MiTAP for Real Users, Real Data, Real Problems
March 2003
Laurie Damianos, The MITRE Corporation
Steve Wohlever, The MITRE Corporation
Robyn Kozeriok, The MITRE Corporation
Jay Ponte, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
The MiTAP system was developed as an experimental prototype using
human language technologies for monitoring disease outbreaks. The system
provides timely, multi-lingual, global information access to analysts,
medical experts and individuals involved in humanitarian assistance.
Thousands of articles from electronic information sources spanning multiple
languages are automatically captured, translated, tagged, summarized,
and presented to users in a variety of ways. Real users access MiTAP
daily to solve real problems. The successful adoption of MiTAP is attributed
to its user-focused design that accommodates the imperfect component
technologies and allows users to interact with the system in familiar
ways. We will discuss the problem, design process, and implementation
from the perspective of services provided and how these services support
system capabilities that satisfy user requirements.
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