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On the architecture of a system integrating data base management and information retrieval

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Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 1982)

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Abstract

The data model, i.e. data structures and operations needed for a system integrating the management of formated textual data (DBMIRS) are discussed. It is investigated how this data model fits into the ANSI-SPARC three schema architecture for data base management systems. The conclusion is that the DBMIRS should be regarded to be a new external data model. This would require only small changes to the concepts discussed so far for the conceptual and internal level. The advantages of this approach are:

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    The dichotomy between IRS and DBMS does not further exist.

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    The main part of the software can be used for IR systems as well as DB systems.

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    IR research can concentrate on the problems inherent in the retrieval of texts, e.g. automatic indexing, relevance feedback techniques.

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  1. SIETEC, Nonnendammallee 101, D-1, Berlin 13

    Horst Biller

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Gerard Salton Hans-Jochen Schneider

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Biller, H. (1983). On the architecture of a system integrating data base management and information retrieval. In: Salton, G., Schneider, HJ. (eds) Research and Development in Information Retrieval. SIGIR 1982. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 146. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0036340

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