tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post1198611428344033237..comments2024-01-22T09:48:10.802+01:00Comments on Nihil Obstat: The difference between Information Access and Information RetrievalJose Maria Gomez Hidalgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053588779560658723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post-65635720836803448632009-02-26T00:23:00.000+01:002009-02-26T00:23:00.000+01:00Dear JorgeYes, it gets more and more fuzzy...OK, I...Dear Jorge<BR/><BR/>Yes, it gets more and more fuzzy...<BR/><BR/>OK, I will take it as a verb meaning problem:<BR/><BR/>1. "Access" implies a general process, involves understanding and organizing information (apart from searching for it).<BR/><BR/>2. "Retrieval" is a short time process: it implies possing a query and *getting* some kind of answer (usually, a set of document surrogates).<BR/><BR/>3. "Seeking" stress the role of the user, it is like retrieval but paying more attention to the user actions, expectations, etc. To my view, it is more general and user focused than "retrieval", but it still does not cover as many things as "access". A mid-way...<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I do not feel I have the answer, and apart from quoting some authorities, I just find that most of the literature deals with these terms as synonyms...<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I should send an email to Marti :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks a lot for your comment!Jose Maria Gomez Hidalgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053588779560658723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post-8345329590105603812009-02-13T12:41:00.000+01:002009-02-13T12:41:00.000+01:00Then, reading these definitions, please take into ...Then, reading these definitions, please take into account some more concepts related:<BR/><BR/>"Information seeking" would be related with "Information access", because "inf. seeking" would be the discipline that studies "inf. access" (as a process).<BR/><BR/>Also, "information retrieval" (if implies users "likely to find relevant") would be related to info seeking, because taking the users point of view, intentions, field expertise, gender, age, etc., into the study of relevancy is bringing subjectivity to the general subject, don´t you think?<BR/><BR/>This is getting fuzzy... ;-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,Jorge Serrano-Coboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399588427776322650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post-71446176859050228332009-01-28T14:23:00.000+01:002009-01-28T14:23:00.000+01:00Thank you very much!!!Thank you very much!!!Jose Maria Gomez Hidalgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053588779560658723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post-38651431539744210532009-01-28T13:09:00.000+01:002009-01-28T13:09:00.000+01:00Un par de enlaces, que te los has ganado: * http:/...Un par de enlaces, que te los has ganado: <BR/><BR/>* http://weblogs.madrimasd.org/sistemas_inteligentes/archive/2009/01/28/111902.aspx<BR/><BR/>* http://machine-learning.blogspot.com/2009/01/information-access-vs-information.htmlJoSeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152517869344688469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post-5317763756372097312009-01-27T23:56:00.000+01:002009-01-27T23:56:00.000+01:00The sources itselves are not clear. While I see it...The sources itselves are not clear. While I see it clear. In fact, I have not found the true reference in which Lewis or Hearst say that IA is a wider concept... :-(Jose Maria Gomez Hidalgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053588779560658723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589303.post-43347336957448682332009-01-27T23:40:00.000+01:002009-01-27T23:40:00.000+01:00Excelente post, la verdad que en muchos casos se u...Excelente post, la verdad que en muchos casos se usa IA e IR como sinónimos, o sin tener muy en cuenta lo que realmente significan, y hace falta aclarar los términos.JoSeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152517869344688469noreply@blogger.com