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Advanced Search Advanced Search MechanismsMechanisms

Nikos Manouselis

Advanced e-Services for the Knowledge Society Research Unit (ASK)

Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI)Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)

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StructureStructure

•What are the Advanced Search mechanisms of the EQO portal?•How does Advanced Search I work?•How does Advanced Search II work?

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EQO EQO Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

•EQO Advanced Search mechanisms

enhance the simple Search mechanism of the EQO repository provide a recommendation hint for each Quality Approach in the repository

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User is rating a Quality Approach description

QA Recommendation

Advanced Search I

Another user is searching for a QA>> a prediction of how interesting the existing QAs will be is calculated >>a ranked list of results is presented

RATING PHASE RECOMMENDATION PHASE

QA Rating

Rating of QA (‘1’..’5’)

Advanced Search IAdvanced Search I

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Rating a QA descriptionRating a QA description

A user is A user is viewing a QA viewing a QA descriptiondescription

User rates the QA description

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Using the Using the Advanced Search IAdvanced Search I

Advanced Advanced Search I is Search I is selected selected

Advanced Advanced Search I is Search I is initiated initiated

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Results from the Results from the Advanced Search IAdvanced Search I

Advanced Advanced Search I Search I resultsresults

A prediction about how interesting you will A prediction about how interesting you will find a QA descriptionfind a QA description

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QA Contribution

Priorities of QA

Evaluation of QA

Expert contributing the description of a QA to EQO repository

QA Recommendation

Priorities of intended application

Another user is searching for appropriate QA>> a prediction of suitability is calculated>> a ranked list of QAs provided

CONTRIBUTION PHASE RECOMMENDATION PHASE

Experience Contribution

Priorities of application

Evaluation of QA

Users are contributing Experiences from applying the QA

Advanced Search IIAdvanced Search II

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During During a Quality Approacha Quality Approach Contribution… Contribution…

An expert An expert describesdescribes the the goals of the goals of the QA and gives QA and gives an initial an initial evaluationevaluation

How well do you think the QA can contribute in

achieving each one of these goals?

What are the priorities of this QA?

How important is each one of these goals?

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During During aan Experiencen Experience Contribution…Contribution…

To which degree did the application of the QA

contribute in achieving the goals?

Which were the priorities before the application of this QA?

How important was each one of these goals?

A user describes A user describes the goals before the goals before the QA the QA application and application and how did the QA how did the QA contribute in contribute in achieving themachieving them

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Using the Using the Advanced Search IIAdvanced Search II (1/2) (1/2)

Advanced Advanced Search II is Search II is selected selected

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Using the Using the Advanced Search IIAdvanced Search II (2/2) (2/2)

•How important is each goal How important is each goal for the specific context you for the specific context you aim to apply the Quality aim to apply the Quality Approach? Approach? •Where should a suitable Where should a suitable Quality Approach focus Quality Approach focus more? more?

The priorities are provided as values The priorities are provided as values from 0% to 100% upon each one of from 0% to 100% upon each one of

the goalsthe goals

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Results of the Results of the Advanced Search IIAdvanced Search II

A prediction about A prediction about how suitable a QA is how suitable a QA is for the intended for the intended application contextapplication context

Advanced Advanced Search Search III I resultsresults

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ContactContactAdvanced e-Services for the Knowledge Society

Research Unit (ASK)Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI)

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)

http://www.ask.iti.gr

More info about EQO portal (in Greek): http://www.ask.iti.gr/eqo