Vertical semantic search over the whole range of Austrian educational assets for adults using facets*

eduard helps the user search for courses thanks to a pre-defined, 2-level classification and several advanced search parameters. The semantic search covers regional and national data sources.

Hence, eduard is not only a centralised search platform but also a useful display channel for (non-)commercial educational institutions and databases whose goal is to find new possibilities to present their assets.

In addition, eduard offers the possibility to federate, thanks to the Melvil® service platform. This enables the operator BM:UKK, the Austrian Ministry of Education, Culture and Art, to adjust the search service with minimal effort so as to make it available to other institutions.

The benefits at a glance

• Focus on target groups
• Guided search based on expert knowledge
• Navigational help through pre-defined structures
• Active support of knowledge transfer
• Very high quality search results due to a vertical (topic-related) database
• Preliminary information about the amount of results
• Consolidated presentation of heterogeneous data with different internal structures
• High performance and stability

*Faceted classification | uma`s definition

A faceted classification is a structured and multi-level classification developed from expert knowledge. It helps the user to search and, due to its structure, encourages a sustainable knowledge transfer.