Beyond information retrieval: information discovery and multimedia information retrieval

Abstract

The paper compares the current methodologies for search and discovery of information and information resources: terminological search and term-based language, own of information retrieval (IR); semantic search and information discovery, being developed mainly through the language of linked data; semiotic search and content-based language, experienced by multimedia information retrieval (MIR).MIR semiotic methodology is, then, detailed.

Keywords

• information retrieval
• information discovery
• multimedia information retrieval
• content-based retrieval
• discovery tool
• linked data
• semantic web