Information Request Query

A Information Request Query is a formally-specified question expressed in a machine-processable language designed to fulfill an information need through its query meaning).

• Context:
  • It can be an Interrogative Sentence to being a Formal Expression.
  • It can range from being an Unstructured Language-based Query (such as a keyword query) to being a Structured Language-based Query (such as SQL query).
  • It can range from being an Underspecified Query to being an Overspecified Query.
  • It can range from being a Declarative Query to being an Imperative Query.
  • It can be an input to a Query-Accepting Task (like a query-replying task).
  • It can range from being a Domain-Free Information Request Query to being a Domain-Specific Information Request Query (within a specific data context).
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• Example(s):
  • A Keyword Query (e.g. submitted to an IR system).
  • A Database Query, such as a SQL Query such as SELECT Name FROM PublisherDB.Authors WHERE ID=23972.
  • A URL Query String like http://server/path/program?field1=value1&field2=value2&field3=value3.
  • A Web Search Query / Keyword Query such as http://www.google.com/search?q=Query+Pattern.
  • A Lucene Query for text search in a Lucene Index.
  • A SPARQL Query for semantic web data.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a String Pattern (e.g. a regular string expression, such as “[Q|q]uer[y|ies]").
  • a Conditional Software Statement (e.g., an If-Else Statement).
• See: Declarative Statement, Question Answering, Boolean Query.

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References

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=query
  • S: (n) question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation (an instance of questioning) "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
  • S: (v) question, query (pose a question)

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