A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search

Xiaxia Wang; Jinchi Chen; Shuxin Li; Gong Cheng; Jeff Z. Pan; Evgeny Kharlamov; Yuzhong Qu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30793-6_39

A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search

Xiaxia Wang, Jinchi Chen, Shuxin Li, Gong Cheng, Jeff Z. Pan, Evgeny Kharlamov, Yuzhong Qu

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Abstract

Reusing existing datasets is of considerable significance to researchers and developers. Dataset search engines help a user find relevant datasets for reuse. They can present a snippet for each retrieved dataset to explain its relevance to the user’s data needs. This emerging problem of snippet generation for dataset search has not received much research attention. To provide a basis for future research, we introduce a framework for quantitatively evaluating the quality of a dataset snippet. The proposed metrics assess the extent to which a snippet matches the query intent and covers the main content of the dataset. To establish a baseline, we adapt four state-of-the-art methods from related fields to our problem, and perform an empirical evaluation based on real-world datasets and queries. We also conduct a user study to verify our findings. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of our evaluation framework, and suggest directions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Semantic Web -- ISWC 2019
Subtitle of host publication	18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Chiara Ghidini, Olaf Hartig, Maria Maleshkova, Vojtech Svátek, Isabel Cruz, Aidan Hogan, Jie Song, Maxime Lefrançois, Fabien Gandon
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	680-697
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-30793-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-30792-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30793-6_39
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2019
Event	16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems - Oulu, Finland Duration: 27 Aug 2019 → 30 Aug 2019 http://iswcs2019.org/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Volume	11778
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems
Abbreviated title	ISWCS 2019
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Oulu
Period	27/08/19 → 30/08/19
Internet address	http://iswcs2019.org/

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Snippet generation
Dataset search
Evaluation metric

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Wang, X., Chen, J., Li, S., Cheng, G., Pan, J. Z., Kharlamov, E., & Qu, Y. (2019). A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search. In C. Ghidini, O. Hartig, M. Maleshkova, V. Svátek, I. Cruz, A. Hogan, J. Song, M. Lefrançois, & F. Gandon (Eds.), The Semantic Web -- ISWC 2019: 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I (pp. 680-697). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11778). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30793-6_39

Wang, Xiaxia ; Chen, Jinchi ; Li, Shuxin et al. / A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search. The Semantic Web -- ISWC 2019: 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I. editor / Chiara Ghidini ; Olaf Hartig ; Maria Maleshkova ; Vojtech Svátek ; Isabel Cruz ; Aidan Hogan ; Jie Song ; Maxime Lefrançois ; Fabien Gandon. Cham : Springer, 2019. pp. 680-697 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Wang, X, Chen, J, Li, S, Cheng, G, Pan, JZ, Kharlamov, E & Qu, Y 2019, A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search. in C Ghidini, O Hartig, M Maleshkova, V Svátek, I Cruz, A Hogan, J Song, M Lefrançois & F Gandon (eds), The Semantic Web -- ISWC 2019: 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11778, Springer, Cham, pp. 680-697, 16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems , Oulu, Finland, 27/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30793-6_39

A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search. / Wang, Xiaxia; Chen, Jinchi; Li, Shuxin et al.
The Semantic Web -- ISWC 2019: 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Chiara Ghidini; Olaf Hartig; Maria Maleshkova; Vojtech Svátek; Isabel Cruz; Aidan Hogan; Jie Song; Maxime Lefrançois; Fabien Gandon. Cham: Springer, 2019. p. 680-697 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11778).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Wang X, Chen J, Li S, Cheng G, Pan JZ, Kharlamov E et al. A Framework for Evaluating Snippet Generation for Dataset Search. In Ghidini C, Hartig O, Maleshkova M, Svátek V, Cruz I, Hogan A, Song J, Lefrançois M, Gandon F, editors, The Semantic Web -- ISWC 2019: 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I. Cham: Springer. 2019. p. 680-697. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30793-6_39

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