Comparative Evaluation of Cross-language Information Retrieval Systems

@inproceedings{Peters05, abstract = {: With the increasing importance of the ldquoGlobal Information Societyldquo and as the worldrsquos depositories of online collections proliferate, there is a growing need for systems that enable access to information of interest wherever and however it is stored, regardless of form or language. In recognition of this, five years ago, the DELOS Network for Digital Libraries launched the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF), with the objective of promoting multi lingual information access by providing the research community with an infra structure for testing and evaluating systems operating in multilingual contexts and a common platform for the comparison of methodologies and results. In this paper, we outline the various activities initiated by CLEF over the years in order to meet the emerging needs of the application communities, and trace the impact of these activities on advances in multilingual system development.}, author = {Peters, Carol }, booktitle = {From Integrated Publication and Information Systems to Virtual Information and Knowledge Environments}, citeulike-article-id = {1338935}, keywords = {clef, clir, multilingual-digital-libraries}, pages = {152--161}, posted-at = {2007-05-28 18:05:26}, priority = {0}, title = {Comparative Evaluation of Cross-language Information Retrieval Systems}, url = {http://dienst.isti.cnr.it/Dienst/UI/2.0/Describe/ercim.cnr.isti/2004-TR-43?tiposearch=cnr\&\#38;langver=}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - Peters05 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1338935 TI - Comparative Evaluation of Cross-language Information Retrieval Systems T2 - From Integrated Publication and Information Systems to Virtual Information and Knowledge Environments SP - 152 EP - 161 N2 - : With the increasing importance of the ldquoGlobal Information Societyldquo and as the worldrsquos depositories of online collections proliferate, there is a growing need for systems that enable access to information of interest wherever and however it is stored, regardless of form or language. In recognition of this, five years ago, the DELOS Network for Digital Libraries launched the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF), with the objective of promoting multi lingual information access by providing the research community with an infra structure for testing and evaluating systems operating in multilingual contexts and a common platform for the comparison of methodologies and results. In this paper, we outline the various activities initiated by CLEF over the years in order to meet the emerging needs of the application communities, and trace the impact of these activities on advances in multilingual system development. KW - clef KW - clir KW - multilingual-digital-libraries AU - Peters, Carol PY - 2005/// UR - http://dienst.isti.cnr.it/Dienst/UI/2.0/Describe/ercim.cnr.isti/2004-TR-43?tiposearch=cnr&langver= ER -