Inproceedings,

Text Structure Analysis as a Tool to Make Retrieved Documents Usable

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IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION RETRIEVAL WITH ASIAN LANGUAGES, page 126--135. (1999)

Abstract

This paper describes an information retrieval system with the function to support user's use of the retrieved documents using the text-level structure of documents. The text-level structure of each document is described by the occurrence of typical functional components in the text. Automatic detection of the components has been attempted in previous works using surface-level language processing. The proposed system firstly utilizes the text structure to conduct high-precision searches of documents or passages by distinguishing the role or function each concept plays in the text. It also allows browsing or skimming of retrieved texts, creating summaries on-the-fly with various levels of condensation specified by the user. Moreover, the system can search and display any unit of a text such as a sentence, a paragraph or a chapter. Comparison of relevant passages in retrieved documents across multiple texts is helpful for users to examine, analyze, compare and integrate texts and...

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