Interactive file searching using file metadata and visualization
Interactive file searching using file metadata and visualization
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使用文件元数据和可视化进行交互式文件搜索
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2010
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通讯作者：
Gonçalves Manuel J. Fonseca
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P. Daniel;Gonçalves Manuel J. Fonseca
计算机系统上的导航和浏览通常使用文件系统层次结构来完成。然而，这并不是稍后搜索或定位给定文件的最合适的方法，除非我们确切地知道它在哪里。在本文中，我们提出了一种交互式文件搜索的新方法，该方法利用与文件关联的（隐式）元数据。利用这些信息，我们指定一个语义层次结构，用于浏览和过滤找到的文件。我们将其与交互式直方图结合起来，用于根据特定元数据进行概览和过滤，以及动态视图机制，为所呈现的文件类型选择最合适的表示形式。对用户的实验测试表明，他们可以比使用传统浏览器或搜索工具更快地找到文件，并且用户可以很好地理解语义层次结构和过滤机制。
Navigation and browsing on a computer system are usually done using the file system hierarchy. However, this is not the most adequate method to search or locate a given file at a later time, unless we know exactly where it is. In this paper, we present a new approach for interactive file search·ing, which takes advantage of the (implicit) metadata asso·ciated to files. With this information we specify a semantic hierarchy that is both used for browsing and filtering the found files. We combine this with an interactive histogram, for overviewing and filtering according to specific metadata, and a dynamic view mechanism, which selects the most ap·propriate representation for the type of file being presented. Experimental tests with users revealed that they can find files faster than with a conventional browser or searching tool and that the semantic hierarchy and filtering mecha·nism were well understood by users.