Semio Launches SemioSkyline, A New ``Intuitive'' Interface for Categorized Document Display.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2001

Semio Corporation, the leading provider of automated content categorization and indexing software, today announced the release of SemioSkyline, a new, more intuitive interface for browsing documents

Offered as an optional interface to SemioTagger, SemioSkyline provides a quick, detailed view into document content, enabling users to browse and search for information organized by category within a familiar, directory-like structure. The SemioSkyline interface enables more fluid, intuitive navigation through large amounts of data, helping users pinpoint the information they need with a minimum of effort.

SemioSkyline displays detailed document profiles, allowing users to determine a document's relevance to their search before retrieving and reading it. SemioSkyline leverages the content categorization completed by SemioTagger to pull, build and display profile information. Profile information provided by SemioSkyline includes key concepts, author, abstract, URL and creation date. A listing of relevant documents is displayed for each category enabling users to rapidly scan for and pinpoint the specific information desired.

Advanced search capabilities within SemioSkyline help users find documents using attributes such as text, title, author, abstract, creation date, URL, etc. These attributes can be ordered or combined as desired, giving users the ability to fine-tune searches, narrowing or broadening search criterion as desired. Users can continue to drill down through categories to review relevant topic areas and then refine or broaden searches at different category levels.

SemioTagger organizes massive volumes of online content into easily understood topic hierarchies by automatically identifying relevant phrases from the content and linking information based on the concept(s) contained in the phrases. SemioTagger also includes SemioMap, a graphical viewer for discovering relationships between document concepts; and SemioTaxonomy, a web-based taxonomy viewer.

SemioSkyline works on Microsoft Windows NT 4.X or Windows 2000 servers with most web browsers. It is available immediately through Semio and Semio resellers.

About Semio

Semio Corporation is the leading provider of content categorization and indexing technology used in portals, document management systems and knowledge management applications. Semio's solutions help companies optimize the value of their online information and gain a critical competitive advantage by effectively organizing content so that users can easily navigate, retrieve and analyze the information they need. Semio's parented core technology, SemioTagger(TM) analyzes and categorizes large volumes of information automatically. SemioTagger can be embedded directly in a portal or used on conjunction with Semio's viewers, SemioMap(R), SemioTaxonomy(TM) and SemioSkyline(TM). Semio's customers include AT&T, Cisco, DuPont, Stanford HighWire Press, IDG, Procter & Gamble and the United States Postal Service. Semio has partnerships with major portal vendors such as Epicentric, Plumtree, InfoImage and Sequoia. Semio is a venture-backed, privately held corporation based in San Mateo, California, with offices in the U.K. and Australia. For more information, visit www.semio.com or send email to info@semio.com.

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