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| Paper: |
Building a Smart Portal for Astronomy |
| Volume: |
442, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX (ADASSXX) |
| Page: |
613 |
| Authors: |
Derriere, S.; Boch, T. |
| Abstract: |
The development of a portal for accessing astronomical resources
is not an easy task. The ever-increasing complexity of the data
products can result in very complex user interfaces, requiring a
lot of effort and learning from the user in order to perform
searches. This is often a design choice, where the user must
explicitly set many constraints, while the portal search logic
remains simple.
We investigated a different approach, where the query interface
is kept as simple as possible (ideally, a simple text field, like
for Google search), and the search logic is made much more complex
to interpret the query in a relevant manner.
We will present the implications of this approach in terms of
interpretation and categorization of the query parameters (related to
astronomical vocabularies), translation (mapping) of these concepts
into the portal components metadata, identification of query schemes
and use cases matching the input parameters, and delivery of query
results to the user. |
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