Research proposal for distributed deep web search

This proposal identifies two main problems related to deep web search, and proposes a step by step solution for each of them. The first problem is about searching deep web content by means of a simple free-text interface (with just one input field, instead of a complex interface with many input fields). To this end, we propose a real-time query conversion layer to translate a free-text query into a structured query. The second problem concerns the scalability of the system, and we propose to use a distributed approach. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Information Search and Retrieval--Query formulation; H.5 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces--Natural language General Terms Languages, Experimentation, Measurement Keywords Deep web, query translation, query reformulation, natural language interfaces

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CIKM
• Authors: Kien-Tsoi T. E. Tjin-Kam-Jet
• Keywords: CIKM 2010, Deep Web, Information Technology, Input Fields, Simple Free-text Interface