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IRList Digest Volume 3 Number 16
IRList Digest Friday, 26 June 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 16
Today's Topics:
Query - References on approximate structure matching
- Micro software for information retrieval
- Thesaurus building software
- Novels available on diskettes
Abstracts - Correction to Issue 14 abstracts
Announcement - ACM SIGIR Election Results
- Browser V.244+ for the Mac is available
- Program for IFIP WG8.4 Workshop on Office Knowledge
News addresses are ARPANET: fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu BITNET: foxea@vtvax3.bitnet
CSNET: fox@vt UUCPNET: seismo!vtisr1!irlistrq
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Date: Tue, 2 Jun 87 10:51 EDT
From: Roland Zito-Wolf <RJZ@JASPER.PALLADIAN.COM>
Subject: references re (approximate) structure matching
[Message also sent to NL-KR and AI lists; please excuse duplications.]
I am looking for references regarding the matching of complex structures
(matching on semantic networks or portions of networks) such as arise in
doing retrieval operations on knowledge-bases so represented.
Since the general matching problem is most likely intractable, I'm
looking for approximate or incomplete techniques, such as partial match,
resource-bounded match, matches using preference rules, etc.
References which explore algorithms in detail, and implemented systems,
would be especially useful. For example, does anyone know of a detailed
description of the KRL matcher?
Information on the more general problem of query/data-retrieval from
semantic networks would also be useful.
Thanks in advance.
Roland J. Zito-wolf
Palladian Software
4 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, Mass 02142
617-661-7171
RJZ%JASPER@LIVE-OAK.LCS.MIT.EDU
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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 87 03:31:13 pdt
From: cssamia%opal.Berkeley.EDU@BERKELEY.EDU (Samia Benidir)
Subject: microcomputer software for information retrieval
[Note: message begins with copy of Welcome message, and comment about
people on USENET now getting IRList - Ed]
...
Great! I am glad that information scientists can discuss info. retrieval
issues on the USENET!
Thanks for the initiative.
I know that the following question is not quite the direction you
want to give to this group, but I need to find out if there is any
microcomputer software for information retrieval, i.e., not just any
database, but a sophisticated package, using Booleans and other
algorithms. The only one I am aware of is SIRE; is there something
more polished either in the public domain, shareware or commercial
packages?
I will inform the scholars from the School of Library & Information
Studies of Berkeley of the existence of this new group.
Samia
[Note: I am glad that IRList can be received under USENET; if anyone
wants to inform me of messages from USENET that the rest of us should
see, please do so. Regarding packages, I would be happy to publish a
summary of free or commercially available or research systems for
information retrieval, giving features and key characteristics, if
someone would like to prepare such. I have seen TOPIC by ADS, and
CD450 by OCLC; SIRE has evolved into the Personal Librarian - Ed]
--
Samia Benidir
cssamia@ucbopal.Berkeley.EDU
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 87 12:06:08 edt
From: "Susan E. Gauch" <gauchs%cs.unc.edu@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: Thesauri
I am doing my Ph.D. thesis in Intelligent Information Retrieval, and could
use some help/advice/software. My database is a full-text textbook about
computer architecture. I need a thesaurus for this area. I can either
- build one by hand from the words in the text
- write some software to build one automatically
- or import a thesaurus for this general area if such a thing exists.
Does any one have any advice/experience with any of the above options?
Are there any online thesauri/thesaurus building software around that
may be useful?
Susan Gauch
gauchs@unc decvax!mcnc!unc!gauchs
[Note: Good questions! Since at the 1986 ASIS Annual Meeting he
indicated he knew how to build thesauri, you might send query to
Dagobert Soergel at U. Md. (author of Academic Press book "Organizing
Information"). Bob Amsler at Bellcore has been building knowledge
bases from machine readable books and may have advice too. We have
done a bit here in connection with the CODER project, using the
machine readalbe text of the "Handbook of Artificial Intelligence" to
help with an intelligent information retrieval system for AIList Digest.
