INTERFACE DESIGN CONCEPTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELSA, AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC LIBRARY SEARCH ASSISTANT

Citation
R. Denning et Pj. Smith, INTERFACE DESIGN CONCEPTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELSA, AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC LIBRARY SEARCH ASSISTANT, Information technology and libraries, 13(2), 1994, pp. 133-147
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
ISSN journal
07309295
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
133 - 147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0730-9295(1994)13:2<133:IDCITD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Several developments must occur before we are likely to see commercial ly available intelligent intermediary systems for information retrieva l. The first, which has received a great deal of attention and researc h, is the design of appropriate inference engines and knowledge struct ures. The second is the implementation of computational processes that are sufficiently efficient to handle the potentially overwhelming com putational demands of such systems when scaled up. The third is develo pment of full-scale knowledge bases and databases. The fourth is the d esign of interfaces that support easy and effective use of the intelli gent search functions. This paper briefly reviews issues and advances associated with the first concern, designing intelligent search functi ons. It then discusses in detail issues associated with the design of interfaces to such functions, and describes some general design princi ples to guide in the implementation of these interfaces. Finally, a fu nctional prototype is described that is based on suck principles to il lustrate their application.