Cinefile

Cinefile is a prototype of a category-based method of database exploration. It allows the user to identify abstract categories of films by providing examples of category members, learns to classify films as belonging or not belonging to those categories, and provides a graphical interface for exploring and comparing categories.

Cinefile is designed to work with data retrieved from the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com). This data is used for classification and is the subject of the category-based analysis.

Cinefile was developed by the University of Mary Washington's Computer Science department (http://cas.umw.edu/computerscience).