Semantic search is a process used to improve online searching by using data from semantic networks to disambiguate queries and web text in order to generate more relevant results. Hildebrand et al. provide an overview that lists semantic search systems and identifies other uses of semantics in the search process.
Guha et al. distinguish two major forms of search: Navigational and Research. In navigational search, the user is using the search engi...
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Semantic search is a process used to improve online searching by using data from semantic networks to disambiguate queries and web text in order to generate more relevant results. Hildebrand et al. provide an overview that lists semantic search systems and identifies other uses of semantics in the search process.
Guha et al. distinguish two major forms of search: Navigational and Research. In navigational search, the user is using the search engine as a navigation tool to navigate to a particular intended document. Semantic Search is not applicable to navigational searches. In Research Search, the user provides the search engine with a phrase which is intended to denote an object about which the user is trying to gather/research information. There is no particular document which the user knows about that s/he is trying to get to. Rather, the user is trying to locate a number of documents which together will give him/her the information s/he is trying to find. Semantic Search lends...
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