Profildoc: Towards Filtering Exploitable Information

To improve the process of documentary research, we cannot be satisfied with optimizing the comparison between requests for, and the contents of, documents. Other aspects must be taken into account: those which make sure that the information is more or less exploitable by a given user, within the limits of an activity where it can furnish its essential character. A certain number of projects aim to construct a description of information compatible with the informational expectations linked to usage. The Profildoc project at the university of Lyon I is within the framework of such an approach.
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