{
  "definition": "A failure mode in which query modification or feedback moves the retrieval representation away from the user's intended information need.",
  "id": "query-drift",
  "kind": "Phenomenon",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T21:39:00Z",
  "prefLabel": "Query Drift",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "target": "pseudo-relevance-feedback",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-expansion",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "representations": {
    "html": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-drift/",
    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-drift.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-drift.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Query drift is often discussed around query expansion and pseudo-relevance feedback, where added evidence can change the effective query meaning.",
  "status": "published",
  "uri": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-drift/"
}