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Exploratory browsing: not well supported by current search tools

MusicLand Exploratory Browsing in Music Space University of British Columbia Heidi Lam, Tamara Munzner. 1. 3. 2. 1. 3. 2. Imager Laboratory. Exploratory browsing: not well supported by current search tools Exploratory: discover local neighborhood of interest

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Exploratory browsing: not well supported by current search tools

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  1. MusicLandExploratory Browsing in Music SpaceUniversity of British ColumbiaHeidi Lam, Tamara Munzner 1 3 2 1 3 2 Imager Laboratory Exploratory browsing:not well supported by current search tools Exploratory: discover local neighborhood of interest Browsing: surf neighborhoods in detail • Users only have a fuzzy target in mind • Need to refine or even define their search target while searching Imagine exploring and browsing in a large music collection… hm… I want to find something soothing, peacefulandcarefree User selects and zooms into music record User initializes search with possible query terms Provides structure for search results as a modified 3-term Venn diagram 0.19" Maximizes information density with 4 levels of semantic zooming User selects terms to generate a new query The ideal visualization should… Provide context as input terms to interpret query results—“what am I looking at?” Suggest options for browsing —“what can I look for?” Guide navigation into new queries—“given where I have been, where should I go next?” Provides descriptors of pre-tagged music* *MusicLand uses the MILQ machine-learning software (http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~ebrochu/milq.htm) User continues with query activities Retains all the previous queries as a trail of the user’s query history Links old query to new query to depict query evolution

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