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Cohen, Jonathan D. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
A statistical method of drawing index terms or "highlights" from text is presented that uses no stop list, stem or other language- and domain-specific components, allowing operation in any domain or language with minimal modification. Some experimental results are presented, showing operation in six different languages. (67 references)…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Automatic Indexing, Computer System Design

Hmeidi, Ismail; Kanaan, Ghassan; Evens, Martha – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Describes automatic information retrieval system designed and built to handle Arabic data. Discusses cost-effectiveness of automatic indexing. Compares retrieval results using words as index terms versus stems and roots. Includes 19 tables; 60 queries using full words and relevance judgments are appended. (JAK)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Arabic, Automatic Indexing, Computer System Design