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3D ontology visualization in semantic search

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ACMSE '08: Proceedings of the 46th annual ACM Southeast Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1593105.1593158

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While a variety of search and retrieval paradigms exist, semantic search has become a popular topic of interest for addressing the shortcomings of current technology. Ontology-driven semantic search, in particular, shows promise in increasing speed and accuracy of document indexing and retrieval. The majority of ontological search systems, however, focus primarily on how the ontology can improve classification performance and recall.

This paper proposes three additional ways in which ontologies can be used to help users navigate a document space or result set. Using three-dimensional visualization techniques to map the structure of an ontology, a user can quickly see how concepts relate to each other. These same three-dimensional techniques can also be used to map an ontology onto a data or result set and provide a user with a new view of query results far removed from the typical lists of page hits. Furthermore, the view of results can present the user with "near misses" or subclasses of results within results to aid in query refinement.

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3D ontology visualization in semantic search
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval

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Nazemi KNazemi K(2016)Semantics VisualizationAdaptive Semantics Visualization10.1007/978-3-319-30816-6_3(69-121)Online publication date: 23-Mar-2016
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