Document processing using retrieval path data

A system comprising:

• an access module to access event data representative of a plurality of requests made by a user to a network-based publication system communicatively coupled to a client device of the user, the plurality of requests including a request to retrieve a document available from the network-based publication system;
• a hardware-implemented determination module to:
• determine a portion of the event data, the portion being representative of a subset of the plurality of requests, the subset including the request to retrieve the document;
• determine intent data based on a portion of the event data, the intent data being representative of an intent ascribable to the user, and
• determine that the subset corresponds to the intent data and that a remainder of the plurality of requests does not correspond to the intent data;
• and
• a storage module to store the intent data in a database as intent metadata of the document.

A machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

• accessing event data representative of a plurality of requests made by a user to a network-based publication system communicatively coupled to a client device of the user, the plurality of requests including a request to retrieve a document available from the network-based publication system;
• determining a portion of the event data, the portion being representative of a subset of the plurality of requests, the subset including the request to retrieve the document;
• determining intent data based on the portion of the event data, the intent data being representative of an intent ascribable to the user;
• determining that the subset corresponds to the intent data and that a remainder of the plurality of requests does not correspond to the intent data;
• and
• storing the intent data in a database as intent metadata of the document.