Information Request Query
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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).
- a String Pattern (e.g. a regular string expression, such as “
- See: Declarative Statement, Question Answering, Boolean Query.
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)