個人用情報検索システムACQUIREの開発

細野公男; Kimio Hosono; 早川良雄; Yoshio Hayakawa; 後藤智範; Tomonori Gotoh; 大河内正明; Masaaki Ohkohchi

doi:10.46895/lis.18.77

個人用情報検索システムACQUIREの開発Development of a personalized information retrieval system, ACQUIRE

細野公男¹，早川良雄²，後藤智範²，大河内正明³Kimio Hosono¹, Yoshio Hayakawa², Tomonori Gotoh², Masaaki Ohkohchi³

¹ 慶應義塾大学文学部図書館・情報学科助教授Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Keio University ◇ 〒108-8345 東京都港区三田二丁目15番45号 ◇ Mita 2-15-45, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan

² 慶應義塾大学大学院文学研究科図書館・情報学専攻修士課程Master Course, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Keio University ◇ 〒108-8345 東京都港区三田二丁目15番45号 ◇ Mita 2-15-45, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan

³ 日本アイ・ビー・エム株式会社東京サイエンティフィック・センター研究員Researcher, Tokyo Scientific Center, IBM Japan, Ltd.

発行日：1981年3月25日Published: March 25, 1981

This paper describes a personalized information retrieval system ACQUIRE (APL Conversational QUery and Information REtrieval system), which is developed for individual researchers and scientists to input, update, and search information of their own by themselves.

ACQUIRE is programmed in APL and implemented through CMS (Conversational Monitor System) on the IBM VM/370. The system consists of storage and retrieval subsystems. The former (named ACCUM) is used for input and updating of personalized information, while the latter (named ACQUIRE, same as the total system) is used for searching and display of the stored information.

The system requires two kinds of files, namely, data file and index files. Data file is a collection of information being input by users. They are able to input any bibliographic information they choose to form their own data file via terminal or any selected records from existing databases.

The system has 14 commands such as INPUT, EDIT, BROWSE, PHRASE, SEARCH, SCAN, DISPLAY, PRINT, STORE, EXECUTE, HELP, CHANGE, DESCRIBE, and END. INPUT creates new files or add new records to existing files. EDIT updates existing files. BROWSE lists ten alphabetically consecutive keywords from the one which begins with the character string given by users. PHRASE lists alphabetically all phrase-form keywords which include the single-form keyword specified by users. SEARCH finds relevant records by using index files while SCAN searches specified field of data file sequentially. DISPLAY shows the (whole) description of retrieved records on the terminal while PRINT outputs them on the line printer. STORE saves search formulae for later use and EXECUTE searches index files by using the stored search formulae. HELP provides users with a more detailed guide for using the system. CHANGE is provided for the case where more than two data files are registered and selects a data file to be processed. DESCRIBE gives an explanation of data file(s). END terminates a subsystem.

Since ACQUIRE system is programmed in APL it is concise and flexible, and it is relatively easy to change or modify some parts of the program to meet the needs of users.