What a Publication Tells You – Benefits of Narrative Information Access in Digital Libraries

TitleWhat a Publication Tells You – Benefits of Narrative Information Access in Digital Libraries
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsKroll, H., F. Plötzky, J. Pirklbauer, and W. - T. Balke
Conference NameACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
Date Published06/2022
Conference LocationCologne, Germany
Abstract

Knowledge bases allow effective access paths in digital libraries. Here users can specify their information need as graph patterns for precise searches and structured overviews (by allowing variables in queries). But especially when considering textual sources that contain narrative information, i.e., short stories of interest, harvesting statements from them to construct knowledge bases may be a serious threat to the statements’ validity. A piece of information, originally stated in a coherent line of arguments, could be used in a knowledge base query processing without considering its vital context conditions. And this can lead to invalid results. That is why we argue to move towards narrative information access by considering contexts in the query processing step. In this way digital libraries can allow users to query for narrative information and supply them with valid answers. In this paper we define narrative information access, demonstrate its benefits for Covid 19 related questions, and argue on the generalizability for other domains such as political sciences.

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