IR versus Relational DBMS

• Information retrieval systems

  • provide access to content of entire documents
  • semi- or non-structured information
  • retrieval is probabilistic
  • applications range from small to very large

• Database Management Systems

  • provide access to tables of structured data
  • retrieval is deterministic
  • applications range from very small to very large

• Critical to consider differences during design

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