Supporting online shopping through a combination of ontologies and interface metaphors

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-723

  Domingue, John ^a   Stutt, Arthur ^a   Martins, Maria ^a,c   Tan, Jiacheng ^a,d   Petursson, Helgi ^b,e   Motta, Enrico ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Innn Inc   (Iceland)

^c Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e cTarget Inc   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Dynamic queries; E commerce; Guides; Online shopping; Ontology; Semantic web; Starfield displays

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

METAPHORS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0242334551     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5819(03)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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