Keyword Search Query

A Keyword Search Query is an IR search query composed of search keywords.

• AKA: Keyword Pattern.
• Context:
  • It can include operators such as exclusion (e.g. “-").
  • It can (typically) be an input to a Keyword Search Task.
  • It can be related to a Keyword Query Expansion, or a Related Keyword Search Query.
• Example(s):
  • “Java Programming Language", “Java Coffee -Programming", “Java Island -Programming", “apple snow leopard java"
  • a Product Search Query.
  • a Web Search Query.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • SQL Query.
  • Natural Language Query.
  • Regular Expression Search Query.
• See: Keyword Search Engine, Information Retrieval Task, Keyword Query Concept Mention Recognition Task, Keyword Query Classification Task.

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