Semantic search denotes search with meaning, as distinguished from lexical search where the search engine looks for literal matches of the query words or variants of them, without understanding the overall meaning of the query. Semantic search seeks to improve
search
Searching or search may refer to:
Computing technology
* Search algorithm, including keyword search
** :Search algorithms
* Search and optimization for problem solving in artificial intelligence
* Search engine technology, software for findi ...
accuracy by understanding
the searcher's intent and the
contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace, whether on the
Web
Web most often refers to:
* Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal
* World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system
Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:
Computing
* WEB, a literate programming system created by ...
or within a closed system, to generate more relevant results. Content that ranks well in semantic search is well-written in a natural voice, focuses on the user's intent, and considers related topics that the user may look for in the future.
Some authors regard semantic search as a set of techniques for retrieving knowledge from richly structured data sources like
ontologies and
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. T ...
as found on the
Semantic Web. Such technologies enable the formal articulation of
domain knowledge at a high level of expressiveness and could enable the user to specify their intent in more detail at query time.
See also
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List of Semantic Search Engines
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Semantic web
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Semantic Unification
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Resource Description Framework
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Natural language search engine
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Semantic Query
References
External links
Semantic Search 2008 Workshop at ESWC'08Workshop on Exploiting Semantic Annotations in Information Retrieval at ECIR'08
Internet search engines
Semantic Web
Information retrieval genres
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