Gary, Have a look here: http://www.content-analysis.de/software.html
Click on the General and Quantitative buttons for a start. There are a rich set of tools developed by sociologists and others who do ethonographic research and have to analyse large amounts of text for patterns etc. These tools may work for what you are trying to do. Joseph On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 07:57, Kantor, Gary wrote: > As far as I know, Plone does not generate its own keywords. During the > publishing process, it allows you to apply keywords to the document > being published. A new keyword can be named and used, or a keyword(s) > can be selected from a drop-down list. In our case, I want to offer a > standardised list of keywords to the relatively large number of > individuals in our department who will become publishers (I hope) in > their own subsection of the site. > > Plone's search engine allows searching based on multiple criteria, > including keywords. I don't know exactly how the keywords get > integrated into the HTML of each document. > > The goal would be to optimise search engine retrieval of clinically > oriented documents, both within Plone and the website, and for outside > search engines, but primarily the former. Kind of a mini PubMed is > what I was thinking. > > Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ignacio Valdes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:17 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: Re: Keyword tagging of clinical documents > > > > > > Congratulations, Plone is remarkably good. I'm not a ZOPE > > or ZODB expert, but doesn't it do a lot of keyword > > generation on its own? Can you elaborate on what the > > keywords will be used for? -- IV > > > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:16:16 -0400 > > "Kantor, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >We are developing our Department of Anesthesiology web > > >portal using Plone, > > >an open source content management system that is based on > > >Zope. We are very > > >pleased with the initial look and functionality of the > > >site > > >(www.uhcanesthesia.com). The site is live, but please > > >note is not yet > > >populated with content and therefore not yet officially > > >open for business. > > > > > >We hope to develop a considerable repository of documents > > >relevant to our > > >clinical practice in anesthesiology, critical care and > > >pain medicine. One > > >challenge we face is how to apply "keywords" to the > > >tagging of documents in > > >order to increase the efficiency of indexing and > > >information retrieval. > > > > > >Does anyone have any suggestions for how to approach the > > >creation of a > > >suitable list of keywords, short of loading the entire > > >MeSH subject headings > > >from the National Library of Medicine's Medline?! > > > > > >Gary Kantor, MD > > >Case Western Reserve University > > >Cleveland, Ohio > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > The enclosed information is STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for > the use of the addressee only. University Hospitals Health System and > its affiliates disclaim any responsibility for the unauthorized > disclosure of this information to individuals or parties other than > the addressee. > > If this transmission contains patient medical information, this > information has been disclosed to you from records whose > confidentiality is protected by Federal and Ohio law. If this > transmission contains patient medical information regarding > psychiatric disorders, Human Immune Virus (HIV) test results, Acquired > Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), AIDs-related conditions, alcohol, > and/or drug dependence/abuse, federal regulation (42 CFR Part 2) and > Ohio Revised Code sections 5122.31 and 3701.243 prohibit you from > making any further disclosure of it without the specific written > consent of the person to whom it pertains, or as otherwise permitted > by such laws. A general authorization for the release of medical or > other information, including HIV/AIDS-related information, is NOT > sufficient for this purpose. The federal rules also restrict any use > of the information to criminally investigate or prosecute any alcohol > or drug abuse patient. > > If you received this information in error, please notify the sender > immediately by reply e-mail, fax or telephone, or call Information > Services at 216-844-3327. Also, if you are not the intended recipient, > any dissemination, distribution or duplication of this transmission is > strictly prohibited. > > >
