An Interactive, Structure-Mediated Approach to Exploring Information in a Heterogeneous, Distributed Environment

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Table of Contents

An Interactive, Structure-Mediated Approach to Exploring Information in a Heterogeneous, Distributed Environment

Information Exploration

Characteristics of Information Explorers

Goals

Overview

Stanford InfoBus

Scenario (Video)

Proposed Conceptual Model

Iterative Bundling

Heterogeneity and Bundling Choices

Stanford Metadata Architecture

Flexible Duplicate Detection

Giving Control to the User

Collection-Creating Actions

Expanding a Collection

Expanding by Growing Bundles

Expanding by Adding Related Bundles

Expanding by Issuing a Query to External Sources

Limiting a Collection

Limiting by Focusing and by Discarding

Limiting by Issuing a Query over the Collection

Summary of Collection-Creating Actions

SenseMaker Interface Design

Initial SenseMaker Interface Design

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Usability Problems

Current SenseMaker Interface Design

Hi-Cites: Dynamically Created Citations with Active Highlighting

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Usability Problems Revisited

SenseMaker Evaluation

SenseMaker Evaluation Highlights

SenseMaker Evaluation Highlights Continued

Hi-cite Study Design

Hi-cite Study Results

Hi-Cite Study Results Continued

Hi-Cite Study Results Continued

Contributions

Contributions Continued

Future Directions

Acknowledgments

Author: Michelle Q Wang Baldonado

Email: michelle@cs.stanford.edu

Home Page: http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/michelle/