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Survey regarding user requirements for federated open content search
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1. Your profile
Student
Teacher
Content provider
Other
1A. If Other, please specify
2. Your institution (please specify)
3. Which types (styles) of learning materials are most useful?
Theory (lecture material)
Practical (lab) work descriptions
Examples, case studies
Tasks, tests
Methodical material for teachers
Methodical material for students
General reviews
Conceptual paper
Research papers
Thesis
Technical papers
Literature reviews
Viewpoints
Seminar content
Forum discussion content
All types
Other
3A. If Other, please specify
4. Which file formats are most useful?
Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
Word (doc)
Excel (xls)
Power Point (ppt, pps)
Rich text format (rtf)
Video (avi, mpg, mp4, asf, asx, divx, f4v, flv, mov, 3g2, 3gp, rm, qt, swf)
Audio (wav, mp3)
Internet documents (html, xml)
All formats
Others
4A. If Others, please specify
5. Which search patterns must be supported in the federated search system?
By key phrases (logical combinations possible using nested logical operators AND, OR, NOT)
By thematic categories (hierarchical structure of thematic categories should be used)
By the type of learning material (see question 1)
By title
By author (editor, …)
By institution
By language (options: 1) any language, 2) selected language(s))
By date (options: 1) any date, 2) date from an interval)
By URL
Other
5A. If Other, please specify
6. Should we distinguish between „Quick“ and „Advanced“ search?
Yes
No
6A. If Yes, which search patterns must be supported by „Quick“ search?
By key phrase (logical combinations possible using nested logical operators AND, OR, NOT)
By thematic categories (hierarchical structure of thematic categories should be used)
By the type of learning material (see question 1)
By title
By author (editor, …)
By institution
By language (options: 1) any language, 2) selected language(s))
By date (options: 1) any date, 2) date from an interval)
By URL
Other
6B. If Other, please specify
7. Keyword search scenarios to be supported:
Exact phrase
Exact match for a field (e.g. for the title)
Any word in the key phrase
All words in the key phrase
Truncation (can be part of word)
Other
7A. If Other, please specify
8. Scope of key phrase search:
All fields
All fields, excluding full text
In full text
In abstract (if applicable)
In title
In author (editor) field
In URL address
Other
8A. If Other, please specify
9. Presentation of the search results:
List for on-line browsing
List to be sent via e-mail
Printer-friendly form
Possibility to make a selected list (by marking certain items) for printing or e-mailing
Possibility to combine results of several searches in one list
Possibility to view content on-line (where applicable)
Possibility to download content (according to digital right management rules)
Sorting by Relevance
Sorting by Alphabet
Categorized by Type of learning material
Categorized by Language
Linked to other websites where the content comes from
Other
9A. If Other, please specify
10. Advanced search possibilities:
Logical combinations of several search patterns using nested logical operators AND, OR, NOT
Use of wildcards (* - any set of symbols, ! –any single symbol)
Possibility of nested (multi-level) search – list with search results used as an input for a new search
Narrowing search field by composing a personal source list (e.g. a list of databases)
Possibility to refine search by adding additional information to the previously filled-in search form
Find only content with highest ranking (e.g. TOP10 for a thematic category)
Semantic search (e.g. using semantic categories or concept maps – depends on metadata availability)
Other
10A. If Other, please specify
11. Content ranking - TOP10 for every thematic category:
Documents, that are browsed or downloaded most frequently
Documents with highest citing index (if applicable, i.e. if necessary metadata is present)
Other
11A. If Other, please specify
12. Services for registered users:
Personal search profiles
Search history
Possibility to save search results online
Alerts (information on new items corresponding to saved search profiles)
Weekly (monthly) digests with information on new materials (possibility to order by thematic categories)
Other
12A. If Other, please specify
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