Subjective relevance

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In information science , subjective relevance (also pertinence ) is related to the question of the relevance of documents in information retrieval . A distinction must be made between subjective relevance (pertinence) and objective relevance .

A document is pertinent (subjectively relevant) for a search query,

if it is used subjectively to prepare a decision,
if it subjectively closes a knowledge gap of the user,
if it subjectively fulfills an early warning function for the user.

See also

Recall and Precision

source

Wolfgang G. Stock: Information Retrieval. Searching and finding information . Oldenbourg, Munich / Vienna 2007, ISBN 3-486-58172-4 , p. 68–81 (Chapter 6: Relevance and Pertinence).