Digital Library for Earth Science Education, DLESE / The focus of our project was to build functional prototype of the discovery system
user interface (UI) for the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE). The prototype
had two goals: first to show a proof of concept for the DLESE project and second to provide
an initial search and discovery implementation that can be extended to include multiple
heterogeneous data collections in future iterations. Our design goal was to ensure that
userâ s desired information be easy and convenient to discover via the UI. We focused on
three components with this goal in mind: first a keyword search designed so that the most
relevant information was returned at the top of the results list. Second a â browseâ search
that provided a summary of the resource topology in one simple view. Third a clear and
concise presentation of search results that allow users to evaluate desired information
quickly. Once the prototype was up and running we conducted user tests. The results of
these tests and our recommendations for future iterations of the DLESE search engine are
outlined at the end of this report.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105730 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Weatherley, John, Weingart, Troy |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Report |
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