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Use of a text grammar for generating highlight abstracts of magazine articles

Marie‐Francine Moens (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & IT (ICRI), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tiensestraat 41, B‐3000 Leuven, Belgium)
Jos Dumortier (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & IT (ICRI), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tiensestraat 41, B‐3000 Leuven, Belgium)

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Publication date: 1 October 2000

Abstract

Browsing a database of article abstracts is one way to select and buy relevant magazine articles online. Our research contributes to the design and development of text grammars for abstracting texts in unlimited subject domains. We developed a system that parses texts based on the text grammar of a specific text type and that extracts sentences and statements which are relevant for inclusion in the abstracts. The system employs knowledge of the discourse patterns that are typical of news stories. The results are encouraging and demonstrate the importance of discourse structures in text summarisation.

Keywords

  • Databases
  • Language
  • Development

Citation

Moens, M. and Dumortier, J. (2000), "Use of a text grammar for generating highlight abstracts of magazine articles", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 56 No. 5, pp. 520-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007126

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 2000, MCB UP Limited

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