ENQUIRE Okapi: Enhanced Navigation and Querying at the User Interface for Retrieval Effectiveness in Okapi

This project, funded by the British Library, took Okapi on from the 1994 project by incorporating a thesaurus into the search process, both for active searching and for behind-the-scenes processing. A GUI was developed with the aim of presenting Okapi's rich functionality, without overloading the user.

Some of the project objectives were to:

Create a configurable interface for the Okapi system to serve as a more flexible evaluation facility for the study of interactive information retrieval;
Evaluate the retrieval effectiveness of thesaurus navigation and relevance feedback information for query enhancement;
Investigate and assess the impact of interactive searching strategies on users' information seeking behaviour and information needs.

COMPLETE FINAL REPORT ON THE ENQUIRE PROJECT.

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