In 1992, the US Department of Defense along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cosponsored the Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) as part of the TIPSTER text program.
V roce 1992 spolusponzoroval US Department of Defense společně s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) setkání Text Retrieval Conference (TREC), které bylo součástí TIPSTER text program.