EAGER: A Method to Retrieve Non-Textual Data from Widespread Repositories

作为数据丰富科学的学术研究的结果，非文本数据（例如，数值数据）的增长持续扩大。 这项工作通过一个原型探索是否可以找到替代大型集中式非文本数据库的替代品，这些数据库易于使用，通用且成本低。这个想法是能够像访问文档一样轻松和容易地访问非文本信息，而无需费力的额外工作。 自动创建一些索引将提供一种机制，以促进索引和检索，如互联网搜索巨头为文本所做的那样。 如果成功的话，它将很容易发布数字数据，并通过标准的网络搜索引擎提供，就像今天的文本信息一样容易。 该团队将使用来自一系列学科的各种数据源和对象构建一个系统，然后设计指定非文本数据（包括数值数据）特征的表示。 下一步，他们将开发增强的索引功能，以处理扩展搜索引擎中的查询，并按每种类型对数据进行注释。 在为开发人员和试点用户开发了查询和交互界面之后，他们将测试该方法的可行性以及为各种类型的数据创建描述性补充的有效性。

As the results of scholarly research in data-rich sciences, the growth of non-textual data, for example, numerical data, continues to expand. This work explores through a prototype whether alternatives can be found to large centralized repositories of non-textual data that are easy to use, universal and low cost. The idea is to be able to access non-textual information as easily and readily as documents without laborious additional work. The automatic creation of a number of indices would provide a mechanism to facilitate indexing and retrieval, such as done by internet search giants for text. If successful, it will be easy to post numerical data and and have it be available via standard web search engines as easily as textual information is today. The team will build a system using a wide variety of data sources and objects from a range of disciplines, and then design representations that specify the characteristics of non-textual data, including numerical data. Next they will develop enhanced indexing capabilities to handle queries in an extended search engine and procures to annotate the data by each type. After developing a query and interaction interface for developers and pilot users, they will test the viability of the approach and the effectiveness for creating descriptive additions for various types of data.