> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Lester
> Sent: 09 June, 2006 12:18
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Using controlled vocabularies to
> enhance search/browse
>
> Friday, June 9, 2006, 7:25:10 AM, you wrote:
>
> WL> I think we need to *try* to ensure that the results page gives
> WL> *some*
> WL> clue(s) as to how we went from your precisely spelled
> search values
> WL> to our finely crafted result set, especially when the part in
> WL> between is otherwise indistinguishable from magic.
>
> Why not follow the Google procedure, where if you type in a word like
> piza it asks 'did you mean pizza'. Of course that may not solve it
> if you really wanted Pisa.
I agree that following the Google model may be useful, but thinking
in the context of a faceted model, isn't "Did you mean..." just a
different facet to be presented to the user along with the facets
found for the given query?
Andy.
Received on Fri Jun 09 2006 - 12:42:14 EDT