PMID- 19216311 OWN - Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH CI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH OCI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH TA - Int J Comput Dent JT - International Journal of Computerized Dentistry IS - 2702-9514 (Electronic) IS - 1463-4201 (Print) IP - 3 VI - 11 PST - ppublish DP - 2008 PG - 183-200 LA - en TI - Where, What, Why: Mr. Q on the Web FAU - Ammann, Alexander AU - Ammann A FAU - Kiss, T. AU - Kiss T FAU - Hirsch, M. AU - Hirsch M FAU - Matthies, H. AU - Matthies H CN - OT - knowledge society OT - information deluge OT - qualitative knowledge OT - Internet search engines OT - semantic search OT - Mr. Q OT - dynamic knowledge space OT - visualization of knowledge AB - John Naisbitt, in his 1982 book "Megatrends," postulated an important characteristic of our information and knowledge society: "We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge." Today, in the age of the Information and Knowledge society, we are faced with this problem every single day, because Web searches and information selection are highly time-consuming activities. Internet search engines attempt to employ intelligent search algorithms in order to optimize their search results. Nevertheless, the question remains how "qualitative knowledge" can be selected, ie, knowledge needed for supporting decisions in medicine and dentistry. Semantic search engines are one current approach to this problem. For this reason, a project entitled "Mr. Q, your personal Web Assistant" has been initiated and will be introduced in this paper. AID - 833396