ALVIS: Superpeer Semantic Search Engine

Alvis is a research project in the design, use and interoperability of topic-specific search engines with the goal of developing an open source prototype of a peer-to-peer, semantic-based search engine. Existing search engines provide poor foundations for semanticbased web operations, and are becoming monopolies, distorting the entire information landscape. Our approach is not the traditional Semantic Web approach with coded metadata, but rather an engine that can build on content through semi-automatic analysis.