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To provide ISN with the required functionality, our product uses Apache Lucene – a library written entirely in Java, which adds text indexing and searching capabilities to our implementation. The system collects relevant content, which is then indexed by Lucene to ensure fast and accurate information retrieval by the search engine. The whole process is controlled by a management application allowing users to define the settings, under which it is implemented.

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The International Relations and Security Network (ISN) at the Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) is a free public service whose goal is to encourage and facilitate the exchange of information among professionals specializing in security and international relations. ISN provides a wide range and a vast number of comprehensive products (online publications, interactive learning content, annotated links, and event information) to its international audience through numerous topic-specific websites. Currently, eleven ISN web sites host over 100 web pages, which display 250 channels of information about more than 10,000 products.

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/

BioWeapons Monitor (BWM) volunteers all over the world contribute thousands of documents over the Internet, which are then processed (verified, classified, approved, and published on the Web) by BWPP personnel. The final entries are made available to the public on the BWM web site, where sophisticated search tools enable researchers to answer questions, such as "What UN resolutions were voted down by Cuba ?" or "What documents about health security were issued in 2002 by the WHO?"

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The BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP) was initiated by a group of non-governmental organizations with the goal of reducing the threat of biological weapons. Seated in Geneva , BWPP monitors governmental behavior and state compliance with international treaties and other agreements, especially those that outlaw hostile use of biotechnology.