论文信息 - Understanding differences between search requests in XML element retrieval

Understanding differences between search requests in XML element retrieval

XML retrieval, a very active branch of IR, studies the focused retrieval of semi-structured data. Although much progress has been made, especially through the annual INitiative for the Evaluation of XML retrieval (INEX), very little is known about XML element retrieval in action: What do users expect from an element retrieval system? What kind of information needs do they have? What sort of results do they request? Etc. In an effort to recover some of the answers, an extensive questionnaire was part of the peer topic creation process at INEX 2006. In this paper we present an analysis of the responses of topic authors. Our main general finding is that there is a great variety in the responses, and hence in the expectations about XML element retrieval.

Jaap Kamps | Birger Larsen | J. Kamps | Birger Larsen

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