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DEXA 2001: Database and Expert Systems Applications pp 92–101Cite as

A New Conceptual Graph Formalism Adapted for Multilingual Information Retrieval Purposes

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In this paper, a graph formalism is proposed to describe the semantics of document in a multilingual context. This formalism is an extension of the Sowa formalism of conceptual graphs 8 in which two new concepts are added: vocabulary and term. Based on recent works, we propose a new comparison operator between graphs taking the specific needs of information retrieval into account. This operator is the core of the comparison function used in our multilingual documentary system, called SyDoM. SyDoM manages XML documents for virtual libraries. An English collection of articles has been used to evaluate SyDoM. This first evaluation gives better results than traditional Boolean documentary system.

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  1. LISI, INSA of Lyon, 20 Avenue A. Einstein, 69621, VILLEURBANNE Cedex, FRANCE

    Catherine Roussey, Sylvie Calabretto & Jean-Marie Pinon

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  1. Catherine Roussey
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  2. Sylvie Calabretto
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  1. University of Klagenfurt, IFI -IWAS Universitaetsstr. 65, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Heinrich C. Mayr

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Jiri Lazansky

  3. School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095

    Gerald Quirchmayr

  4. Department of Information Systems, Technical University of Munich, Orleanstr. 34, 81667, Munich, Germany

    Pavel Vogel

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Roussey, C., Calabretto, S., Pinon, JM. (2001). A New Conceptual Graph Formalism Adapted for Multilingual Information Retrieval Purposes. In: Mayr, H.C., Lazansky, J., Quirchmayr, G., Vogel, P. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44759-8_11

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