Understanding Information Retrieval Systems

Information retrieval (IR) is concerned with searching for documents, information within documents, metadata about documents, relational databases, and the web. This book covers the management, types, and technical standards of these increasingly important systems, including those used in libraries and museums, medicine, geographic information, music, computer-supported collaborative work, web mining, social mining, and the Semantic Web. Leading contributors in the field address digital asset management, piracy in digital media, records compliance, information storage technologies, and data transmission protocols.