A system of search for information (SRI) is a software unit ensuring the whole of the functions necessary to the Recherche of information.

Elements of a SRI

The Search engine is in the middle of such a system but it is only one component. One finds in particular:

• of the functions of acquisition of documents or notes,
• of the modules of editions,
• of the functions of import and export of information,
• of the modules of management of vocabularies, Plane of classification or Thesaurus.

Examples of SRI

Many SRI are rather specialized in documentation. One then speaks about information retrieval system , for example:

• 1965 : BOLD (On-line Bibliographic Display) by SDC, American Company,

• 1969: ORBIT (One line Retrieval Bibliographic Timeshared Information), always by SDC,
• 1970: Mistral, French origin by the international Company for data processing CII.
• 1972: Stairs, (STorage And Information Retrieval System) on machine IBM 360.
• 1972: SPLEEN (Logical Programming system of the Economic studies) by the CDSH (Information center in Social sciences) of CNRS.
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