There are various published articles and books with information on
building term association matrices etc. that are also relevant.
Please send back a report on what else you find. - Ed]
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 87 17:28:51 edt
From: A385@EMDUCM11.Bitnet
Subject: machine readable novels
Greetings from Spain! Does anyone knows where I can find contemporary
novels on PC-diskettes?.It doesn't matter public domain or commercial. I
also could dumping files frommainframes to PC's. Are there any Arpanet
list or another forum about literature and word processing?
Please people interested in these subjects contact to me as i'm not subs-
cribed to this list.
Many thanks in advance.
Yours
Javier Lopez.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
<A385@EMDUCM11.Bitnet>
[Note: Have you looked into the Oxford Text Archive? - Ed]
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 87 09:21:40 EDT
From: Susanne Humphrey <humphrey@mcs.nlm.nih.gov>
Subject: Re: dissertation abstracts for SIGIR Forum
Ed, in the intro I sent you with the citations including abstracts,
please replace last paragraph with:
[Note: this refers to IRList V3 #14 - Ed]
The dissertation titles and abstracts contained here are published
with permission of University Microfilms International, publishers
of Dissertation Abstracts International (copyright by University
Microfilms International), and may not be reproduced without their
prior permission.
--Susanne
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 87 18:40:34 edt
From: fox (Ed Fox)
Subject: 1987 SIGIR Elections
According to a letter from Pat Ryan of ACM:
The following individuals were elected to serve as SIGIR officers for the term
July 1, 1987 - June 30, 1989:
CHAIR: Bruce Croft, Dept. of Computer Sci., Univ. of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003, 413-545-0463
VICE-CHAIR: Edward A. Fox, Dept. of Computer Sci., Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061, 703-961-5113
SECRETARY: Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers Univ./SCILS
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
TREASURER: Donna Harman, Nat'l Library of Med., Lister Hill Center
8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20815, 301-496-1939
[Note: Nick Belkin is in UK for the summer. EMAIL addresses for the
others are --
croft@umass-cs.csnet
fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu
donna@nlm-vax.arpa
in case contacting is easier that way. - Ed]
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Date: 24 May 87 08:48 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: Browser v.244+ now available
Version 0.244+ of the Browser for the Mac is now available ... if
anybody wants a copy, send a self-addressed stamped envelope along
with a formatted Mac disk to me, Mark Zimmermann, 9511 Gwyndale Dr.,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Browser lets you create a complete inverted index to every word in
a text file that can be many megabytes long ... it also lets you
browse that index in Macintosh-fashion, point and click to see a
KWIC display of occurrences of any term, and click on one line of
that key-word-in-context display to call up the full text around
that item ... use the mouse to copy/paste from the retrieved information
into notes, etc. with the integrated multi-window text editor. Fast
and simple.
V.244+ adds a proximity-search or subindex capability ... can restrict
the retrieved words to those in some chosen proximity to other words,
also with point-and-click techniques. V.244+ also has greatly improved
scrolling of windows and other enhancements.
Requires 512KB mac or greater ... works on Mac SE, Mac II, as far as
I can tell in short tests. Best with a fast hard disk. I'm working
on developing a C version that will lack the beautiful user interfaces
but will be more transportable to other machines ... but that project
is likely to take several months to complete.
science@nems.arpa 301-565-2166
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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 87 17:17:43 edt
From: "Robert B. Allen" <rba@flash.bellcore.com>
Subject: IFIP WG8.4 Workshop Program on Office Knowledge
Office Knowledge: Representation, Management and Utilization
University of Toronto
IFIP WG8.4 Workshop Program
For information contact: Fred Lochovsky, fred@csri.toronto.edu
Monday, August 17th, 1987
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Workshop Opening Remarks
9:15-10:45 Session: Invited Talk
Objects and Things. D. Tsichritzis, Universite de Geneve,
Switzerland
11:15-12:45 Session: Supporting Organizational Activities
Ubik: A System for Conceptual and Organizational Development.
