The Array Model: A conceptual modeling approach to document retrieval

• Published in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 162 - 170
• Main Authors: Macleod, Ian A., Reuber, A. R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.1987; John Wiley & Sons; American Documentation Institute; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Arrays; Automation; Boolean; Computerized information storage and retrieval; Computerized subject indexing; Data base management systems; Data models; Exact sciences and technology; Flexibility; Information and communication sciences; Information and communication technologies; Information processing and retrieval; Information retrieval; Information retrieval. Man machine relationship; Information science. Documentation; Information storage and retrieval; Information work; International conferences; Language; Modelling; Research process. Evaluation; Retrieval; Sciences and techniques of general use; Search strategies; Semantics; Subject indexing; Technical services; Document retrieval; Search strategy; Modeling; Knowledge representation
• ISSN: 0002-8231; 1097-4571
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(198705)38:3<162::AID-ASI5>3.0.CO;2-T

Recent research has sought to build document‐retrieval systems on top of database management systems (DBMS) in order to increase the power of document retrieval. While the use of DBMS allows a more flexible approach to designing search strategies, the underlying representation of the information is inflexible and does not correspond to either the structure or the meaning of real‐world objects. This limitation can be overcome through the use of conceptual modeling techniques. The array model presented here is based on these techniques and has been designed specifically for application in document retrieval. © 1987 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.