Designing a User Interface for Interactive Retrieval of Structured Documents — Lessons Learned from the INEX Interactive Track

• Published in: Lecture notes in computer science pp. 291 - 302
• Main Authors: Malik, Saadia, Klas, Claus-Peter, Fuhr, Norbert, Larsen, Birger, Tombros, Anastasios
• Format: Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006; Springer
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Digital Library; Digital Library System; Exact sciences and technology; Information systems. Data bases; Memory organisation. Data processing; Query Formulation; Query Term; Retrieval Score; Software; Validation; XML language; Modeling; Interactive system; Document retrieval; Aspect oriented; User interface; World wide web; Document structure; Internet; Electronic library; Usability; Data gathering
• ISBN: 9783540446361; 3540446362
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/11863878_25

The interactive track of the Initiative for the Evaluation of XML retrieval (INEX) aims at collecting empirical data about user interaction behaviour and to build methods and algorithms for supporting interactive retrieval in digital library systems containing structured documents. In this paper we discuss and compare the usability aspects of the web-based user interface used in 2004 with the application based user interface implemented with the Daffodil framework in 2005. The results include a validation of the element retrieval approach, successful implementation of the berrypicking model, and that additional clues for facilitating interactive retrieval (e.g. table of contents, indication of entry points, related terms, etc.) are appreciated by users.