Dimitrova, V, Lau, LMS, Thakker, D et al. (2 more authors) (2013) Exploring exploratory search: a user study with linked semantic data. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Exploration of Semantic Data. 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Exploration of Semantic Data (IESD 2013), 01 May 2013, New York, NY, USA. ACM , 2:1 - 2:8 (8). ISBN 978-1-4503-2006-1
Abstract
The maturation of semantic technologies and the growing popularity of the Linked Open Data (LOD) cloud make it possible to expose linked semantic data sets to end users in order to empower a range of analytical tasks taking advantage of knowledge integration and semantic linking. Linked semantic data appears to offer a great potential for exploratory search, which is open-ended, multi-faceted, and iterative in nature. However, there is limited insight into how browsing through linked semantic data sets can support exploratory search. This paper presents a user study with a uni-focal semantic browsing interface for exploratory search through several data sets linked via domain ontologies. The study, which is qualitative and exploratory in nature and uses music as an illustrative domain, examines (i) obstacles and challenges related to user exploratory search in LOD and (ii) the serendipitous learning effect and the role semantics plays in that. The approach and lessons learnt can benefit future human factor studies to evaluate interactive exploration of linked semantic data, as well as technology developers to become aware of issues that have to be addressed in to facilitate exploratory search with LOD.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Keywords: | Semantic Data Exploration; user interaction; linked open data; exploratory search |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) > Artificial Intelligence & Biological Systems (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) > Institute for Computational and Systems Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2014 11:16 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2015 16:52 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2462197.2462199 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ACM |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/2462197.2462199 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80698 |