FOCUS: the interactive table for product comparison and selection
FOCUS: the interactive table for product comparison and selection
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FOCUS：产品比较和选择的交互式表格
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1996
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通讯作者：
T. Berlage
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作者：
Michael Spenke;Christian Beilken;T. Berlage
FOCUS是面向目录的用户界面，它是一个交互式的表查看器，用于查看一种常见的表，即对象-属性表，也称为按属性分类的表或关系表。这些表格的典型示例是BYTE中的点名，其中汇总了一系列硬件或软件产品的功能和测试结果。FOCUS通过结合焦点+上下文或鱼眼技术、用于大型属性集的分层大纲以及通用且易于使用的动态查询机制（用户只需单击表中所需的值）来支持数据探索。FOCUS的PC/Windows执行程序已公开提供（http：//www.gmd.de/fit/projects/focus.html）。它适用于具有多达几百行和列的表，这些表通常由电子表格应用程序存储和维护。由于我们使用简单的数据格式，因此可以使用FOCUS轻松检查现有的表。随着公众对象世界B这样的联机服务的兴趣的迅速增长，我们预期对联机目录和数据访问的需求将不断增长。FOCUS满足了这一需求，它允许使用像Web浏览器一样易于使用的界面来制定简单的数据库查询。
FOCUS, the Feature-Oriented Catalog USer interface, is an interactive table viewer for a common kind of table, namely the object-attribute table, also called cases-by-attribute table or relational table. Typical examples of these tables are the Roll Calls in BYTE where the features and test results of a family of hardware or software products are c ompared. FOCUS supports data exploration by a combination of a focus+context or fisheye technique, a hierarchical outliner for large attribute sets, and a general and easy-to-use dynamic query mechanism where the user simply clicks on desired values found in the table. A PC/Windows implementation of FOCUS is publicly available (http://www.gmd.de/fit/projects/focus.html). It is suited for tables with up to a few hundred rows and columns, which are typically stored and maintained by spreadsheet applications. Since we use a simple data format, existing tables can be easily inspected with FOCUS. With the rapidly increasing public interest in on-line services like the W orld Wide We b we e xpect a growing d emand for access to o n-line c atalogues and d atabases. FOCUS satisfies this demand, allowing formulation of simple database queries with an interface as easy to use as a Web browser.