Meaning in philosophy and meaning in information retrieval (IR)

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-150

  Thornley, Clare ^a   Gibb, Forbes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information retrieval; Information theory; Meaning; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249103616     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910926158     Document Type: Article

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