Fuwatto Search is a simple mashup tool that enables users to encounter information in a more serendipitous manner. It extracts unique keywords from input text and issues queries to bibliographic databases like WorldCat and CiNii. Results are merged based on calculating similarities between fulltext contents of web pages, PDFs, and database records. While not suited for known-item searches, it provides a document-by-document search paradigm rather than simple keyword searches.

1. Fuwatto Search: A simple mashup tool for information encountersふわっと関連検索Masao TakakuNational Institute for Materials Science, JapanEmail: tmasao@acm.orgTwitter: @tmasao

7. FuwattoWorldCat Search: http://fuwat.to/worldcatFuwattoCiNiiSearch: http://fuwat.to/ciniiFeedbacks are welcome.If you have API-enabled DB, please let me know.

8. System Overview？Fuwatto Search toolRequestExtracting contentsWeb pagesExtracting unique keywordsBibliographicDatabase(API supported)Issuing queriesFulltextrichfile (PDF)Calculating similaritiesMerging search resultsAny text dataResponseThis method provides poorman’sGoogleAdSenseOr Amazon Omakase Widget

9. Yet another paradigm, rather than simple “keyword search”Use fulltext content features for searching…Enable users to encounter information in a more serendipitous manner.It provides Technically, this method mimics the “document-by-document” search.This method doesn’t work for “known-item search”.