15-03-2011, 10:29 AM
Abstract
A new approach to three-dimensional interactive visualization of data retrieved from web search engines as a result of execution of a user query is presented. In the proposed method, the visualization interface applied to a particular result is selected from a number of available interfaces depending on the search result properties and information provided by a user. Two types of interfaces are there: holistic interfaces for presenting data classified according to different properties of the result and analytical interfaces for presentation of detailed result information. The use of a particular interface depends on its readability in the context of particular search result. True 3D search systems offer two principal ways to formulate a query: Users can select objects from a catalog of images based on product groupings, such as gears or sofas; or they can utilize a drawing program to create a picture of the object they are looking for. However, the web does not just contain text pages, but a lot of non-textual data as well, such as images, sound _les, or CAD models. Many so-called specialized search engines targeting these speci_c kinds of data have been developed
A new approach to three-dimensional interactive visualization of data retrieved from web search engines as a result of execution of a user query is presented. In the proposed method, the visualization interface applied to a particular result is selected from a number of available interfaces depending on the search result properties and information provided by a user. Two types of interfaces are there: holistic interfaces for presenting data classified according to different properties of the result and analytical interfaces for presentation of detailed result information. The use of a particular interface depends on its readability in the context of particular search result. True 3D search systems offer two principal ways to formulate a query: Users can select objects from a catalog of images based on product groupings, such as gears or sofas; or they can utilize a drawing program to create a picture of the object they are looking for. However, the web does not just contain text pages, but a lot of non-textual data as well, such as images, sound _les, or CAD models. Many so-called specialized search engines targeting these speci_c kinds of data have been developed
