Toward the automatic compilation of multimedia encyclopedias: associating images with term descriptions on the Web

To generate content for multimedia encyclopedias, we propose a method for searching the Web, seeking images associated with a specific word sense. We use text in an HTML file that links to an image as a pseudo-caption for the image, enabling text-based indexing and retrieval. We use term descriptions in a Web search site called "Cyclone" as queries and match images and texts based on word senses. We show the effectiveness of our method experimentally.