An application framework for distributed information retrieval

Authors:
Fabio Simeoni;Leif Azzopardi;Fabio Crestani
Affiliations:
Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Venue:
ICADL'06 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Asian Digital Libraries: achievements, Challenges and Opportunities
Year:
2006

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Abstract

To date, the adoption of content-based Distributed Information Retrieval (DIR) solutions within the domain of Digital Libraries (DL) remains rather limited. We contend that the lack of open application frameworks is a major obstacle. Not only to the rapid development and reuse of state-of-the art DIR functionality, but also to the holistic evaluation of competing DIR approaches. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of one such framework; as well as its use within the context of the DILIGENT infrastructure: a testbed of dedicated hardware, middleware and application services built explicitly for the DL domain upon the lower-level facilities of the first European GRID platform (EGEE). We conclude with a summary of future plans for its large scale deployment, testing and evaluation within this context.