12. A method for interactive browsing, comprising the steps of: acquiring one or more terms in which a user has interest; extracting information relating to the one or more terms in which the user has interest from a knowledge base, in order to display the information in a first display part of a user interface, the knowledge base stores a plurality of terms and information relating to each term; and extracting documents containing the one or more terms in which the user has interest from a document database, in order to display a list of the extracted documents in a second display part of the user interface, the document database storing a plurality of documents; wherein the information extracted in the first extracting step and the list of the documents extracted in the second extracting step are concurrently displayed in the same user interface such that: (i) selection by the user of a portion of the information displayed in the first display part effectuates a change in the list of documents displayed in the second display part; and (ii) selection by the user of a term in the list of documents displayed in the second display part effectuates a change in the information displayed in the first display part; wherein one or more of the steps are performed by a computer coupled to the knowledge base and the document database.
12. A method for interactive browsing, comprising the steps of: acquiring one or more terms in which a user has interest; extracting information relating to the one or more terms in which the user has interest from a knowledge base, in order to display the information in a first display part of a user interface, the knowledge base stores a plurality of terms and information relating to each term; and extracting documents containing the one or more terms in which the user has interest from a document database, in order to display a list of the extracted documents in a second display part of the user interface, the document database storing a plurality of documents; wherein the information extracted in the first extracting step and the list of the documents extracted in the second extracting step are concurrently displayed in the same user interface such that: (i) selection by the user of a portion of the information displayed in the first display part effectuates a change in the list of documents displayed in the second display part; and (ii) selection by the user of a term in the list of documents displayed in the second display part effectuates a change in the information displayed in the first display part; wherein one or more of the steps are performed by a computer coupled to the knowledge base and the document database. 15. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising: displaying one or more term instances and filtering criteria in a fourth display part of the user interface; and using the one or more term instances and the filter criteria to compose a new query, in order to search a new document list.