Keyword Option in the Analytic Early Warning and Monitoring System.

摘要

The Early Warning and Monitoring System (EWAMS) now consists of three modules: The country-level indicator CAP (Country Activity Profile), the basis for a country scanning option which will be refined and expanded in the future; Analytic Indications and Warning (I&W); and Automated I&W. This memorandum discusses the function of keyword, provides an overview of its uses, and presents sample output for a variety of actors and contexts. The keyword option is designed to perform keyword-based content analyses of the WEIS/EWAMS data. As has been emphasized in earlier EWAMS reports, the Early Warning and Monitoring System features three basic functions; information retrieval; international relations tracking or monitoring; and crisis and conflict warning. Keyword is especially relevant to the information retrieval dimension. A specific example is the capability of tracking a particular issue or personality across time. A second illustration is the possible use of the keyword option for retrieving current and recent textual items without having to look at all of the text. A third way to use keyword is as a supplement to historical searches. Historical search, a feature of automated I&W, permits a user to obtain indicator readings for any country pair or set of regions in the world. A fourth illustration of the utility of the keyword option concerns in-depth case studies of a particular country, country pair, or region. Case studies are presented.