Information Retrieval Services for Conceptual Content Management: Evaluation and Systems Integration

Content Management Systems are used to store different types of contents and retrieve them in an efficient way. They contain a persistence layer for large data, a file system and other software modules which are used to facilitate the content management system. On the other hand, a Conceptual Content Management System (CCMS) [CCM] aims to improve the meaning of content with asset modeling (concept-content model). This master thesis intends to develop and integrate a full-text search engine application into the CCMS. The full-text search engine application performs indexing and searching operations in order to manage and retrieve large data in CCMS efficiently. Declaration Hereby, I declare that: This master thesis, with the subject " Information Retrieval Services for Conceptual Content Management: Evaluation and Systems Integration " , has been prepared by myself. All literal and content related quotations from other sources are clearly pointed out, and no other sources or aids than the declared ones have been used. my co-supervisor. Furthermore, MSc. Sebastian Boßung was very patient and helpful for answering my questions and providing programming tools in order to develop the applications. His advices directed the project progress for a better implementation. Thanks also to Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring for answering fundamental questions about the project.