TEXT PASSAGE RETRIEVAL BASED ON COLON CLASSIFICATION: RETRIEVAL PERFORMANCE

A set of experiments was conducted to determine the suitability of the Colon Classification as a foundation for the automated analysis, representation and retrieval of primary information from the full text of documents. Primary information is that information embodied in the text of a document, as opposed to secondary information which is generally in such forms as: an abstract, a table of contents or an index.