User expectations from XML element retrieval

The primary aim of XML element retrieval is to return to users XML elements, rather than whole documents. This poster describes a small study, in which we elicited users’ expectations, i.e. their anticipated experience, when interacting with an XML retrieval system, as compared to a traditional ‘flat’ document retrieval system. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.3 [Information Search and Retrieval] General Terms Human Factors, Experimentation Keywords User study, XML, element retrieval

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: SIGIR
• Authors: Stamatina Betsi, Mounia Lalmas, Anastasios Tombros, Theodora Tsikrika
• Keywords: Element Retrieval, Retrieval System, SIGIR 2006, XML Element Retrieval