Paper Info
Title
Exploiting Tag Clouds for Database Browsing and Querying.
Abstract
Querying and browsing of databases is a task exclusively done by experts that have mastered the query language and are familiar with a database's schema. We show how tag clouds can be used alongside more traditional query languages and data visualisation techniques as a means for browsing and querying databases by both experts and non-expert users. Our approach is based on a general, extensible framework that supports different modes of visualisation as well as different database systems. We have validated our prototype with a user study that has shown how non-experts were able to browse and retrieve data that usually would only be possible by means of queries.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-17722-4_2
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
tag cloud,data visualisation,database interface
Data visualization,World Wide Web,Query language,Information retrieval,Visualization,Computer science,Tag cloud,Schema (psychology),Database
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
72
1865-1348
11
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.62
13
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefania Leone18311.18
Matthias Geel2486.46
Corinne Müller3110.62
Moira C. Norrie41317201.70