The National Archives of the United Kingdom (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) has just gone live with an Autonomy IDOL server-based solution that provides online access to the Archive’s 30 million plus documents, dating from the Domesday Book of 1086 to the present day.

IDOL differs from other search solutions in that it forms an understanding of the indexed content; rather than simpler keyword-based technology found on most other search platforms, IDOL develops a conceptual and contextual understanding of the meaning of electronic data. The data itself can be in just about any format - text, web, email, audio or video.

Future developments for the National Archives included the addition of profiling and alerting functionality through the use of user-defined “agents”. Effectively, users will be able to define their areas of interest and be informed of new material as and when it becomes available.

Read the full press release here:

http://www.autonomy.com/content/News/Releases/2006/0718.html