Introducing CAPER, a collaborative platform for open and closed information acquisition, processing and linking

Abstract

We introduce the CAPER project (Collaborative information, Acquisition, Processing, Exploitation and Reporting), partially funded by the European Commission. The goal of CAPER is to create a common platform for the prevention of organized crime through sharing, exploitation and linking of Open and Closed information Sources. CAPER will support collaborative multilingual analysis of unstructured and audiovisual contents, based on Text Mining and Visual Analytics technologies. CAPER will allow Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to share informational, investigative and experiential knowledge. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.