Information Request Query

A Information Request Query is a formally-specified question expressed in a machine-processable language (with an information need to its query meaning).

• Context:
  • It can be an Interrogative Sentence to a Question Answering System.
  • It can range from being an Unstructured Language-based Query (such as a keyword query) to being a Structured Language-based Query (such as SQL query).
  • It can range from being an Underspecified Query to being an Overspecified Query.
  • It can range from being a Declarative Query to being an Imperative Query.
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• Example(s):
  • It can be a Keyword Query (e.g. to an IR system).
  • It can be a Database Query (e.g. SQL query).
  • http://server/path/program?field1=value1&field2=value2&field3=value3 is a URL Query String.
  • SELECT Name FROM PublisherDB.Authors WHERE ID=23972, a SQL Query.
  • http://www.google.com/search?q=Query+Pattern, a Web Search Query / Keyword Query.
  • a Lucene Query.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  •  ?? a String Pattern (e.g. a regular string expression, such as "[Q|q]uer[y|ies]").
  • a Conditional Software Statement.
• See: Declarative Statement.

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References

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=query
  • S: (n) question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation (an instance of questioning) "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
  • S: (v) question, query (pose a question)

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