The U.S. Geo­log­i­cal Sur­vey has cho­sen Vivisimo, a provider of enter­prise search soft­ware and exper­tise, to pro­vide its web­site users data and infor­ma­tion from a num­ber of bio­log­i­cal data sources. Vivisimo Veloc­ity Search Plat­form will replace the USGS’ National Bio­log­i­cal Infor­ma­tion Infrastructure’s (NBII) search solu­tion and pro­vide a sin­gle search inter­face. NBII is a col­lab­o­ra­tive pro­gram to pro­vide increased access to data and infor­ma­tion on bio­log­i­cal resources. The pro­gram works with var­i­ous fed­eral, state, non-profit, and edu­ca­tional insti­tu­tions. The Veloc­ity imple­men­ta­tion will ini­tially search 30 data sources across mul­ti­ple agen­cies and uni­ver­si­ties. Veloc­ity will also enable geospa­tial dis­play of search results – allow­ing users to search for cer­tain plants or ani­mals in a spe­cific region or loca­tion. USGS will also incor­po­rate Velocity’s new con­cep­tual search to take advan­tage of its exten­sive and author­i­ta­tive Bio­com­plex­ity The­saurus.

Source: E-Content Mag­a­zine (ECX­tra) April 17, 2009.