Search

Searching by term, phrase, proximity, meaning, significance or context. Finding the obscure, the partially hidden, the known and the unknown. 

Discovering the context in which something exists, what it correlates to and what it does not.

Semantics

Understanding the how terms and phrase are used uniquely within a given corpus or sub-context. 

While a dictionary may provide all known possible usages, each corpus has its own definitive use and meaning.  

Thematics 

Seeing the central topics and subjects within a corpus or a sub-slice of a corpus to learn its narrative.

Entities 

Locating and classify events, products, people, organizations, places - hidden within volumes of content.

Structure 

Discovering the composition and format of content to better navigate and interpret what is found. 

Words are most often written in a structural form: with informative headings and a layout that facilitates understanding - all of which is important metadata that can aid in it is use for purposes beyond reading linearly.

Context 

Understanding the nature of what exists by the content that surrounds it - be it terms, phrases, headings, topics. 

As noted by John Rupert Firth, You shall know a word by the company it keeps. Every Corpus uses words in their own way. 

Phraseology 

Understanding the modes of expression within a Corpus - the noun and verb phrasing, idioms, syntax, diction . . . the choice of words, used in a corpus by convention or practice to form meaning in a given context.

Change 

Understanding how content has evolved over time