Content enhancement and knowledge services provider Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), India, has announced that it has been selected by ASTM International, the globally recognised leader in international standards development, for its subject matter expert (SME)-curated knowledge mining and indexing services.
Under the agreement, Scope will be developing a domain-specific, multi-level taxonomy for the vast array of content within ASTM's Standards and Engineering Digital Library (SEDL). With over 1,400 ebooks, 60,000 articles and chapters, and 12,000 standards, the ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library claims to be one of the world's most comprehensive engineering resources.
Scope will also develop facets with a taxonomic structure to enable robust cross domain search, as well as create an expanded list of keywords to be mapped to the taxonomy and facets accordingly. This content enhancement project aims to provide a more precise search experience to the Digital Library end users, allow drilled-down navigation, as well as the ability to conduct effective searches across content domains.
Scope is known for its 'assisted automation' approach that blends the use of appropriate technology with subject domain expertise for scalable, cost effective and high-value results for its clients worldwide. To execute this project specifically, Scope has developed a team that includes taxonomy experts and software specialists, as well as an array of domain experts from the diverse breath of industries served by ASTM.
Scope eKnowledge Center, a Quatrro Group company, is an award winning provider of outsourced, cost-effective content enhancement and knowledge services to the global information industry. The company uses a combination of deep subject matter expertise in a number of business and STM domains, innovative technology and proprietary intellectual property to provide world class services. In operation for over 24 years, Scope has built a clientele loyal to its abstracting, indexing, semantic enrichment, database/directory development and content authoring solutions.
Scope is also the publisher of the daily Knowledgespeak newsletter, an authoritative news service focusing on the STM information industry.
ASTM International is a globally recognised leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Working in an open and transparent process and using ASTM's advanced electronic infrastructure, ASTM members deliver the test methods, specifications, guides and practices that support industries and governments worldwide. At present, over 12,000 ASTM standards are used worldwide to improve product quality, enhance safety, facilitate market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.
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