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An Approach to XML Information Retrieval in Distributed Systems

Published/Copyright: July 15, 2011
it - Information Technology
From the journal Volume 53 Issue 4

Abstract

Modern search engines are quite successful in finding relevant documents by using Information Retrieval techniques. However, the centralized architecture of systems such as Google raises concerns in regard of the possibility to censure and to manipulate information. Promising alternatives are peer-to-peer search engines that organize themselves without any central index. We propose a distributed search engine that exploits XML structure of documents in order to improve effectiveness (search quality) and efficiency (resources) of the search. The developed system is based on a set of equal and autonomous peers. It is the first solution of its kind worldwide for distributed XML-Retrieval.

Zusammenfassung

Moderne Suchmaschinen sind sehr erfolgreich im Auffinden von relevanten Dokumenten. Die zentralisierte Architektur von Systemen wie Google bietet jedoch die Möglichkeit, Informationen zu zensieren und zu manipulieren. Selbstorganisierende Peer-to-Peer Suchsysteme dagegen kommen gänzlich ohne zentralen Index aus. Nachfolgend wird daher eine verteilte Suchmaschine präsentiert, bei der die XML-Struktur von Dokumenten ausgenutzt wird, um die Suche effektiver (Suchqualität) und effizienter (Ressourcenverbrauch) zu gestalten. Das entwickelte System basiert auf einem Zusammenschluss gleichberechtigter und autonomer Peers und ist die weltweit erste Lösung für verteiltes XML-Retrieval.

Keywords: XML; information retrieval; distributed systems
* Correspondence address: Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main, Fachbereich 3 - Wirtschaft und Recht, Nibelungenplatz 1, 60318 Frankfurt, Deutschland,
Published Online: 2011-07-15
Published in Print: 2011-07

© by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Frankfurt, Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1524/itit.2011.0645
Keywords for this article
XML; information retrieval; distributed systems

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