A Weighting Scheme for Star-Graphs

We present in this paper a relational approach for indexing and retrieving photographs from a collection. Instead of using simple keywords as an indexing language, we propose to use star-graphs as document descriptors. A star-graph is a conceptual graph that contains a single relation, with some concepts linked to it. They are elementary pieces of information describing combinations of concepts. We use star

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ECIR
• Authors: Jean Martinet, Iadh Ounis, Yves Chiaramella, Philippe Mulhem
• Keywords: ECIR 2003, Indexing Language, Information Describing Combinations, Information Technology, Relational Approach