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From latent semantics to spatial hypertext: an integrated approach
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| Title: | From latent semantics to spatial hypertext: an integrated approach |
| Authors: | Chen, Chaomei
Czerwinski, Mary |
| Keywords: | Spatial Hypertext
Latent Semantic Indexing
Virtual Reality
Digital Libraries |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Publisher: | Association for Computing Machinery Press |
| Citation: | Paper presented at The Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (Hypertext '98), Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we introduce an integrated approach to the
development of spatial hypertext. This approach brings
together several theories and techniques concerning semantic
structures, and streamlines the transformation from implicit
semantic structures to a semantic space rendered in virtual
reality. Browsing and querying become natural, inherent, and
compatible activities within the same semantic space. The
overall design principle is based on the theory of cognitive
maps. Techniques such as latent semantic indexing,
Pathfinder network scaling, and virtual reality modelling are
used in harmony. The value of this integrated approach is
discussed based on initial results of a recent empirical study,
which suggests that the spatial metaphor is intuitive and
particularly useful when dealing with implicit information
structures, or when a highly flexible and extensible virtual
environment is required. Search strategies in association with
the spatial hypertext and further work are also discussed. |
| URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/276627.276636
http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1957 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (IST)
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