Introduction to Information Retrieval is the first textbook with a coherent treatment of classical
and web information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text …

This paper introduces the PFTijah system, a text search system that is integrated with an
XML/XQuery database management system. We present examples of its use, we explain …

Retrieving information from heterogeneous data sources in a flexible manner and within a
single (database) framework is still a challenge. In this paper we present several extensions …

Search engines play an important role in our daily lives. We use search engines to access a
wide range of information sources: the web, our email, our desktop computers, library …

On-line search requests of cultural heritage (CH) material are often very short and mainly
focused on names and dates, while the data provides much more detail and is highly …

Text retrieval is an active area of research since decades. Finding the best index terms, the
development of statistical models for the estimation of relevance, using relevance feedback …

Our main focus for this year was on setting up a flexible retrieval environment rather than on
evaluating novel video retrieval approaches. In this structured abstract the submitted runs …

We present the relational database schema aimed at efficient storage and querying parsed
scientific articles, as well as entities corresponding to researchers, institutions, scientific …

Approximately three decades ago researchers realized that they would have to structure
data to be able to store and access large amounts of data streams that were produced each …