ON THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS.
Abstract
This report is an extensive survey of and commentary on research and developments in the fields of information retrieval and linguistics and the applicability of results to the formulation of information retrieval languages and machine translation. Commentary is weighted toward imparting an awareness of many of the special requirements of a reasonably efficient IR language, the complexities involved in translating from one language to another (be it natural language, IR language, or other synthetic languages), and the difficulties inherent in describing concepts and representing meanings. Real and putative relations which have been made between logic, linguistics, and information retrieval are explored in some detail. An extensive discussion is included of classification from a theoretical point of view, under topic headings: classifications of language; traditional bibliographic classifications; the British classification research group; Ejnar Wahlin's system; Gardin's Syntol; the problem of categories in classifications; the 'integrative levels' approach; and the problem of 'relations.' Activities in the United States, Europe, and the Soviet Union are considered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0628183
Entities
People
- Eric De Grolier