A Semantics-based Approach to Guide Formulation of Questions for Documentary Recontruction Activities

We are developing tools to support documentary reconstruction activities of groups of analysis searching large document collections. In particular, we are building a system to support legal case building and reasoning activities of lawyers in corporate litigation. A fundamental element of their activities in the search of information elements that constitute evidence for facts. In this paper, we introduce a new interaction mechanism to navigate information extracted form the document collections which guides users in formulating investigative questions.