Supporting Subject Matter Annotation Using Heterogeneous Thesauri, A User Study In Web Data Reuse. Hildebrand, M., van Ossenbruggen, J. R., Hardman, L., & Jacobs, G. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 67(10):888 - 903, Academic Press, October, 2009.
Supporting Subject Matter Annotation Using Heterogeneous Thesauri, A User Study In Web Data Reuse [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
We performed a user experiment in which museum professionals used vocabularies from the Web for annotating the subject matter of museum objects. We study the requirements on the underlying RDF dataset, search algorithms and user interface design in a real world setting. We identify the advantages of reusing vocabularies from the Web and discuss how and to what extent the disadvantages can be overcome. The study is performed at the Print Room of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, where currently a large collection of prints, photographs and drawings is being catalogued. We report on the analysis of the current practice of professional cataloguers, the iterative design of an annotation tool and a qualitative evaluation of this tool with a user experiment in a realistic annotation environment. We discuss our findings in terms of their impact on the RDF data, the semantic search functionality and the user interface.
@article{13989,
author       = {Hildebrand, M. and van Ossenbruggen, J. R. and Hardman, L. and Jacobs, G.},
title        = {Supporting {Subject} {Matter} {Annotation} {Using} {Heterogeneous} {Thesauri}, {A} {User} {Study} {In} {Web} {Data} {Reuse}},
journal      = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies},
pages        = {888 - 903},
year         = {2009},
month        = {October},
number       = {10},
volume       = {67},
publisher    = {Academic Press},
issn         = {1071-5819},
refereed     = {y},
size         = {16p.},
class        = { H.5.2; H.3.3},
keywords     = {Heterogeneous data, data integration and reuse, semantic annotation, cultural heritage},
group        = {INS2},
language     = {en},
project      = {Non-NWO Project 1},
abstract     = {We performed a user experiment in which museum professionals used vocabularies from the Web for annotating
 the subject matter of museum objects. We study the requirements on the underlying RDF dataset, search algorithms and user
 interface design in a real world setting. We identify the advantages of reusing vocabularies from the Web and discuss how
 and to what extent the disadvantages can be overcome. The study is performed at the Print Room of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam,
 where currently a large collection of prints, photographs and 
drawings is being catalogued. We report on the analysis
 of the current practice of professional cataloguers, the iterative design of an annotation tool and a qualitative evaluation
 of this tool with a user experiment in a realistic annotation environment. We discuss our findings in terms of their impact
 on the RDF data, the semantic search functionality and the user interface.},
url          = {http://oai.cwi.nl/oai/asset/13989/13989D.pdf},
url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.07.008},
}

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