Putting the horse before the cart: rapid access to data banks by the ‘SIGNPOSTS’* method

Abstract

Document Image Processing (DIP) provides an efficient computer storage of information. Efficient retrieval of information is equally important and requires good indexing. This is a semantics prob lem only human indexers can solve. Data banks even more than books require good indexers to provide efficient access to information. ‘SIGNPOSTS’ provides a matrix for establishing a fully articulated index for databases.