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Abstract

Open source software development is becoming increasingly popular as a way of producing software, due to a number of factors. It is argued in this paper that these factors may have a significant impact on the future of IR systems, and that it is desirable that these systems are made open to all. We outline some problems that may prevent the uptake of open source IR systems. A number of open source IR systems are described.

Publication Type:	Article
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Publisher Keywords:	Information retrieval, Open systems, Software engineering, Worldwide web
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Computer Science > Human Computer Interaction Design
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