How can heat maps of indexing vocabularies be utilized for information seeking purposes?

Abstract: The ability to browse an information space in a structured way by exploiting similarities and dissimilarities between information objects is crucial for knowledge discovery. Knowledge maps use visualizations to gain insights into the structure of large-scale information spaces, but are still far away from being applicable for searching. The paper proposes a use case for enhancing search term recommendations by heat map visualizations of co-word relationships taken from indexing vocabulary. By contrasting areas of different “heat” the user is enabled to indicate mainstream areas of the field in question more easily. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 47-52 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: Mutschke, Peter (Hg.), Mayr, Philipp (Hg.), Scharnhorst, Andrea (Hg.): Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval : Proceedings of the First Workshop on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval. 2014. S. 47-52

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval : Proceedings of the First Workshop on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval ; Bd. 1311 ; CEUR workshop proceedings ; Bd. 1311

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Köln
• (when): 2014
• Creator: Mutschke, Peter ; Haddou ou Moussa, Karima
• Contributor: Mutschke, Peter ; Mayr, Philipp ; Scharnhorst, Andrea

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46816-7
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:56 PM CET