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ICEIS 2010: Enterprise Information Systems pp 464–476Cite as

Enhancing the Selection of Web Sources: A Reputation Based Approach

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Abstract

The large amount of available Web data sources is an important opportunity for Web users and also for various data-intensive Web applications. Nevertheless, the selection of the most relevant data sources and thus of high quality information is still a challenging issue. This paper proposes an approach for data source selection that is based on the notion of reputation of the data sources. The data quality literature defines reputation as a multi-dimensional quality attribute that measures the trustworthiness and importance of an information source.

This paper introduces a set of metrics able to measure the reputation of a Web source by considering its authority, its relevance in a given context, and the quality of the content. These variables have been empirically assessed for the top 20 sources identified by Google as a response to 100 queries in the tourism domain. In particular, Google’s ranking has been compared with the ranking obtained by means of a multi-dimensional source reputation index. Results show that the assessment of reputation represents a tangible aid to the selection of information sources and to identification of reliable data.

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5, Milano, Italy

    Donato Barbagallo, Cinzia Cappiello, Chiara Francalanci & Maristella Matera

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  1. Department of Systems and Informatics, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Rua do Vale de Chaves - Estefanilha, 2910-761, Setúbal, Portugal

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Barbagallo, D., Cappiello, C., Francalanci, C., Matera, M. (2011). Enhancing the Selection of Web Sources: A Reputation Based Approach. In: Filipe, J., Cordeiro, J. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems. ICEIS 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19802-1_32

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