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DYNIQX: Metadata-based DYNamIc Query Interface for Cross(X)-searching content resources
DYNIQX is a twelve-month project (July 2007 - June 2008) sponsored by JISC. The participating organisations of DYNIQX include The Open University(lead organisation), Intute at University of Manchester, and the Heriot-Watt University Library's PerX team.
Project Summary:
DYNIQX will
-Investigate current cross-search and metadata-based content resources search services, identify resources suitable for cross-search or metadata-based search, and compare single source search, cross-search, and metadata-based search. This investigation will be based on collaboration with Intute.
-Create an innovative dynamic query portal interface for metadata-based cross searching. We will implement the dynamic query interface in our demonstrator and compare it against other approaches such as the traditional linear/top-down/hierarchical search technique. We will experiment on existing Intute databases including the Intute Repository Search.
-Identify users’ search requirements in cross search and metadata-based search through review of recently published user studies in the JISC IE, extraction of relevant requirements from the Intute Repository Search project and UKPMC service, and questionnaire studies and focus group evaluation of existing tools/portlets and the demonstrator. Early findings will in turn help us refine our demonstrator for a second round of evaluation. Our demonstrator and user evaluation will go hand in hand in order to design a portal that can most match users’ requirements. Our results will be used to inform and improve the Intute search interface and the Intute Repository Search.
- Ensure that results from all the three points above are disseminated effectively to the HE/FE community.
You are welcome to read our full project proposal
Main contacts:
Dr. Jianhan Zhu (Project Manager)
Email: j dot zhu at open dot ac dot uk
Address: Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Prof. Marc Eisenstadt (Project Director)
Email: m dot eisenstadt at open dot ac dot uk
Address: Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Ms. Balviar Notay (JISC Programme Manager)
Participants:
The Open University: Prof. Marc Eisenstadt (Knowledge Media Institute), Dr. Jianhan Zhu (Knowledge Media Institute), Cristian-Marius Bârlădeanu (Knowledge Media Institute, Developer of Dynamic Query Interface and Metadata-based Cross Search), Hassan Sheikh (The OU Library, User Evaluation)
Intute: Vic Lyte, Caroline Williams
Heriot-Watt University Library: Roger Rist, Santiago Chumbe
Project start-up meeting:
The project start-up meeting was held in the Knowledge Media Institute on Sept. 6th, 2007. Prof. Marc Eisenstadt, Dr. Jianhan Zhu, Cristian-Marius Bârlădeanu, Caroline Williams, Vic Lyte, and Balviar Notay participated the meeting.
Presentations by participants include:
DYNIQX Meeting Overview (Marc Eisenstadt)
DYNIQX Requirements Review (Vic Lyte)
DYNIQX Project Requirements Catalogue (Vic Lyte)
Pilot User evaluation in Knowledge Media Institute Comparing Three Existing Search Engines (Jianhan Zhu and Marc Eisenstadt)
Dyniqx Architecture (Cristian-Marius Bârlădeanu and Marc Eisenstadt)
Project mid-term meeting:
The project mid-term meeting was held in the Knowledge Media Institute on Nov. 22nd, 2007. Prof. Marc Eisenstadt, Dr. Jianhan Zhu, Cristian-Marius Bârlădeanu, Balviar Notay, Dnyanesh Rajpathak, and Hassan Sheikh participated the meeting.
Presentations by participants include:
DYNIQX Meeting Overview (Marc Eisenstadt and Cristian-Marius Bârlădeanu )
DYNIQX User Evaluation (Jianhan Zhu)
The Open University and Digital Library Initiatives (Hassan Sheikh)
Feature comparison and Evaluation of Search Tools (Dnyanesh Rajpathak)
