TREC Genomics
Encyclopedia
The TREC Genomics track was a workshop held under the auspices of NIST for the purpose of evaluating systems for information retrieval
and related technologies in the genomics
domain. The TREC Genomics track took place annually from 2003 to 2007, with some modifications to the task set every year; tasks included information retrieval
, document classification
, GeneRIF
prediction, and question answering
.
Information retrieval
Information retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...
and related technologies in the genomics
Genomics
Genomics is a discipline in genetics concerning the study of the genomes of organisms. The field includes intensive efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping efforts. The field also includes studies of intragenomic phenomena such as heterosis,...
domain. The TREC Genomics track took place annually from 2003 to 2007, with some modifications to the task set every year; tasks included information retrieval
Information retrieval
Information retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...
, document classification
Document classification
Document classification or document categorization is a problem in both library science, information science and computer science. The task is to assign a document to one or more classes or categories. This may be done "manually" or algorithmically...
, GeneRIF
GeneRIF
A GeneRIF or Gene Reference Into Function is a short statement about the function of a gene. GeneRIFs provide a simple mechanism for allowing scientists to add to the functional annotation of genes described in the database. In practice, function is construed quite broadly...
prediction, and question answering
Question answering
In information retrieval and natural language processing , question answering is the task of automatically answering a question posed in natural language...
.