Automatic generation of in-text hyperlinks in web publishing

We present a method for automatic generation of in-text explanatory hyperlinks for use in web publishing. A system using this method is currently in production as part of a service for enriching plaintext content. We recognize the importance of link anchors in practical use of such systems, therefore the method is centered around link anchor selection and uses semantic similarity only to resolve ambiguities in the language. We use English Wikipedia as the training set which allows us to capture the current cultural knowledge. Using structured information extracted from Wikipedia we can provide explanatory links to articles in Wikipedia, book and movie databases and other pages on the Internet.