DISTR - A Regional Digital Library

Discourse Analysis in the Development of a Regional Information Service

Sanna Talja, Rami Heinisuo, Kirsi Pispa*, Sinikka Luukkainen and Kalervo Järvelin

Department of Information Studies
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 TAMPERE, Finland
{lisaka, lirahe, sl54996, likaja}@uta.fi

*Tampere Technology Centre
Information Technology Centre of Expertise
Hermiankatu 6-14,
FIN-33720 Tampere, FINLAND
kirsi.pispa@hermia.fi

7. Talja, S. & Heinisuo, R. & Pispa, K. & Luukkainen, S. & Järvelin, K., Discourse Analysis in the Development of a Regional Information Service. Proceedings of the 2nd British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies, Edinburg, March 24-26, 1997. 19 p.

Abstract

Information provided through information networks can be retrieved through the network search engines by using words appearing in documents. However, these documents are written in the document producers' language and the users' perspective is often overlooked. The paper describes the Digital Information Service of Tampere Region (DISTR) project which aims at building a novel kind of World Wide Web (WWW)-based local information service. The DISTR service organizes local information services and public administration and commercial services (or resources) under a single interface which supports their identification and access by describing the resources according to dimensions and vocabulary identified in the discourse of service clients. The architecture of the DISTR service is introduced and the discourse analytic approach and preliminary results are described.

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