SP500207 NIST Special Publication 500-207: The First Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-1) TIPSTER Panel -- DR LINK's Linguistic-Conceptual Approach to Document Detection chapter E. Liddy S. Myaeng National Institute of Standards and Technology Donna K. Harman Tipster Topic Description: 008 Topic: Economic Projections Description: Document will contain quantitative projections of the future value of some economic indicator for countries other than the U.S. Narrative: To be relevant, a document must include a projection of the value of an economic indicator (e.g., gross national product (GNP), stock market, rate of inflation, balance of payments, currency exchange rate, stock market value, per capita income, etc.) for the coming year, for a country other than the United States. Concepts: 1. inflation, stagflation, indicators, index 2. signs, projection, forecast, future 3. rise, shift, fall, growth, drop, expansion, slowdown, recovery 4. %, billions 5. NotUS. Nationality: Not U.S. Time: Future Fiq. 3: Sample Topic Stateir[OCRerr]nt 121