Ostensive Relevance, cont.

In the OM, relevance feedback is provided implicitly “by interpreting a user’s selection of one document over others as an indication that this document is more relevant.”
The query submitted to the system is learned and continues to be adapted based on the features of the images to which the user browses
Ostensive Relevance is thus defined: “The Ostensive Relevance of an information object is the degree to which evidence from the object is representative / indicative of the current information need

In the OM, relevance feedback is provided implicitly “by interpreting a user’s selection of one document over others as an indication that this document is more relevant.”