u38: A Framework for Database-Supported Enterprise Document-Retrieval

In enterprises, information is encoded in documents and databases. Logically, the information in both worlds is tightly connected, however, on the system level there is usually a large gap. In this paper, we propose a framework that improves document retrieval by exploiting available enterprise databases. In particular, we use database information to model the context of documents and incorporate this context in our search framework. We present our framework architecture, its components and its major interfaces. The framework can be configured and enhanced at well-defined points and, hence, can easily be customized to other domains. We furthermore evaluate its core components. Our experiments show that the context-aware approach significantly improves the quality of search results