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| 03-06 | Felix Hupfeld
Hierarchical Structures in Attribute-based Namespaces and their Application to Browsing |    |
Abstract: While attribute-value pairs are a popular method to name
objects, information retrieval from those attribute-based namespaces is not an easy
task. The user has to recall correct attribute names and values and master the syntax
and semantics of query formulation. This paper describes hierarchical structures
in attribute-based namespaces, shows how to extract them efficiently and evaluates
the quality of these structures in an user experiment. It proposes an user interface
for browsing attribute-named object sets which makes this task resemble todays file-system
browsers and compares the usability of this interface to normal form-based methods
in an user study.
(only electronic version available)
Keywords:
CR: H3.3, H5.2