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polyrepresentation: a standalone construct

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Information retrieval

the principle that combining many different representations of documents and of the user's need raises the chance of retrieving relevant items.

In information retrieval, polyrepresentation refers to the principle that combining many different representations of documents and of the user's need raises the chance of retrieving relevant items. This meaning comes from Ingwersen (1996) in Journal of Documentation.[1]

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References

Ingwersen, P. (1996). Cognitive Perspectives of Information Retrieval Interaction: Elements of a Cognitive Ir Theory. Journal of Documentation, 52(1), 3-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026960

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