The Germans will not be left behind in the search engine race, which is why the German federal government is supporting the Theseus search engine project.

Theseus grew out of the French-German Quaero project, but Theseus is now an independent exercise. The Germans apparently got tired of French America-bashing and the idea of developing an alternative to Google.

The future is semantic video search

Thesues is definitely not about developing a European Google. This is a technology-push initiative in which research institutions and companies cooperate to develop search technologies that can be used in various search engines and tools. The main focus is on image and video search.

Theseus is to develop so-called semantic search technologies, where the search engine analyzes the context of the information found in order to determine what it is all about. Given the social nature of today’s Web this should, according to the Germans, be more feasible.

The first prototype is expected to be ready in 2011.

Theseus was presented at a recent Chorus workshop.

The Theseus Content Technology Cluster (CTC)

The project consists of several cases and a cross-cutting Content Technology Cluster.

The Theseus Content Technology Cluster (CTC) was presented by Dr. Ralf Sch?fer of the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Herz-Institut. Fraunhofer is one of Europe’s largest public research institutions. Sch?fer is coordinator of the CTC.

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