| Abstract |
Abstract:
In this talk I will discuss why information retrieval in the law is not very straightforward when compared to other domains. This is mainly because the information providers (legal professionals, government bodies) use a different language than the information users (citizens). Where citizens pose queries in terms of their own case, legal professionals are more interested in the qualification of cases. The Best project aims to bridge the gap by providing a mapping between common sense and legal vocabularies. This mapping is not trivial, and I discuss the approaches that have been tried (and failed), and the current state of the project. In terms of task, problem and solution:
Task:
Improve the legal position of citizens by enabling access to legal information
Problem:
Legal professionals and citizens use different vocabularies, current mapping technology is insufficient
Solution:
Using case frames to formulate many-to-many mappings between vocabularies |