IMAGINE – federated associative search : Cross-searchable databases expand new intellectual frontiers

Abstract

“IMAGINE/GETA” is a federated associative search system for spontaneous learning developed by the Research and Development Center for Informatics of Association at the National Institute of Informatics. A book search service, “IMAGINE Book Search”, exploiting associative search provided by “IMAGINE/GETA” has been offered since July 2006. In July 2009, we released the GETAssoc software as evolution of GETA. The gss3 Protocol Analyzer for associative searches using GETAssoc was also released. The “IMAGINE Arts” are customized versions of IMAGINE for disseminating information about cultural resources.