AN INVESTIGATION OF INDEXING ON THE WWW

Authors
SRINIVASAN P RUIZ ME LAM W
Citation
P. Srinivasan et al., AN INVESTIGATION OF INDEXING ON THE WWW, Proceedings of the ASIS annual meeting, 33, 1996, pp. 79-83
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science","Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
Proceedings of the ASIS annual meeting → ACNP
ISSN journal
00447870
Volume
33
Year of publication
1996
Pages
79 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-7870(1996)33:<79:AIOIOT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We propose a model that assists in understanding indexing on the World Wide Web (WWW). This model specifies key feature of indexing strategi es that are currently being used. We also present an experiment assess ing the validity of Inverse Document Frequency (IDF) as a term weighti ng strategy for WWW documents. The experiment indicates that IDF score s are not stable in the heterogeneous and dynamic context of the WWW. This research recommends further investigation to clarify the effectiv eness of alternative indexing strategies for the WWW.