Oliver, H;
Diallo, G;
De Quincey, E;
Alexopoulou, D;
Habermann, B;
Kostkova, P;
Schroeder, M;
... Madle, G; + view all
(2009)
A user-centred evaluation framework for the Sealife semantic web browsers.
BMC Bioinformatics
, 10
, Article S14. 10.1186/1471-2105-10-S10-S14.
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Abstract
Background: Semantically-enriched browsing has enhanced the browsing experience by providing contextualised dynamically generated Web content, and quicker access to searched-for information. However, adoption of Semantic Web technologies is limited and user perception from the non-IT domain sceptical. Furthermore, little attention has been given to evaluating semantic browsers with real users to demonstrate the enhancements and obtain valuable feedback. The Sealife project investigates semantic browsing and its application to the life science domain. Sealife's main objective is to develop the notion of context-based information integration by extending three existing Semantic Web browsers (SWBs) to link the existing Web to the eScience infrastructure. / Methods: This paper describes a user-centred evaluation framework that was developed to evaluate the Sealife SWBs that elicited feedback on users' perceptions on ease of use and information findability. Three sources of data: i) web server logs; ii) user questionnaires; and iii) semi-structured interviews were analysed and comparisons made between each browser and a control system. / Results: It was found that the evaluation framework used successfully elicited users' perceptions of the three distinct SWBs. The results indicate that the browser with the most mature and polished interface was rated higher for usability, and semantic links were used by the users of all three browsers. / Conclusion: Confirmation or contradiction of our original hypotheses with relation to SWBs is detailed along with observations of implementation issues.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A user-centred evaluation framework for the Sealife semantic web browsers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2105-10-S10-S14 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-10-S10-S14 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Evaluation Framework, Semantic Link, Online Evaluation, Health Protection Agency, Target Document |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084156 |
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