Abstract: This paper introduces automatic text summarization on Internet. Firstly, some main approaches to automatic text summarization arepresented. Second, it discusses the new demands of automatic summarization for text on Internet and some related information. It also describes theprocess of text summarization on Internet and evaluation of it. Lastly, it draws a conclusion and prospect on the research of auto text summarization on Internet.

Key words: Automatic summarization; Extraction summarization; Abstract summarization; Internet

摘要： 主要研究了Internet 上的文本自动摘要，介绍了自动摘要的主流技术；讨论Internet 上文本摘要的新需求以及网页上与自动摘要相关的信息，介绍了摘要处理过程和当前自动摘要的主要评估方法；对Internet 上文本的自动摘要作出了总结和展望。

关键词: 自动摘要；抽取型摘要；概括型摘要；互联网