ISR11
Scientific Report No. ISR-11 Information Storage and Retrieval
Operating Instructions for the SMART Text Processing and Document Retrieval System
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M. E. Lesk
Harvard University
Gerard Salton
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Any number of sets of documents may be submitted in one run. Each set
of documents is preceded by a *N[OCRerr] card, which contains a twelve character
identifier in columns 7-18. This identifier represents the collection
name which is used in the search initiated by the *FILE card (see part [OCRerr].3).
The documents are submitted on cards, in looked-up form. The order is the
usual: first any pure requests (identified by *FINL cards), then any
combi[OCRerr]ation request/texts (identified by *LIKE cards), and finally texts,
identified by *TEXT cards. A *STOP card follows each set of documents. A
deck of relevance judgments, as in part [OCRerr].4, may be placed between *RELS
cards after the *STOP card.
After each set of documents and relevance judgments, another *NAME
card and another document collection may be added. The end of the run is
marked by a *FINISH card.
5.3. The Program Tape
The SMART program tape is a normal EMS chain tape. To write it, the
links to be included are submitted on binary cards, with a blank tape on B3.
The EMS loader will write a chain tape automatically, which may be saved
and reused.
Currently, SMART has lh chain links, as shown in Table 8. Tape-writing
programs operate separately. All links need not be included on the program
tape, but if any links are omitted some options will be unavailable. It is
necessary to resubmit the programs on cards and have the loader write a new
chain tape to make any changes in any of the programs.
6. Auxiliary Programs for Use with the SM[OCRerr]T System
Several programs, although not directly a part of the S[OCRerr]T system, are