ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 19, 2004 - ProQuest Information and Learning announces a licensing agreement with Convera to use ProQuest's renowned taxonomy, a system for organizing information in electronic content. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and distributes databases to libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

“ProQuest’s taxonomy expertise, coupled with RetrievalWare’s proven technology is certain to add significant value for Convera’s clients,” said Ken Kirkley, Director of Corporate Licensing for ProQuest.

Convera, based in Vienna, VA, is a leading provider of search solutions. The new agreement allows Convera to use ProQuest’s taxonomy to classify and organize information in its proprietary RetrievalWare software products.  RetrievalWare solutions provide highly scalable, fast, accurate and secure searches across more than 200 forms of text, video, image and audio information, in more than 45 languages.

ProQuest’s taxonomy allows for the precise mapping and searching of subject fields. It is constantly updated to capture new terms that allow a common language for describing key topics. 

The taxonomy, created by an editorial team, is the basis of ProQuest’s highly regarded indexing and abstracting services, considered essential research tools by librarians and scholars worldwide.    

Convera is offering industry-specific cartridges, based on slices of the ProQuest taxonomy, to plug into RetrievalWare. Convera also offers software licenses for the cartridges, based on ProQuest content, to RetrievalWare users. RetrievalWare's advanced classification solution enables organizations to discover links, knowledge and expertise embedded within otherwise diverse and scattered information sources.

 

About Convera

Convera is a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise search, retrieval and categorization solutions. Convera's RetrievalWare solutions maximize return on investment in vast stores of unstructured information by providing highly scalable, fast, accurate and secure search across more than 200 forms of text, video, image and audio information, in more than 45 languages. More than 800 customers in 33 countries rely on Convera's search solutions to power a broad range of mission-critical applications including enterprise portals, knowledge management, intelligence gathering, profiling, corporate policy compliance, regulatory compliance, customer service and more. The company’s North American headquarters is in Vienna, Virginia.

 

About ProQuest
ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog® and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.

More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.

For more information, visit www.proquest.com or the ProQuest parent company website, www.cig.com.