8. Refinder Main Functions
1. Collect — capture relevant information,
share it with colleagues, keep it for later
reference
2. Curate — arrange information based on
topics, projects, tasks; tag and relate
3. Communicate — share information,
exchange ideas and thoughts, push it to
other applications and services
10. Collections
Collections are collaboration spaces for
exchange in teams.
1. Create a collection
2. Invite users
3. Connect cloud apps
4. Collect relevant information
5. Be productive! :-)
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16. Collect information
• Cloud apps can be connected to Collections
• Information from apps stay synchronized
• Search, communication, collaboration,
notifications — across all connected apps
• Direct access to original source
18. Collect information
• Information can be collected when it appears
• Bookmarklet — capture Web pages as you
browse
• Application integration — plugins for Office
suite, widgets for Web applications
• E-Mail — send emails to capture them in
Refinder
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22. Semantic Technologies
• Information representation using RDF
• Re-use of external information
(schema.org, RDFa, etc.)
• Lightweight type reasoning using
ontologies / schemas
24. Information Curation
• Means to improve the quality of connected
information
• cluster in projects / “collections”
• add comments
• add tags
• link items
25. Information Access
Refinder’s built-in intelligence provides fast
access to relevant content:
• Search — find information across all
connected apps
• Filter — drill down results, find relevant
signals in the noise
• Recommendations — let the system suggest
helpful information
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29. Semantic Technologies
• Automatic keyword and tag extraction,
based on text analysis
• Recommendations based on combination of
content-based and social metrics
• Semantic search
31. Communicate
• Refinder provides simple but powerful
communication mechanisms:
• Comments — add notes, thoughts,
feedback to any kind of information
• Like — show appreciation
• Contrary to “just sending emails”,
communication is preserved and socialized
in Refinder
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33. Stay on track
• Email notifications provide activity alerts
• Dashboard gives overview on recent activity
39. Summary
• Refinder is an example of a tool that
combines a social layer with semantic
information processing.
• It is being effectively used as information
management and communication platform.
40. Refinder boosts
productivity by …
• … reducing the need to access multiple apps;
• … reducing the need for email conversation;
• … increasing information awareness and team
engagement.
41. Our Offer
• Use Refinder as is (SaaS)
• Integrate with your (custom) application
environment
• Integrate social information work into your
business processes
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