P. de Jong, MIT, U.S.A.
KNOOM - KNowledge Oriented Office Model Representation of
Knowledge in the Office. M. Hofmann, Universitaet Wien,
Austria
OTM: A Language for Representing Concurrent Office Tasks.
J. Hogg, University of Toronto, Canada
2:00-3:30 Session: Invited Talk
Representing Office Work with Goals and Constraints.
W.B. Croft, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
4:00-5:30 Session: Representing, Querying and Generating
Office Objects
Time Management in the Office-net System. R. Maiocchi,
R. Zicari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, M. Fugini,
Universita di Brescia, Italy
Towards a Graphic Query Interface for Complex Objects.
G. Lausen, Universitaet Mannheim, West Germany, A. Oberweis,
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, West Germany
Knowledge Representation and Utilization in Automatic Office
Form Generation. K. Watabe, K. Tsuruoka, NEC Corporation,
Japan
5:30-6:30 Reception
6:30-7:30 Demonstration
Meta-Data for Automating the Management of Office Information.
R.E.A. Mason, A. Benjamin, J.R. Tessier, Online People Inc.,
Canada
_________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, August 18th, 1987
9:00-10:30 Session: Invited Talk
Organizational Semantics. C. Hewitt, MIT, U.S.A.
11:00-12:30 Session: Problem Solving
An Office Environment to Support Problem Solving.
P.W.G. Bots, H.G. Sol, Delft University of Technology,
Netherlands
Generic Knowledge in Office Activities. A.A. Araya,
M.J. Stefik, Xerox PARC, U.S.A.
EXPERTNET: An Approach to Resource Sharing on a Network of
Workstations. A. Allam, Northern Telecom Canada Ltd.,
Canada, G.M. White, University of Ottawa, Canada
2:00-3:30 Session: Text and Pictures
Semantics and Conceptual Modelling of Documents. F. Barbic,
S. Daneluzzi, F. Garzotto, S. Mainetti, P. Paolini,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Knowledge-Based Text Processing in Office Environments: The
Text Condensation System TOPIC. U. Hahn, Universitaet
Passau, West Germany, U. Reimer, Universitaet Konstanz, West
Germany
Knowledge Base for Storage and Retrieval of Pictures.
B. Beetz, SEL Research Center, West Germany
4:00-5:30 Session: Poster Session
Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Design: Prospects
of Integrating Two Perspectives. U. Frank, Universitaet
Mannheim, West Germany
Intermediate Knowledge Representation for Extended Office
Systems. E.S. Cordingley, University of Surrey, England
Intelligent Interfaces for Office Information Systems.
B.C. Desai, Concordia University, Canada, C. Frasson,
J. Vaucher, Universite de Montreal, Canada
Managing Office Knowledge through Conceptual Structures.
G. Berg-Cross, Advanced Decision Systems, U.S.A.
Picture Management on Optical Disks: A Practical Approach on
Micro-computers. S. Miranda, N. Le Thanh, A.C. Salgado,
E. Borelli-Vittori, Universite de Nice, France
Managing Replicas in Distributed Telephone/Address
Directories. H.M. Gladney, IBM Almaden Research Center,
U.S.A.
7:30 Banquet
_________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, August 19th, 1987
9:00-10:30 Session: Invited Talk
NICK: Intelligent Computer Supported Cooperative Work.
C. Ellis, MCC, U.S.A.
11:00-12:30 Session: Office Communication
Solving the Connection Problem. M.S. Mazer, University of
Toronto, Canada
Viewing Communication as a Problem Solving Activity: An
Enrichment Towards Supporting Cooperative Office Work.
C.C. Woo, F.H. Lochovsky, University of Toronto, Canada
CHAOS: A Knowledge-Based System for Conversing Inside Offices.
F. De Cindio, C. Simone, R. Vassallo, A. Zanaboni,
Universita di Milano, Italy
2:00-3:30 IFIP WG8.4 Business Meeting
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