On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:35:52 GMT Rzepa, Henry wrote:
> From: Rzepa, Henry <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:35:52 GMT
> Subject: Re: Experimental eLib fly-thru
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> ...
> >If the links between the METADATA terms carried a 'degree of
> >relevance' with other terms / entries then such an interface could
> >offer users the opportunity to find material 'related' that which
they
> >are seeking in such a way as it may be usefull. This could yeild a
> >sory of visual 'more like this' query. Users often dont expore
> >services or systems becuase they think 'there's nothing relevant to
me
> >in there' wheras perhaps a graphical space in which they can roam
may
> >well bring other information sources literally into their 'field of
> >view'.
> ...
>
>
>
> I have conducted some of this discussion bilaterally, but to
emphasize
> the point; MCF is a metadata format, but Hotsauce really does not
> exploit this. I have generated MCF files of our site. The ONLY
metacontent
> current generations of MCF generators appear to pick up are from
the
> Title (the quality of which almost invariably leaves much to be
desired;
> its a bit like e-mail subject headers, they often do not reflect
the content).
> for this reason, the resultant mcf file is pretty much useless. I
have spent
> a fair bit of time declaring meta headers in some of our pages, but
all
> this information was just discarded.
>
> For reasons such as this, when we came to produce navigation
metaphors
> for the ECHET96 conference derived from the CLIC project, we
> used "chemically aware" similarity searching software developed by
> chemists. We have used so-called 3-D AGLO diagrams in VRML, and
other
> navigation aids to the chemistry. We also included an MCF file, but
> feel it does not really reflect what a CHEMIST would like to see.
Thus
> fly-thru's need really to be subject aware. A Chemical fly-thru
needs to
> know about the molecules!! Anyone wishing to see a copy of the
ECHET96
> CD, it should be pressed in say 4-5 weeks time!
>
Sounds like it could be interesting - seems true though at the moment
this kind of resource offers great value in educational terms - but
as a navigation tool it could be akin to hanging all the catalog cards
in a library from the ceiling on bits of string - sorted by subject
category!
<Mark>
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