ProThes: thesaurus-based meta-search engine for a specific application domain

In this poster we introduce ProThes, a pilot meta-search engine (MSE) for a specific application domain. ProThes combines three approaches: meta-search, graphical user interface (GUI) for query specification, and thesaurus-based query techniques. ProThes attempts to employ domain-specific knowledge, which is represented by both a conceptual thesaurus and results ranking heuristics. Since the knowledge representation is separated from the MSE core, adjusting the system to a specific domain is trouble free. Thesaurus allows for manual query building and automatic query techniques. This poster outlines the overall system architecture, thesaurus representation format, and query operations. ProThes is implemented on J2EE platform as a Web service. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]. H.3.1: Content Analysis and Indexing ? thesauruses; H.3.3: Information Search and Retrieval ? query formulation, information filtering; H.3.5: Online Information Services...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Pavel Braslavski, Gleb Alshanski, Anton Shishkin
• Keywords: Automatic Query Techniques, Internet Technology, Manual Query Building, Thesaurus-based Query Techniques, WWW 2004