An Interactive Information Seeking Interface for Exploratory Search

As the Web has become a commodity, it is used for a variety of purposes and tasks that may require a great deal of cognitive efforts. However, most search engines developed for the Web provide users with only searching and browsing capabilities, leaving all the burdens of manipulating information objects to the users. In this paper, we focus on an exploratory search task and propose an underlying framework for human-Web interactions. Based on the framework, we designed and implemented a new information seeking interface that helps users to relieve cognitive burden. The new human-Web interface provides a personal workspace that can be created and manipulated cooperatively with the system, which helps the user conceptualize his information seeking tasks and record their trails for future uses. This interaction tool has been tested for its efficacy as an aid for exploratory search. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.7 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Information seeking Interface...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICEIS
• Authors: Hogun Park, Sung-Hyon Myaeng, Gwan Jang, Jong-wook Choi, Sooran Jo, Hyung-chul Roh
• Keywords: Exploratory Search, Exploratory Search Task, ICEIS 2008, Information Seeking Interface, Information Systems