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  "altLabels": [
    "Search Session"
  ],
  "definition": "A search task or setting that considers a sequence of related user interactions within a search session rather than a single isolated query.",
  "derivedRelations": [
    {
      "note": "Single-shot retrieval treats a query or topic in isolation; session search uses multiple related interactions within a search session.",
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      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "agentic-retrieval",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "iterative-retrieval",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "distinctions": [
    {
      "reason": "Session search considers multiple interactions over time; ad hoc retrieval is often framed as a single query against a fixed collection.",
      "statement": "Session Search is not Ad Hoc Retrieval.",
      "target": "ad-hoc-retrieval",
      "targetLabel": "Ad Hoc Retrieval",
      "targetUri": "https://id.searchplex.net/ad-hoc-retrieval/"
    },
    {
      "reason": "Session search uses session context across interactions; conversational search specifically involves a conversational interface or dialogue.",
      "statement": "Session Search is not Conversational Search.",
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      "targetUri": "https://id.searchplex.net/conversational-search/"
    }
  ],
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  "kind": "Task",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "Interactive Information Retrieval",
      "type": "canonicalSurvey",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1561/1500000023"
    }
  ],
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-14T06:43:46Z",
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    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
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      "target": "interactive-search",
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    },
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      "note": "Session search considers multiple interactions over time; ad hoc retrieval is often framed as a single query against a fixed collection.",
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      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Session search uses session context across interactions; conversational search specifically involves a conversational interface or dialogue.",
      "target": "conversational-search",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
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    },
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      "target": "query-autocomplete",
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    },
    {
      "target": "query-reformulation",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-suggestion",
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      "target": "serp",
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    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/session-search.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/session-search.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Session search may use earlier queries, clicks, reformulations, dwell behavior, or other session context to support later retrieval. It is broader than conversational search because a session need not be dialogue-based.",
  "status": "published",
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}