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Nature 440, 1090 (27 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/4401090a; Published online 26 April 2006

Machine readability

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A publishing initiative seems ready to make text mining simpler.

For many years Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has dreamed of machines being able to help humans use his creation. This would enable not only sophisticated search tools to hunt for words or phrases, but also for other engines to hunt for meanings and patterns.