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Appendix B: The i2 Semantic Approach
Understanding the i2 Semantic Approach 0.1
The use of semantics in the power2 products is key to their integration as a suite of
i2 applications. Though each product addresses a discrete intelligence need,
semantics provide a uniform meaning for data used across all the i2 products. This
allows analysts to acquire data more conveniently and from additional sources.
When this data is pulled into Analyst’s Notebook for example, you have access to
intelligent searching, matching and analysis so you can produce better and more
timely intelligence.
To provide your charts and data sources with a meaning that can be understood by
your power2 product, semantic types need to be assigned to the data.
Semantic types are used to add the appropriate meaning to the data that can be
shared between the power2 products. This meaningful data has a special
significance when it is brought into Analyst’s Notebook for analysis.
Semantic types are also used to extend the scope of analysis within a single data
source. For example, in Analyst’s Workstation semantic types enable entity records
stored in an iBase database to be built into a single cube for quantitative analysis.
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