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Interactive information seeking via selective application of contextual knowledge

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Gene Golovchinsky,

Jeremy PickensAuthors Info & Claims

IIiX '10: Proceedings of the third symposium on Information interaction in context

Pages 145 - 154

https://doi.org/10.1145/1840784.1840806

Published: 18 August 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Exploratory search is a difficult activity that requires iterative interaction. This iterative process helps the searcher to understand and to refine the information need. It also generates a rich set of data that can be used effectively to reflect on what has been found (and found useful). While traditional information retrieval systems have focused on organizing the data that was retrieved, in this paper, we describe a systematic approach to organizing the metadata generated during the search process. We describe a framework for unifying transitions among various stages of exploratory search, and show how context from one stage can be applied to the next. The framework can be used both to describe existing information-seeking interactions, and as a means of generating novel ones. We illustrate the framework with examples from a session-based exploratory search system prototype.

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