ITR: From the Web to the Global InfoBase

该项目是由全球信息库（GIB）的愿景驱动的：一个无处不在的通用信息资源，简单易用，最新和全面。 为了实现这一愿景，该项目正在开发将当今的万维网转变为GIB所需的技术。该项目包括四个相互关联的重点：* 将现有技术纳入"通用“信息模型和查询语言。个性化的信息管理，让用户获得更相关、更及时的信息。*先进的语义分析工具。*挖掘信息以综合新知识的算法。网络创造了一个包含世界上大部分知识的资源。 然而，今天我们使用网络作为信息资源的能力还处于原始状态。 GIB项目正在开发技术，使社会能够更有效地利用急剧增长的在线信息量。

The project is driven by the vision of a Global InfoBase (GIB): a ubiquitous and universal information resource, simple to use, up to date, and comprehensive. Towards this vision, the project is developing technologies needed to transform today's World-Wide Web into the GIB. The project consists of four interrelated thrusts:* Integration of existing technologies into a ``universal'' information model and query language.* Personalized information management, so users obtain more relevant and timely information.* Sophisticated semantic-analysis tools.* Algorithms for mining information to synthesize new knowledge.The Web has created a resource comprising much of the world's knowledge. Yet today our ability to use the Web as an information resource is in a primitive state. The GIB project is developing technology that will allow society far more effective and efficient use of the dramatically growing amount of information available online.