Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing Creates Online College Books Platform.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2004 SafariX(R) Textbooks Online, to be launched by Pearson Education and Safari(R) Bureau van Dijk van Dijk can refer to:
This new digital textbook The Digital Textbook program was announced by the Education Ministry of South Korea on March 8th 2007, the program intends to provide for all Korean schools by 2011. History program will offer WebBooks as an additional option to the print textbook platform and various functionality such as the ability to browse the electronic book catalog, search the entire text for key concepts and tools such as book marking, note-taking and page printing. In addition, BvDEP will provide the online hosting, e-commerce functionality, back office reporting for usage and performance statistics and security to ensure only authorized access. SafariX Textbooks Online utilizes BlitzHit, BvDEP's new contextual search To search for records or documents based upon the text contained in any part of the file as opposed to searching on a predefined key field. engine for XML databases. This state of the art application is an effective and scalable platform for document indexing and retrieval. BlitzHit can instantly aggregate per-document results to book results. It also features customized contextual searches, such as title search, keyword search and code search with Boolean, context and proximity operators. "BlitzHit has taken a long time to develop to this level and it's a fundamental part of this project's success," said Bernard Struyf, director at BvDEP, "It utilizes sophisticated methodology to assess relevancy for words in every context and it contributes significantly to the accuracy of the searches. We're sure that colleges will find it an efficient and progressive service." Gary June, chief marketing officer of Pearson Higher Education said, "We've been delighted to work with BvDEP on Safari. This new venture offers students more choice, value, and thanks to BvDEP, innovation." More information about SafariX Textbooks Online can be found on www.safarix.com. More information about BvDEP's electronic publishing services can be found on http://eps.bvdep.com, or by contacting George Katsch at 212-797-3565. About Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP) specializes in electronic publishing solutions by creating and maintaining high-end applications that incorporate cutting edge functionality and analytical features. Its technology adds value through a smart XML repository enabling a powerful and fast search engine, featuring full-text and fielded metadata. Additionally, BvDEP technology can provide features like online browsing and reading, secure offline reading, full reporting and e-payments. Visit http//:eps.bvdep.com for more information. About Blitzhit Blitzhit indexing and ranking agents use a large set of methods to mark relevancy for every word in every context, using word frequency, word location, and contextual data derived from the XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. tagging. The indexing process uses complex ternary (programming) ternary - A description of an operator taking three arguments. The only common example is C's ?: operator which is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1 if CONDITION is true else EXP2. trees enabling incredibly fast index building handling millions of words in just minutes. The relevancy determination algorithms use intelligent lexical analysis methods and fast set intersection and union algorithms as well as various statistical methods, which calculate and utilize important factors such as word proximity, word frequency, relative rank valuation, per-document word frequency and weight. About Pearson Education Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the global leader in educational publishing. With brands such as Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Longman, Pearson Addison-Wesley, Pearson Allyn & Bacon, Pearson Benjamin Cummings and others, Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools and educational services in all available media, spanning the learning curve from birth through college and beyond. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ; FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. :PSON PSON Plastic Small Outline Package No Leads ), the international media company. To view the electronic press kit visit http://www.safarix.com About Safari(R) Books Online Safari(R) Books Online is a joint venture between the industry's leading technical publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc., and the Pearson Technology Group. Safari's flagship service, Safari(R) Tech Books Online, is the premier electronic reference library for programming and IT developments. Visit www.safaribooksonline.com |
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