[Sigia-l] Disposable navigation systems

[Donna M. Fritzsche]

Natasja,
Are you familiar with faceted browsing?  This might encompass all or some of the functionality you
are looking for.

An example is:
http://www.forrester.com/findresearch

Hope this helps,

Donna


On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 10:21:49 +0200, Natasja Paulssen wrote
> Currently I am working on an article on 'disposable navigation systems'
> which I define as navigation systems that are based on existing 
> metadata and that can be disposed of without information getting 
> lost in cyber space. This means that these navigation systems are 
> alway superfluous. Some information needs are totally unpredictable 
> and need a tailormade navigation structure, e.g. in research 
> institutes or product development. The most elementary example is 
> the result of a search engine, but from the view of a navigation 
> structure this list is rather rudimentary and in for much improvement.
> 
> Could I use this combined intellect to find some more existing 
> examples of disposable navigation systems?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Natasja Paulssen
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