Exploratory search in multi-domain information spaces with liquid query

Alessandro Bozzon*, Marco Brambilla, Stefano Ceri, Piero Fraternali, Salvatore Vadacca

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Abstract

Search Computing (SeCo) aims at building search applications that bridge the gap between general-purpose and vertical search engines. SeCo queries extract ranked information about several interconnected domains, such as "hotels", "restaurants" or "concerts", by interacting with Web data sources which are wrapped as search services; an example of query is: "Find a good Jazz concert close to the user's current location, together with close-by good restaurants and hotels". The SeCo system supports the deployment of search applications, by providing a generic software architecture and the tools for service and query registration, for query formulation and execution, and for result browsing. In this demo paper, we focus on the Liquid Query (LQ) interface which supports the iteration over query formulation, result visualization and query refinement, with commands for perusing the result set, changing the visualization of data based on their type (e.g., geographical or temporal) and interacting with the remote search services. It also supports an exploratory search approach, where the user starts by accessing one data source (e.g., an event listing for finding interesting concerts), then is assisted in progressively joining other correlated sources in an interactive exploration of the search space. The exploration paths can be chosen on the fly and the navigation history can be browsed back and forth for cross-checking the retrieved options.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th International Conference Companion on World Wide Web, WWW 2011
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages189-192
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781450305181
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International Conference Companion on World Wide Web, WWW 2011 - Hyderabad, India
Duration: 28 Mar 20111 Apr 2011

Conference

Conference20th International Conference Companion on World Wide Web, WWW 2011
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityHyderabad
Period28/03/111/04/11

Keywords

  • exploratory search
  • graphical user interface
  • multi-domain search
  • web data integration

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