Layered, Adaptive Results: Interaction Concepts for Large, Heterogeneous Data Sets
Duane Degler · 2010
data environments are not well served by current styles of search results presentation. One example of this is large-scale archival, library or museum collections. The range of user goals and interaction needs can be quite broad, and the information itself is highly structured yet very heterogeneous - it spans many subject areas, information types, and presentation/media. Based on the use of semantic web formats for metadata, we believe it is possible to leverage the semantic relationships to drive aspects of results presentation - to change elements of the UI itself in response to the results data. We present these concepts as a catalyst for discussion with the HCIR research community, exploring how semantic structures can support arrangement and components available for refining search results sets, and thus make the interface more responsive to user's goals and needs.