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October 10, 2005
DUC 2005 @ Vancouver, Canada
DUC 2005 System Task
*Task Definition in [Amigo et al, 04]
n… topic-oriented, informative multi-document summarization, … compressed version of a set of documents  …
*Topic Creation Instructions
nto formulate a topic out of interesting aspects  
n“At least 25 documents must each contribute some material to the answer” of a quest of the topic
*Our view of the task
nA general, and topic-oriented summary.
•topic-oriented, informative multi-document summarization, where the goal is to produce a single text as a compressed version of a set of documents

•Topic Creation: As you are reading the documents, look for one or more aspects that interest you; make a note of these aspects, if you wish. Formulate a DUC topic, which is a request for information about the aspects of the TREC topic that interest you. This can be in the form of a question or set of related questions.
a)The answer can be found in the relevant documents;
c)At least 25 documents must each contribute some material to the answer.