Information retrieval from annotated texts

Methods for the correct and efficient handling of annotations in a full-text retrieval system were investigated. The problem with annotations is that they cannot be treated as regular text, since this would disrupt proximity searches, but on the other hand, they cannot be ignored, as they may carry...

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Published inJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Vol. 50; no. 10; p. 845
Main Authors Fraenkel, Aviezri S, Klein, Shmuel T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Periodicals Inc 19.07.1999
Subjects
Algorithms
Annotations
Computer science
Environment
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Geometry
Hypermedia
Information retrieval
Methods
Retrieval performance measures
Search engines
Semantics
Semiotics
Studies
Surgery
Topology
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United States > US
Israel
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Summary:Methods for the correct and efficient handling of annotations in a full-text retrieval system were investigated. The problem with annotations is that they cannot be treated as regular text, since this would disrupt proximity searches, but on the other hand, they cannot be ignored, as they may carry important information. Moreover, in some cases, a user may wish to restrict a search to prespecified subsets of annotations. A way of processing the database to overcome this dilemma is suggested.
ISSN:2330-1635
2330-1643