A framework for the theoretical evaluation of XML retrieval

Tobias Blanke, Mounia Lalmas and Theo Huibers

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2012, vol. 63, issue 12, 2463-2473

Abstract: We present a theoretical framework to evaluate XML retrieval. XML retrieval deals with retrieving those document components—the XML elements—that specifically answer a query. In this article, theoretical evaluation is concerned with the formal representation of qualitative properties of retrieval models. It complements experimental methods by showing the properties of the underlying reasoning assumptions that decide when a document is about a query. We define a theoretical methodology based on the idea of “aboutness” and apply it to current XML retrieval models. This allows comparing and analyzing the reasoning behavior of XML retrieval models experimented within the INEX evaluation campaigns. For each model we derive functional and qualitative properties that qualify its formal behavior. We then use these properties to explain experimental results obtained with some of the XML retrieval models.

Date: 2012
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