The purpose of Semaphore OS is to provide a feature rich, extensible, scalable and performing front end to the ontologies and classification schemes managed within Semaphore.
Any portal using Semaphore OS, delivers an exceptional user experience that surrounds the user with relevant content. It is this experience that ensures Findability. Findability being when the user is connected to the information they need, in context, quickly and without information overload.
In order to provide this rich portal experience Semaphore OS provides:
- Taxonomy browsing and navigation
- Concept mapping
- Key matches
- Related Topics
- Related Systems
- A-Z listings
- Results paths
- Facetted Search Results and Topics Maps
- Integration to the different search engines that are supported by Semaphore
- Semaphore GSA Edition
- Semaphore MOSS Edition
- Semaphore FAST Edition
- Semaphore UIMA Edition
This functionality is provided over multiple taxonomies and with full support of document collections.
All the Semaphore OS services are delivered through a fit for purpose REST xml-based API that can be easily used by 3rd party systems, system integrators and any client’s IT team.