COmposite Document Expert/extended/effective Retrieval (NSF: 1985-9)

Application Domains: 1985 -

• Electronic mail (AIList Digest, Collins English Dictionary)
• Navy messages (Naval Message Analyzer)
• Medical information on cardiology (400M)
• Campus Catalog - MARIAN (1G - underway)

Environment

• Communications: TCP/IP (supporting our own language for interprocess data/information/knowledge transfer)
• Operating Systems: versions of UNIX
• Programming Languages: C, C++, Prolog
• Distributed Hardware: IBM 3090, DECstation, Mac II, ...