Leveraging metadata inductively and subjectively
Stephen C. Davies, Roger King · 2004
Abstract: Metadata has typically been used for deductive reasoning – applications take advantage of its precision to render objective conclusions about annotated sources that are 100 % reliable. Metadata annotations could also be used inductively, however, to allow systems to reason about the similarities that individual users perceive among instances. We explore how this notion could be of benefit to an information exploration agent. Keywords: m e t a d a t a; s e a r c h engines; information retrieval; inductive reasoning; information space organization 1