Types of Summaries
The IDOL Content component can automatically generate one of these summary types for the results it produces. It generates all summaries in real time.
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Concept. A conceptual summary of each result document. A concept summary contains sentences that are typical of the result content (these sentences can be from different parts of the result document).
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Context. A conceptual summary of each result document, biased by any terms in the query
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andFieldText
parameters. A context summary contains sentences that are particularly relevant to the terms in the query. These sentences can be from different parts of the result document.NOTE: To ensure that the summary contains the query terms, use the
Characters
action parameter, rather thanSentences
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Quick. A brief summary of each result document. A quick summary contains the first few sentences of the result document.
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ParagraphConcept. A conceptual summary of each result document. The summary contains the paragraphs that are most typical of the content of the result document. These paragraphs can be from different parts of the result document.
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ParagraphContext. A conceptual paragraph summary of each result document, biased by any terms in the query
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andFieldText
parameters. This summary contains paragraphs that are particularly relevant to the terms in the query.