Mar-17-2008 - Expert System, provider of semantic technology, which
discovers, classifies and interprets text information, has announced today
that the Italian Ministry of Culture and Heritage has chosen Cogito Semantic
Search to improve and simplify the search of online content.

Like ENI, Telecom Italia, and The Ministry of Innovation and Technology, The
Italian Ministry of Culture and Heritage will rely on Cogito to offer users
a more advanced search system.  The ministry was determined to find a
supplier that could exceed the current limitation of standard keyword search
engines and found the capability in Expert System's Cogito technology
platform.

The finished application will analyze the contents of the ministries portal,
recognizing the meaning of each word, and supports users in the retrieval of
information, allowing searches based on concepts that best express the goal
of the search. For example, the search for "abstract art" can find the texts
where the term "abstractionism" is found, while the search "image bank" can
find also documents where only "photo archive" appears.

The innovative search engine also supports requests in natural language (for
example: "What hours will the Van Gogh exhibition be open today?")
recognizing and interpreting the meaning of the sentence entered by the
user.

Maurizio Mencarini, Account Manager of Expert System says "A technology that
'understands' the meaning of the requests improves the results of
traditional search engines providing fewer and more precise results. The
possibility to perform queries in natural language represents a decisive
step forward in improving the usability of information and provides citizens
with a quality public administration experience."

Relying on semantic technology for information search, the new engine
enables the Italian Ministry of Culture and Heritage to proved precise and
selective answers to the millions of users that consult the portal to obtain
information on the Italian artistic and cultural heritage.