User evaluation of automatically generated semantic hypertext links in a heavily used procedural manual

Tebbutt, John M.

doi:10.1016/s0306-4573(98)00039-9

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“…For example, Kellogg and Subhas [1996] used a cluster-based approach to create links for a dynamic digital library (see also Can [1993]); Lelu [1991] employed a spreading activation technique to construct "hyper-paths" in a document database represented (at least conceptually) as a cityscape; Tebbutt [1999] produced a hypertext version of a very large service manual known as POMS (Program Operations Manual System) for the United States Social Security Administration (SSA); and Macedo et al [2002] developed "an infrastructure allowing the use of latent semantic analysis and open hypermedia concepts in the automatic identification of relationships among Web pages." It suffices to say that almost any novel technique developed by researchers in the field of information retrieval has an almost immediate potential application as a component of a statistical authoring tool.…”

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Autonomous authoring tools for hypertext

2007

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Autonomous authoring tools are routinely used to expedite the translation of large document collections into functioning hypertexts. They are also used to add hyperlinks to pre-existing hypertext structures. In this survey we describe a taxonomy of autonomous hypertext authoring tools. The classification of any given system is determined by the type and nature of the document analysis it performs.

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Autonomous authoring tools for hypertext

2007

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“…He further specifies a subdivision of this latter category. John Tebbutt reported automatic (to some extend) generation of some "automatic" links (structural and referential links) in the LEIDIR (Link-Enhanced Information Discovery using Information Retrieval) System [21]. Support and analysis for other link types was future work [21].…”

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Exploiting link types during the conceptual design of websites

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Casteleyn

2003

IJWET

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With recent developments in World Wide Web technology, expressiveness of web sites and web applications is starting to converge to the functionality offered by Open Hypermedia Systems. In this paper, we examine how link typing, and an appropriate link definition can be used during the web site design process. Different existing approaches to link categorization are reviewed before going into closer detail to the concept of link and its properties. Next, four different types of links are defined, with a description of how each of them can be exploited to enhance the design process as well as the usability of the web site. Explicitly modeling the links as belonging to one of these four categories during the design phase allows to separate concerns during the modeling process; provide for clearer design guidelines; allows for better usability, multiple customized presentations, and other automatically generated enhancements to web sites (e.g. site map, in-page navigation structures, …). The approach is presented in the context of WSDM, an audience driven web site design method, but the principles are generally applicable.

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“…In most systems hypertext is created manually, although some efforts have been targeted to form hypertext automatically [17,18]. Some of the findings [13,19] suggest that the inclusion of automatically generated semantic links between documents speeds the location of information, when compared with the use of a search engine alone. The areas of application of the above cited systems are varied.…”

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Experimental evaluation of hypertext access structures

Koskinen

2002

J. Softw. Maint. Evol.: Res. Pract.

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Transient hypertextual access structures (THASs) are temporary graphs formed automatically on the basis of the situation-dependent information needs of software engineers. The approach is implemented in the HyperSoft system, which is a hypertext-based software maintenance support tool. THASs highlight the relevant parts of the program and enable nonlinear browsing between them. The system also supports various graphical views whose elements are linked to the program text. This paper describes the effects of using these hypertextual structures in two separate experiments. The subjects of both experiments were computer science students (total N = 70). In both experiments, the subjects performed a series of sample information accesses from a C program. HyperSoft and conventional text browsing and searching were compared. The results from the two experiments are well in line with our hypothesis of the usefulness of the approach and with each other. The results indicate better task performance while using THASs as compared to using the information seeking capabilities of a conventional compiler environment. The difference is statistically significant (p < 0.001).One way to represent the required information to the maintainers is transient hypertext. The HyperSoft system has been constructed as a proof of this approach and it allows us to test the effects of different transient hypertextual access structures (THASs). HyperSoft supports the user by providing various THAS types and view types. THASs are formed automatically when required (thus being transient) on the basis of situation-dependent information needs. HyperSoft has been constructed in co-operation with three large Finnish software companies: Nokia, Novo Group and TietoEnator. This paper summarizes the results of the empirical testing of the constructed system within the University of Jyväskylä using computer science students as subjects. The study consisted of two separate experiments (first experiment, N = 23; second experiment, N = 47). The second experiment was basically a replication of the first experiment. The results of the first experiment were published in [5]. Within the second experiment, the subjects were not the same and the task-set was varied. This paper summarizes the results of both experiments and it is organized as follows.Section 2 describes the background and nature of THAS-based software maintenance support. Section 3 illustrates the implementation of this approach. Section 4 describes the method and general layout of the empirical experiments performed. Section 5 presents the results and Section 6 provides a discussion of these results. Section 7 summarizes the paper and is followed by an appendix. HYPERTEXT-BASED INFORMATION ACCESSIn this section we will describe the general background of hypertext-based information retrieval, its use in the software engineering domain and our approach-automatically created transient hypertext. General backgroundHypertext [6] is text with nonlinear browsing capabilities. Hypertext consists of text fra...

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User evaluation of automatically generated semantic hypertext links in a heavily used procedural manual

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Autonomous authoring tools for hypertext

Autonomous authoring tools for hypertext

Exploiting link types during the conceptual design of websites

Experimental evaluation of hypertext access structures

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