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Challenges posed by web-based retrieval of scientific papers: Okapi participation in TIPS

Challenges posed by web-based retrieval of scientific papers: Okapi participation in TIPS
Challenges posed by web-based retrieval of scientific papers: Okapi participation in TIPS
This paper reviews some of the past Okapi research and discusses the role of Okapi in the current TIPS project. The main purpose is to report new challenges faced by probabilistic text retrieval in the web environment and to indicate some of the solutions that are currently under investigation. In this context, extraction of indexing units from formatted document sources, user interface design, implementation of field searching and query expansion within the framework of probabilistic searching are discussed. The problem of maintaining session continuity in the web environment and a possible solution to this problem are outlined. Other challenges posed by the open nature of the web environment are also indicated. These include the difficulty of delimiting the boundaries of a search session and the potential of the web for collaborative information retrieval. A system for collaboratively filtering documents based on their contents is described in this connection. Issues surrounding the integration of Okapi with other pieces of software being developed for the TIPS project are also briefly discussed.
information retrieval
0165-5515
3-17
Karamuftuoglu, Murat
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Jones, Susan
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Robertson, Stephen
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Venuti, Fabio
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Wang, Xinkun
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Karamuftuoglu, Murat, Jones, Susan, Robertson, Stephen, Venuti, Fabio and Wang, Xinkun (2002) Challenges posed by web-based retrieval of scientific papers: Okapi participation in TIPS. Journal of Information Science, 28 (1), 3-17. (doi:10.1177/016555150202800102).

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This paper reviews some of the past Okapi research and discusses the role of Okapi in the current TIPS project. The main purpose is to report new challenges faced by probabilistic text retrieval in the web environment and to indicate some of the solutions that are currently under investigation. In this context, extraction of indexing units from formatted document sources, user interface design, implementation of field searching and query expansion within the framework of probabilistic searching are discussed. The problem of maintaining session continuity in the web environment and a possible solution to this problem are outlined. Other challenges posed by the open nature of the web environment are also indicated. These include the difficulty of delimiting the boundaries of a search session and the potential of the web for collaborative information retrieval. A system for collaboratively filtering documents based on their contents is described in this connection. Issues surrounding the integration of Okapi with other pieces of software being developed for the TIPS project are also briefly discussed.

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Published date: 2002
Keywords: information retrieval

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Local EPrints ID: 42221
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/42221
ISSN: 0165-5515
PURE UUID: 02169434-acc1-42e9-976e-de3f7fcc0703

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Date deposited: 23 Nov 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 08:46

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Author: Murat Karamuftuoglu
Author: Susan Jones
Author: Stephen Robertson
Author: Fabio Venuti
Author: Xinkun Wang

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