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Strata Week: Cracking a book’s genetic code

Strata Week: Cracking a book’s genetic code

Decoding book DNA, parsing Wikipedia with WikiHadoop, and the rise of the "Data Civilization"

by Audrey Watters | @audreywatters | +Audrey Watters | August 18, 2011

BookLamp and the Book Genome Project look to book DNA for smarter recommendations, sorting through Wikipedia's vast data dump gets easier thanks to WikiHadoop, and a timeline from WolframAlpha charts major milestones in data knowledge.

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