Evaluating a Thesaurus Browser for an Audio-visual Archive

In this article we report on a user study aimed at evaluating and improving a thesaurus browser. The browser is intended to be used by documentalists of a large public audio-visual archive for finding appropriate indexing terms for TV programs. The subjects involved in the study were documentalists of the institutions involved. The study provides insight into the value of various thesaurus browsing and searching techniques.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: EKAW
• Authors: Véronique Malaisé, Lora Aroyo, Hennie Brugman, Luit Gazendam, Annemieke de Jong, Christian Negru, Guus Schreiber
• Keywords: Appropriate Indexing Terms, EKAW 2006, Information Management, Thesaurus Browser, Various Thesaurus Browsing