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From andyo Sat Apr 5 10:31:08 -0400 2008
From: andyo
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:31:08 -0400
Subject: Different forms/goals of search
Message-ID: <20080405103108-0400@clc.as.wvu.edu:8080>

We spent a long time discussing our frustrations with current popular search technologies. There are a lot of aspects to "good" search results.

Many speakers, such as Mary Shaw, were concerned with quality in the sense of accuracy. Here, people should learn what sites to trust (look for medical advice at Johns Hopkins, not a crackpot site of people who are afraid of traditional medicine). What this advice leads to is a system of identification and reputation, topics being highly researched in the Internet. What it leads to, in fact, is a superstructure on top of the Internet: a new network with its own protocols and coding rules that you have to buy into (perhaps literally, by getting authorized certificates) in order to join.

Another, separate, issue is that of relevance. That's why someone recommended Clusty (http://clusty.com/) as an easier way to find information. In the field of computer education, I'm interested in a subset of this goal which involves finding pathways through documents. If I read something that uses terms and concepts I don't understand, what introductory document should I go back to? I have suggested solutions (http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/two-tools-we-need-to-improve-o.html#cross_reference).