Summarizing archived discussions: a beginning

ABSTRACT

This paper describes an approach to digesting threads of archived discussion lists by clustering messages into approximate topical groups, and then extracting shorter overviews, and longer summaries for each group.

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INDEX TERMS

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

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval
          Subjects: Clustering
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.3 Communications Applications
          Subjects: Bulletin boards

General Terms:
Algorithms, Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
clustering, digests, discussion lists, newsgroups, persistent conversations, summarization