Using semantic components to facilitate access to domain-specific documents in government settings

ABSTRACT

We introduce the notion of semantic components that occur in domain-specific documents, discuss use of semantic components to improve document retrieval in a domain-specific collection, and present the results of two case studies.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.1 Content Analysis and Indexing

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.1 Content Analysis and Indexing
          Subjects: Indexing methods
      H.3.7 Digital Libraries