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Proposed Scope of Area 5
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From page 817...
... The processing of information for retrospective searching must also take into account various practical considerations such as the purpose to be served, the capabilities of equipment that is already available or that could be constructed by exploiting present-day technological possibilities, and the costs involved in applying the various methods of processing information. We must consider not only the effectiveness of traditional procedures, such as alphabetical indexing and hierarchical classification, but also recent experimental work and research trends directed toward the development of new or modified methods of indexing or organizing material as well as the development of equipment to aid in the rapid processing and searching of information.
From page 818...
... 2 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS The question as to whether subject matter is to be recorded for storage In the form of a total text, an abstract of that text, the key words selected from the text or some other form depends upon the type of service to be provided. Whether the information to be stored and later searched involves ideas or notions on the one hand or established facts on the other will influence the design of methods for organizing the subject matter and the selection of equipment to be used with the storage and search system.
From page 820...
... Consideration needs to be given to general characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of the various types of equipment, including examples of such equipment now available which have not been exploited to fuL advantage. Reviewing the stored record, rearranging the subject matter, and continually expediting searches can be accomplished mechanically as machines "learn" by experience.
From page 821...
... The systems should be discussed in terms of: ~ Size of the file to be covered; 2 Rate of growth of file and system; 3 Range of inquiries to be serviced, or the purposes to be served; 4 Range of subject matter to be covered; 5 Kinds of concepts to be represented; 6 Specificity and type of analysis; 7 Personnel required to do the analysis; 8 Cost of processing information and conducting searches, 9 Reliability of results, or probability of retrieval; lo Form of system. It is recognized that discussions in this problem area cannot be as factual as the descriptions of systems in actual operation could be.


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