Format of Search Results to NACSIS

0001	0	gakkai-0000000001	1	9999	ntc1 
0001	0	gakkai-0000000002	2	9998	ntc1 
0001	0	gakkai-0000000006	3	9997	ntc1 
0001	0	gakkai-0000000004	4	9997	ntc1 
0001	0	gakkai-0000000005	5	9995	ntc1 
0002	0	gakkai-0000000001	1	9999	ntc1 
0002	0	gakkai-0000000002	2	9998	ntc1 
0002	0	gakkai-0000000006	2	9998	ntc1 

The search result file which will be sent to NACSIS should follow the format below:

Topic-ID	Dummy-field	Document-ID	Rank	Similarity-value	Run-ID

• Elements in a line are segmented by a TAB.
  
• The list must be sorted numerically by Topic-ID in ascending order.
• The Dummy-field is not used for evaluation, usually use '0' for the field.
  
• Document-ID is ACCN in each document record.
  
• Rank is represented as an integer. But the evaluation program ignores the filed
  
• Similarity-value, or brief-value is a score that each system produced to present the similarity of the document to the topic. A float. The Similarity-value is assumed to be higher for the documents to be retrieved in the higher ranks. The evaluation programme will sort and rank the retrieved document by Similarity-value, then Document-ID. Similarity-value is mandatory for evaluation. If the system does not produce such score, please assign some value in the field.
  
• Run-ID is a tag given to the run by the submitter(participant group). Run-ID should begin with the Group's ID, which was specified in the application form by the participant group.
  
• When a participant group submits more than one result file, add sequential number to the Run-ID to differenciate each result file. For example, when the 'ntc' group submits three result files, the Run-ID's are 'ntc1', 'ntc2', and 'ntc3'. This number can be different from the priority of the judgment, which will be specified later in the web form of the "Search result submission form"
  
• The Run-ID must be the same on every lines in a result file.
• The result file on the NTCIR's ftp site in a file named by the Run-ID.