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The loss of domain knowledge in user search queries: A query log analysis of a botanical retrieval system

✍ Scribed by Xiaoya Tang; Bryan Heidorn

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
60 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
0044-7870

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study analyzed the user search queries of an experiment conducted on a full‐text botanical retrieval system. Search terms were extracted and categorized. Term frequencies in each category were calculated. Search terms were compared with target documents. The results reveal preferences for the kinds of information used in search queries, that search queries and document representations use very different format and vocabulary, and that the domain knowledge used in user search queries is lost when such queries are interpreted by the system.

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