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This paper describes the current state of our system for structured retrieval. The system itself is based on an extension of the vector space model initially proposed by Fox [5]. The basic functions are performed using the Smart experimental retrieval system [11]. The major advance achieved this year is the inclusion of a flexible capability, which allows the system to retrieve at a desired level of granularity (i.e., at the element level). The quality of the resultant statistics is largely dependent on issues (in particular, ranking) which have yet to be resolved.
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Crouch, C.J., Mahajan, A., Bellamkonda, A. (2005). Flexible Retrieval Based on the Vector Space Model. In: Fuhr, N., Lalmas, M., Malik, S., Szlávik, Z. (eds) Advances in XML Information Retrieval. INEX 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3493. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11424550_23
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