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Fensel, Dieter; Angele, Jurgen; Decker, Stefan; Erdmann, Michael; Schnurr, Hans-Peter; Staab, Steffen; Studer, Rudi; Witt, Andreas – 1999
On2broker provides brokering services to improve access to heterogeneous, distributed, and semistructured information sources as they are presented in the World Wide Web. It relies on the use of ontologies to make explicit the semantics of Web pages. This paper discusses the general architecture and main components (i.e., query engine, information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Services
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Hunt, Leta (Li); Ethington, Philip J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Discusses the concept of a digital library and the utility of space/time referencing. Describes the unified space/time/keyword/format search and retrieval and indexing system of the ISLA (Information System for Los Angeles) at the University of Southern California. Focuses on the practical application of space/time referencing and methods of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Higher Education, Indexes
Weiss, Stephen C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Focuses on self-service, seamless, Web-based libraries--electronic libraries created by information professionals, Meta sites for the 21st Century where users with average Internet skills can find quality Web sites. Discusses content, design, effective implementation, and final evaluation. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Goodrum, Abby; Spink, Amanda – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Examines visual information needs as expressed in users' Web image queries; the data set consisted of 1,025,908 sequential queries from 211,058 users of EXCITE, a major Internet search service. Provides data on: image queries, image search sessions, and image terms. Discusses implications for the development of models for visual information…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Services
Revere, Debra; Fuller, Sherrilynne S.; Bugni, Paul F.; Martin, George M. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
The Telemakus System builds on the areas of concept representation, schema theory, and information visualization to enhance knowledge discovery from scientific literature. This article describes the underlying theories and an overview of a working implementation designed to enhance the knowledge discovery process through retrieval, visual and…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Services, Information Systems
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Micco, Mary; Smith, Irma – Library Software Review, 1987
Proposes a framework for the design of a full function workstation for information retrieval based on study of information seeking behavior. A large amount of local storage of the CD-ROM jukebox variety and full networking capability to both local and external databases are identified as requirements of the prototype. (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Information Dissemination
Budzik, Jay; Hammond, Kristian – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Presents an overview of "Q&A," a Web-based question-answering system that mediates interactions between an expert and a question-asking user. Discusses the system's components and features; details of the implementation; evaluation; and future work. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Lobodzinski, Suave, Ed.; Tomek, Ivan, Ed. – 1997
The 1997 WebNet conference addressed research, new developments, and experiences related to the Internet and intranets. The 257 contributions of WebNet 97 contained in this proceedings comprise the full and short papers accepted for presentation at the conference. Included are positions papers by leading experts in the field; descriptions of ideas…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer System Design