Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval
Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval
Toward Paperless Information Systems
Toward Paperless Information Systems
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Interactive computer networks offer the potential for creating a body of information on any given topic that combines the best available contributions from a large number of users. This paper describes a system for cooperatively structuring and evaluating information through well-specified interactions by many users with a common database. At the heart of the system is a structured representation for debate, in which conclusions are explicitly justified or negated by individual items of evidence. Through debates on the accuracy of information and on aspects of the structures themselves, a large number of users can rank cooperatively all available items of information in terms of significance and relevance to each topic. Individual users can then choose the depth to which they wish to examine these structures for the purposes at hand. The function of the debate is not to arrive at specific conclusions, but rather to collect and order the best available evidence on each topic. This use of an interactive system for structuring information offers many further opportunities for improving the accuracy, currency, and accessibility of information.