cloudburst_sophia_search3?lang=en Global Entrepreneur Program] - IBM Webshpere cloudburst 18 February 2011
# [http://chrisjhorn.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/a-thoughtful-search-engine/ A thoughtful search engine] - Chrisjhorn's Blog 12 February 2011
# [http://www.bbaa.org.uk/news/halo-score-largest-angel-investment-and-first-northern-ireland-syndicate Halo score largest angel investment and first Northern Ireland syndicate] - British Business Angel Association 22 September 2010
# [http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/KMWorld-Trend-Setting-Products-of-2010-69565.aspx KMWorld Trend-Setting Products of 2010] - KMWorld 1 September 2010
# [http://www.ulster.ac.uk/u2b/issue8/pdfs/U2BSpring10Full.pdf University to Business] - Tim Brundle Director of Innovation Spring 2010
# [http://netcommunity.ulster.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=80 Spin-out company wins top business award] - The Ulster Graduate Spring 2010
# [http://www.intertradeireland.com/newsevents/news/2009/name,5690,en.html Belfast Company Clinches Seedcorn Regional Winner Prize] - Belfast Telegraph 13 November 2009
# [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/angel-investors-enable-search-to-pursue-the-american-dream-14865413.html Angel investors enable Search to pursue the American dream] - Belfast Telegraph 5 July 2009
# [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/uu-team-lift-prize-at-25k-awards-13487069.html University of Ulster team lift prize at 25k Awards] - Belfast Telegraph 22 October 2007
# [http://www.intertradeireland.com/casestudies/name,5812,en.html Sophia Search at a glance] - [[InterTradeIreland]]
# [[InterTradeIreland]] - [[Wikipedia]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.sophiasearch.com/ Official website]
* [http://blog.sophiasearch.com/ Official blog]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/sophiasearch Sophia's channel] on [[YouTube]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/SophiaSearch?sk=wall Sophia's page] on [[Facebook]]
== Reviews ==
# [http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/News-Analysis/Semiotics-for-enterprise-search-75633.aspx Semiotics for enterprise search] - KMWorld 28 May 2011
# [http://www.ulsterbusiness.com/2011/04/news/sophia-finding-the-needle-in-the-company-haystack/ Sophia – finding the needle in the company haystack] - Ulster Business 9 April 2011
# [http://www.earley.com/blog/organizing-unknown-applying-taxonomy-discovery-through-sophia-search Organizing the unknown – applying taxonomy to discovery through Sophia Search] - Earley & Associates 31 March 2011
# [http://www.arnoldit.com/search-wizards-speak/sophia.html An Interview with David Patterson] - Arnold IT 1 March 2011
# [http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/News/Three-dimensional-search-71050.aspx Three-dimensional search] - KMWorld 27 October 2010
# [http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/sophia-launches-sophia-search-intelligent-enterprise-search-contextual-discovery-1322987.htm New solution empowers organizations to intelligently discover knowledge from unstructured content for efficient discovery, recovery, consolidation and use while reducing the cost of managing information] - Marketwire 22 September 2010
# [http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/discover-your-unstructured-content-with-sophia-search-008660.php Discover your unstructured content - discovery is a priority!] - CMS Wire 22 September 2010
# [http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/artificial-intelligence-added-medloom-clinical-decision-support-system-built-on-intersystems-1279736.htm Artificial Intelligence added to medloom clinical decision support system built on interSystems CACHÉ database] - Marketwire 22 June 2010
# [http://www.ulsterbusiness.com/2010/01/analysis/innovation-nation/ Innovation Nation] - Ulster Business 19 January 2010
# [http://www.ulster.ac.uk/u2b/issue4/page2.html Don’t just Search your Information, Understand it!] - University of Ulster Autumn 2009
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