Content Analytics Plugin for i2 Analyst's Notebook
If you use IBM® i2 Analyst's Notebook, you can create a plugin that allows users to search documents in an IBM Watson Explorer Content Analytics collection and import facet information into an i2 Analyst's Notebook chart. This function became available in Watson Explorer Content Analytics Version 11.0.0.1.
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook is software that you can use to visualize and
analyze relationships among entities. The following diagram is an example of facets that were
imported from Watson Explorer Content Analytics into an i2 Analyst's Notebook chart by using the Content Analytics Plugin for i2 Analyst's Notebook:
For example, suppose a query returns two documents with the following named entity facets:
- Document 1
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- Title: IBM Is Founded
- Content Summary: ... Charles Flint hired Thomas Watson Sr. as a general manager in 1914. ..., C-T-R changed its name to International Business Machines....
- Person Facet: Charles Flint, Thomas Watson
- Organization Facet: International Business Machines. IBM
- Location Facet: Ohio
- Document 2
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- Title: Good Design Is Good Business
- Content Summary: ...Thomas Watson Jr. hired architect and industrial designer Eliot Noyes in 1956 to create the Corporate Design Program at IBM as its first consultant....
- Person Facet: Eliot Noyes, Thomas Watson
- Organization Facet: IBM
- Location Facet: New York
With the Content Analytics Plugin, the entities that are extracted from the document content as
facets can be imported as chart items into i2 Analyst's Notebook. This
example shows the named entities extracted from the preceding documents as facets. Each facet is
labeled as an ICA Entity, which indicates a Content Analytics entity, and by the facet type, such as
person, organization, and location. The number that is associated with each link label indicates the
number of times the facet appears in the document.
Architecture
The architecture of the plugin includes i2 Analyst's Notebook, Watson Explorer Content Analytics, and a web application server.
The Content Analytics Plugin is installed on top of i2 Analyst's Notebook. The web application for the plugin is deployed on a web
application server such as IBM
WebSphere® Liberty Profile.
To obtain a list of collections or to search documents in collections, the Content Analytics
Plugin for i2 Analyst's Notebook issues a Search REST API directly to
Watson Explorer Content Analytics.
To import facet information into an i2 Analyst's Notebook chart, the
web application works as a proxy. The web application receives an import request from the plugin and
retrieves facet information from Watson Explorer Content Analytics. The web application
converts the information into a file in CSV format and returns the file to the plugin. The plugin
then calls i2 Analyst's Notebook with an embedded CSV import function so
that facet information can be imported into the chart.