It seems context is not only a buzzword within information retrieval: One of the hottest concepts in mobile right now is the idea of context. The thought process goes something like this: because the modern smartphone comes equipped with all kinds of sensors, is always on, and tends to be touched by its owner quite … Continue reading Context goes mobile
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Where legal sources meet technology and their users
Two questions are of importance when discussing legal information retrieval: Where legal sources meet technology and their users and When legal sources meet technology and their users In my opinion, the triad of these building blocks - legal theory, technology and users - has to be taken into consideration when one asks how legal information … Continue reading Where legal sources meet technology and their users
Quote of the month: Cognition vs context
Continuing on the subject of context ….. [...] the major different cognitive structures of individual users [...] may be represented to intermediary mechanisms and IR systems, e.g. the actual work task or interest leading to a current cognitive state which may end up in a problem or uncertainty state for the actual user. These mental … Continue reading Quote of the month: Cognition vs context
Quote of the month: Keywords and context
Visiting the Annual Nordic Conference in Legal Informatics in Rovaniemi, Finland, I started thinking about the progress that information retrieval technology has made the last 30 years, and remembered the following statement from 1985: The user’s task is simply to find the right combination of search terms to retrieve all and only the relevant documents. … Continue reading Quote of the month: Keywords and context
Quote of the month: Context and association
A growing amount of legal information is in itself not a bad thing. Though quantity is not to be confused with quality, more data increases the chances of finding information that is applicable to one's question. The challenge is, however, how to access this information. Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a … Continue reading Quote of the month: Context and association
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