Searchplex ID Retrieval terminology registry

Task

Routing

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/routing/

An IR task in which standing queries or profiles are used to retrieve relevant items from a stream or changing supply of new documents.

Also called

  • Information Routing

Scope

Routing is a classic TREC task formulation associated with standing information needs and incoming documents. It is distinct from ad hoc retrieval, where new topics are run against a known collection, and from query routing, where a live query is directed to a source, model, retriever, or handling strategy.

Observed terms

  • Selective Dissemination of Information academic
  • SDI academic

Part of family

Not equivalent to

  • Routing is not Ad Hoc Retrieval. Routing applies persistent information needs to new documents; ad hoc retrieval applies new information needs to a known collection.
  • Routing is not Query Routing. Routing in classic IR uses standing queries or profiles over incoming documents; query routing chooses where or how a live query should be handled.
  • Routing is not Result Filtering. Routing is a task formulation over incoming documents; result filtering constrains or removes results using predicates or facets.

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