wellcomecollection.org query development index

Hypotheses of user expectations and search behaviour are validated by analysis. Once validated, different query strategies are deployed and tested in order to meet these expectations.

In cases where links to analysis or relevance testing are missing, this work is either pending or redundant.

Concepts, subjects

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Less than 3-word searches

Searches with 3 words or more

Query strategies used

Boosting Compound queries

And

Multi match

Relevance tests conducted

Test 4 – AND or OR

Test 5 - Scoring Tiers

Test 6 - English tokeniser and Contributors

Test 8 – Bool boosted vs Phraser beam

Contributors

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Less than 3-word searches

Searches with 3 words or more

Query strategies used

Bool boosted

Boosting

Compound queries

And

Tiered scoring

Multi match

Phraser beam

Shingling

Relevance tests conducted

Test 4 – AND or OR

Test 5 - Scoring Tiers

Test 6 - English tokeniser and Contributors

Test 8 – Bool boosted vs Phraser beam

Titles

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Less than 3-word searches

Searches with 3 words or more

Query strategies used

Bool boosted

Boosting

Compound queries

And

Tiered scoring

Multi match

Phraser beam

Shingling

Relevance tests conducted

Test 4 – AND or OR

Test 5 - Scoring Tiers

Test 6 - English tokeniser and Contributors

Test 8 – Bool boosted vs Phraser beam

Genres

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Less than 3-word searches

Searches with 3 words or more

Reference numbers

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Less than 3-word searches

Searches with 3 words or more

Synonymous names and subjects

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Subsequent searches

Mood

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Less than 3-word searches

Searches with 3 words or more

Phrases

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Searches with 3 words or more

Query strategies used

Boosting

Compound queries

And

Multi match

Phraser beam

Relevance tests conducted

Test 4 – AND or OR

Test 5 - Scoring Tiers

Test 6 - English tokeniser and Contributors

Test 8 – Bool boosted vs Phraser beam

Concepts, subjects with other field

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Searches with 3 words or more

Contributor with other field

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Searches with 3 words or more

Title with other field

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Searches with 3 words or more

Genre with other field

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Searches with 3 words or more

Reference number with other field

Hypotheses

Analysis conducted

Searches with 3 words or more

Behaviours

Hypotheses

Further research and design considerations