Method and system for performing information extraction and quality control for a knowledge base

The present invention (fig. 3) relates to the field of information extraction and storage and more specifically to techniques for extracting information from a plurality of articles in a distributed manner and for storing the extracted information in an information store. An embodiment of the present invention identifies a plurality of articles from which information is to be extracted and a plurality of information extractors for extracting the information from the articles (56). A database is provided for storing information related to the plurality of articles and the plurality of information extractors (58). The plurality of articles are assigned to the plurality of information extractors for information extraction. Information extracted by information extractors from the articles is stored in the information store (64).