Arabic Information Retrieval Perspectives

Abstract

Arabic IR (Information Retrieval) has recently become a focus of research and commercial development. Very few standards for evaluation of such tools are known and available. A concrete evaluation for Arabic IR systems is necessary for the advancement of this field. In this paper we discuss available resources for testing Arabic IR systems and we propose a strategy to accelerate the development and the reliable evaluation of systems that can than be exploited by a wide range of users of varied interests.