Document Search Task
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A Document Search Task is a text-item retrieval task that is restricted to documents.
- AKA: Document Retrieval Task, Document Finding Task.
- Context:
- Task Input:
- A Document Set or document collection.
- A Document Search Query with search parameters.
- Optional Search Filters for result refinement.
- Task Output:
- Task Measure: Search Precision, Search Recall, Ranking Quality.
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- It can (typically) utilize Document Indexes for search optimization.
- It can (typically) apply Search Algorithms for result retrieval.
- It can (typically) implement Ranking Methods for result ordering.
- It can (often) use Document Metadata for search enhancement.
- It can (often) support Query Expansion for search improvement.
- It can (often) provide Search Filters for result refinement.
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- It can range from being an Open-Document Document Retrieval Task to being a Domain-Specific Document Retrieval Task, depending on search scope.
- It can range from being a Simple Document Search to being an Advanced Document Search, depending on search complexity.
- It can range from being a Metadata-Based Search to being a Full-Text Search, depending on search method.
- It can range from being a Single-Language Search to being a Multi-Language Search, depending on language support.
- It can range from being a Basic Document Search to being a Semantic Document Search, depending on search sophistication.
- It can range from being a Human-Performed Document Search to being a Automated Document Search, depending on automation level.
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- It can be supported by a Document Search System.
- It can be supported by a Document Indexing System.
- It can be supported by a Document Ranking System.
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- Task Input:
- Example(s):
- Academic Search Tasks:
- Research Paper Searches, such as citation search (for reference finding) and literature review (for research survey).
- Thesis Searches, such as dissertation search (for academic research) and thesis catalog search (for academic reference).
- Professional Search Tasks:
- Legal Document Searches, such as case law search (for legal research) and regulation search (for compliance verification).
- Medical Document Searches, such as patient record search (for medical history) and clinical study search (for medical research).
- Technical Document Searches, such as manual search (for technical support) and specification search (for standard compliance).
- Enterprise Search Tasks:
- Business Document Searches, such as contract search (for agreement retrieval) and report search (for business analysis).
- Internal Document Searches, such as policy search (for guideline finding) and procedure search (for process verification).
- Web Document Search Tasks:
- Web Page Searches, such as website search (for online content) and blog search (for article finding).
- Digital Document Searches, such as pdf search (for document retrieval) and ebook search (for digital reading).
- Archive Search Tasks:
- Historical Document Searches, such as archive search (for historical research) and record search (for historical verification).
- Media Document Searches, such as news archive search (for news retrieval) and magazine search (for article finding).
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- Academic Search Tasks:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Image Retrieval Task, which focuses on visual content.
- Document Classification Task, which organizes rather than retrieves.
- Sentence Retrieval Task, which operates at a finer granularity.
- Data Search Task, which handles structured data.
- Audio Search Task, which processes sound content.
- See: Information Retrieval, Search Engine, Document Management System, Text Search, Content Discovery.