{
  "definition": "Automatically transforming an input query into another query or query representation intended to improve retrieval or execution.",
  "id": "query-rewriting",
  "kind": "Task",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T21:39:00Z",
  "prefLabel": "Query Rewriting",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "target": "query-transformation",
      "type": "broader"
    },
    {
      "note": "Query expansion adds retrieval evidence; query rewriting may transform, normalize, constrain, or restructure a query in other ways.",
      "target": "query-expansion",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Query understanding interprets the query; query rewriting changes the query or query representation.",
      "target": "query-understanding",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-expansion",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-reformulation",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-understanding",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "representations": {
    "html": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-rewriting/",
    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-rewriting.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-rewriting.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Depending on the system, rewriting may include spelling correction, normalization, expansion, reduction, phrase construction, structural changes, filters, or field-aware transformations. Usage is broader in some search-engine documentation than in academic IR.",
  "status": "published",
  "uri": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-rewriting/"
}