{"title":"Relevance, pertinence and information system development","authors":"D.A. Kemp","doi":"10.1016/0020-0271(74)90002-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The difference between pertinence and relevance is discussed. Other pairs of terms and the differences between their members are examined, and the suggestion is made that such studies could increase our understanding of the theory of information systems, and thence lead to practical improvements. Some examples are considered, among them the use of “personality profiles” to improve the pertinence effectiveness of systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100670,"journal":{"name":"Information Storage and Retrieval","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 37-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1974-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0020-0271(74)90002-3","citationCount":"57","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Information Storage and Retrieval","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0020027174900023","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The difference between pertinence and relevance is discussed. Other pairs of terms and the differences between their members are examined, and the suggestion is made that such studies could increase our understanding of the theory of information systems, and thence lead to practical improvements. Some examples are considered, among them the use of “personality profiles” to improve the pertinence effectiveness of systems.