ETANA-CMV: A coordinated multiple view visual browsing interface for ETANA-DL

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dc.contributor.authorSam Rajkumar, Johnny L.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFox, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNorth, Christopher L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFan, Weiguo Patricken
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:11Zen
dc.date.adate2007-02-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:11Zen
dc.date.issued2006-12-13en
dc.date.rdate2007-02-21en
dc.date.sdate2007-01-05en
dc.description.abstractArcheological research embracing complex Information Technology techniques can result in vast quantities of heterogeneous information from different sites in different formats. ETANA-DL is an Archeological Digital Library (DL), providing services suited for the archeological domain. With a growing collection of records in the DL, it is a challenge to present them in an organized and meaningful way. We have designed a new visual browsing interface called ETANA-CMV that aims to provide users a richer and more insightful browsing experience. ETANA-CMV allows users to navigate through the records in ETANA-DL that are multidimensional, hierarchical, and categorical in nature. ETANA-CMV was designed to be scalable, flexible, and easy to learn. This interface employs a data cube based browsing index to counter performance issues that usually limit the interactivity of visual browsing interfaces to DLs. The interface has been integrated with the existing Browse Interface and the search service in ETANA-DL. Formative evaluation of the new visual interface led to several improvements in the interface. It appears that users were able to detect trends in the DL collections more accurately using visualization based strategies than with the existing textual browse interface.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01052007-154321en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01052007-154321/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30817en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJohnny_SamRajkumar_Thesis2.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectETANAen
dc.subjectDigital Librariesen
dc.subjectArchaeologyen
dc.subjectInformation Visualizationen
dc.subjectData Cubeen
dc.titleETANA-CMV: A coordinated multiple view visual browsing interface for ETANA-DLen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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