A construction method of a metadata space based on relations between words from an index of a book

Abstract

A large amount of information resources for a specific field have been distributed in wide area networks. One of the most important issues is how to extract appropriate information in such environment for a specific field. This paper presents a construction method of a metadata space from an index of a book for a specific field. In order to search high quality information on a specific field, it is necessary to construct a metadata space which enables measurement of relations between each expert word for the field. This method needs neither a dictionary nor specialized knowledge. This method enables construction of a metadata space for an expert field easily.