SearchEngineWatch.com: Semantic search engine vendor hakia announces Commercial Ontology (CO), which it says can recognize phrases and terms. CEO Dr. Riza C Berken explains the premise behind the CO technology on the company’s blog.

Berken said unlike traditional ontologies that use manual work, CO can be automated.

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