Search Interfaces for Biodiversity Informatics

该项目将为迅速扩大但几乎未经研究的生物多样性数据库领域建立信息检索接口。对生物多样性的性质和规模的了解是最紧迫的环境和保护辩论的基础。生物多样性数据库包含与生物有关的信息，如分布、分类、自然历史和保护数据。该项目将结合信息可视化技术和快速反馈的动态查询界面，并结合从设计到评估的各级代表用户的积极做法。它还将利用可缩放的界面，允许用户导航多个层次结构，以便在视觉上容纳高度互联的数据。该项目的目标是：*为针对领域新手成人的生物多样性数据库开发一个搜索界面。*建立“民间”与“科学”理解相结合的接口。*评估开发的界面，并将它们与生物多样性领域的现有界面模型进行比较。

This project will build information retrieval interfaces for the rapidlyexpanding but virtually unstudied domain of biodiversity databases. Anunderstanding of the nature and magnitude of biological diversity is fundamental to most pressing environmental and conservation debates. Biodiversity databases contain organism-related information such as distribution, taxonomy, natural history, and conservation data. This project will combine information visualization techniques and rapid feedback dynamic query interfaces coupled with an aggressive approach of working with representative users at all levels, from design through evaluation. It will also utilize zoomable interfaces to allow users to navigate multiple hierarchies, in order to visually accommodate highly interconnected data. The goals of the project are: * To develop a searching interface for biodiversity databases targeting domain-novice adults. * To build interfaces combining "folk" and "scientific" understanding. * To evaluate the developed interfaces and compare them to existing interface models in the biodiversity domain.