Domain-Specific Information Retrieval Task

A Domain-Specific Information Retrieval Task is an IR task that is a domain-specific task.

• Context:
  • It can be solved by a Domain-Specific IR System (that implements a domain-specific IR algorithm).
• Example(s):
  • Literature Search, such as scientific literature IR.
  • Law IR, such as contract IR.
  • Product Review Retrieval.
  • News Article Retrieval.
  • Research Publication IR.
  • TREC.
  • GeoCLEF (for geographical locations).
  • Paper IR, ...
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a General IR Task, such as a Web Search.
• See: Domain-Specific Question Answer Task.

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