Information organization and retrieval using a topic maps-based ontology: Results of a task-based evaluation. Yi, M. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(12):1898--1911, 2008.
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As information becomes richer and more complex, alternative information-organization methods are needed to more effectively and efficiently retrieve information from various systems, including the Web. The objective of this study is to explore how a Topic Maps-based ontology approach affects users' searching performance. Forty participants participated in a task-based evaluation where two dependent variables, recall and search time, were measured. The results of this study indicate that a Topic Maps-based ontology information retrieval (TOIR) system has a significant and positive effect on both recall and search time, compared to a thesaurus-based information retrieval (TIR) system. These results suggest that the inclusion of a Topic Maps-based ontology is a beneficial approach to take when designing information retrieval systems.
@article{ yi_information_2008,
  title = {Information organization and retrieval using a topic maps-based ontology: Results of a task-based evaluation},
  volume = {59},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20899},
  doi = {10.1002/asi.20899},
  abstract = {As information becomes richer and more complex, alternative information-organization methods are needed to more effectively and efficiently retrieve information from various systems, including the Web. The objective of this study is to explore how a Topic Maps-based ontology approach affects users' searching performance. Forty participants participated in a task-based evaluation where two dependent variables, recall and search time, were measured. The results of this study indicate that a Topic Maps-based ontology information retrieval ({TOIR}) system has a significant and positive effect on both recall and search time, compared to a thesaurus-based information retrieval ({TIR}) system. These results suggest that the inclusion of a Topic Maps-based ontology is a beneficial approach to take when designing information retrieval systems.},
  number = {12},
  journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology},
  author = {Yi, Myongho},
  year = {2008},
  keywords = {information_retrieval, topic_maps},
  pages = {1898--1911}
}

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