SAMAR Project: Mapping Arabic Language to Aid News Searchers


Cap Digital’s SAMAR project is the focus of a two-page article in the American magazine Content (volume 33, number 5, June 2010).

SAMAR Project: Mapping Arabic Language to Aid News Searchers.

The French government and international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) have teamed up to spearhead a consortium of digital media content producers and publishers aiming to find a high-quality semantic search strategy for AFP’s Arabic-language news, audio, and video multimedia content, a solution that creators hope could serve as a model platform for Arabic news organizations around the globe. Read the full article.