NDLI: Using the Web to Construct Taxonomy for a Heterogeneous Community of Practice

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Zicklin, I.T. Spink, A.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: Baruch Coll., New York City Univ., NY (Zicklin, I.T.)
Abstract	A heterogeneous community of practice spans many disciplines, industries and professions. Members of these communities are united by common research, products and experiences but are frequently separated by specialized vocabulary and industry terms. This lack of language commonality presents a challenge to efficiently locating relevant Web based information which usually depends on the user's knowledge of the field and ability to select suitable terms to formulate a search query. Research and practice have shown that the quality of information retrieval is significantly improved when taxonomy is employed to organize terms that describe the search domain. This paper presents an innovative, collaborative approach to building taxonomy for a particular domain, populating it with Web content and sharing it among members of the community of practice. A model is built and results and implications are discussed
Starting Page	358
Ending Page	363
File Size	223332
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769524974
DOI	10.1109/ITNG.2006.137
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-04-10
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Vocabulary categorization Taxonomy Natural languages information retrieval Information retrieval Educational institutions taxonomy Information technology digital library Software libraries Text categorization Collaboration text Australia
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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