An analysis of the navigation metaphor-and why it works for the world wide web

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-278

  Hochmair, Hartwig H ^a   Lüttich, Klaus ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent model; Algebraic specification; Metaphor; Web navigation

Indexed keywords

AGENT MODEL; ALGEBRAIC SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES; ALGEBRAIC SPECIFICATIONS; METAPHOR; PHYSICAL WORLD; SPATIAL METAPHORS; TARGET DOMAIN; WEB NAVIGATION;

ALGEBRA; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; SEMANTICS; SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES; SPECIFICATIONS; WEBSITES;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 84873505642     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427633scc0603_3     Document Type: Article

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