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Using Structural Relationships for Focused XML Retrieval

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Flexible Query Answering Systems (FQAS 2006)

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In focused XML retrieval, information retrieval systems have to find out which are the most appropriate retrieval units and return only these to the user, avoiding overlapping elements in the result lists. This paper studies structural relationships between elements and explains how they can be used to produce a better ranking for a focused task. We analise relevance judgements to find the most useful links between elements and show how a retrieval model can be adapted to incorporate this information. Experiments on the INEX 2005 test collection show that the structural relationships improve retrieval effectiveness considerably.

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  1. Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Georgina Ramírez, Thijs Westerveld & Arjen P. de Vries

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  1. The European Center for Counterterrorism Research and Studies Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalborg University, DK-6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Henrik Legind Larsen

  2. DISCO, University Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    Gabriella Pasi

  3. Computer Science Department, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo

  4. Department of Computer Science, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Troels Andreasen

  5. Research group PLIS: Programming, Logic and Intelligent Systems, Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Henning Christiansen

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Ramírez, G., Westerveld, T., de Vries, A.P. (2006). Using Structural Relationships for Focused XML Retrieval. In: Larsen, H.L., Pasi, G., Ortiz-Arroyo, D., Andreasen, T., Christiansen, H. (eds) Flexible Query Answering Systems. FQAS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4027. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11766254_13

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