Understanding Information Retrieval Systems

    27 Multilingual        Information Access

 

Douglas W. Oard

CONTENTS

Introduction

A Brief History of Multilingual Information Access

Cross-Language Information Retrieval

The Rest of the Story

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Bibliography

INTRODUCTION

The central thesis of Tom Friedman’s book The World is Flat is that we now live in a world in which technological innovation is creating opportunities for more seamless global interaction than has heretofore been possible.^[1] It is important to recognize that “technological innovation” encompasses far more than mere technical innovation—equally important is our ability as a society to learn ...