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PUBLICATIONS

Information Technology: The Sixth Text Retrieval Conference (TREC-6)

Published

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees, Donna K. Harman

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the Sixth Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-6) held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 19-21, 1997. TREC-6 is the latest in a series of workshops designed to foster research in text retrieval. The paper describes the tasks that were performed in TREC-6, summarizes the results of the main tasks, and reports on initial plans for TREC-7.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 500-240
Report Number
500-240
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

information retrieval, search engine, text retrieval, TREC

Citation

Voorhees, E. and Harman, D. (1998), Information Technology: The Sixth Text Retrieval Conference (TREC-6), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed April 19, 2024)

Created August 1, 1998, Updated October 16, 2008