Negotiating a Multidimensional Framework for Relevance Space

Abstract

This work reports the results of an enquiry on the concept of relevance and on relevance judgments carried out during the MIRA workshops activities in 1998/1999.

Starting from a previous proposal [23], we present the multidimensional relevance space, a framework for describing the various kinds of relevance, which has been negotiated with experts belonging to the MIRA community.

The relevance dimensions of information needs, information resources, and information use context are presented, and a three dimensional graphical representation of the framework is proposed.

The differences between the original framework and the revised one, and the advantages of the latter, are discussed.

Some implications of the framework for the design and evaluation of information access systems and their user interfaces are also derived and, finally, an exploratory study on the issue of agreement in relevance judgments, and its consequences for the design of multimedia test collections, are presented.

Affiliations

Department of Psychology

University of Padova

Via Venezia, 8

I 35131 Padova, Italy

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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

University of Udine

Via delle Scienze, 206—Loc. Rizzi

I 33100 Udine, Italy

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WWW: http://www.dimi.uniud.it/mizzaro

Contributors

Silvia Gabrielli

Stefano Mizzaro

Conference

Publication date: April 1999

Publication date (Print): April 1999

Pages: 1-17

ID: 10.14236/ewic/MIRA1999.3

Copyright statement: © Silvia Gabrielli et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. MIRA '99

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Conference name: MIRA '99

Conference acronym: MIRA

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Conference location: Glasgow, Scotland

Conference date: 14th - 16th April 1999

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: MIRA '99

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing