Quality Aspects in Ontology-Based Information Retrieval

摘要

Ontologies are increasingly used in various applications (e.g., semantic interoperability, data integration). One of the reasons is that ontologies are seen as a means to improve qualitative characteristics of applications. In particular, there is an intensive on-going research on ontology-based information retrieval. Typically, ontology usage in information retrieval adds another level of complexity; therefore we propose a holistic method for evaluation of ontology-based information retrieval systems as well as define a set of essential features for ontology-based information retrieval tools.