面對全球資訊網(WWW)應用蓬勃發展，網際網路上充斥著各種類型的資訊資源。而如何有效地管理及檢索這些資料，就成為當前資訊管理的重要課題之一。在發掘資訊時，最常用的便是搜尋引擎，透過比對查詢字串與索引表格(index table)，找出相關的網頁文件，並回傳結果。但因為網頁描述資訊的不足，導致其回覆大量不相關的查詢結果，浪費使用者許多時間。

為了解決上述問題，就資訊搜尋的角度而言，本研究提出以文字開採技術實際分析網頁內容，並將其轉換成維度資訊來描述，再以多維度資料庫方式儲存的架構。做為改進現行資訊檢索的參考架構。

就資訊描述的角度，本研提出採用RDF(Resource Description Framework)來描述網頁Metadata的做法。透過此通用的資料格式來描述網路資源，做為跨領域使用、表達資訊的標準，便於Web應用程式間的溝通。期有效改善現行網際網路資源描述之缺失，大幅提昇搜尋之品質。

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