On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 00:25 +1200, Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
> Conal Tuohy wrote:
> >
> >
> > I haven't noticed this feature on Google's main website
>
> Google would have to have an alphabetical index of all keywords
> in the first place, which I'm not sure they have.
>
> > Any interfaces like in Bernhard's example, but using AJAX?
>
> The "Verbundkatalog" actually does have some amount of AJAX:
> if you click on an index line with an entry count of one,
> you get the record displayed to the right, the index page
> staying in place. That will not be what you mean, but it
> is done using an HTTP request and JavaScript.
> There is, however, no reason the index couldn't be put to
> work, as it is, in an asynchronous way. It would just take
> bandwidth and power.
I just came across this example of asynchronous searching via a DSpace
mail-list:
https://dspacetest.leidenuniv.nl/dspace/
The AJAX client displays search results over titles, authors, and
keywords. It doesn't show a browse list of keywords, but I think
DSpace's internal data model actually would support that.
Conal
Received on Thu Aug 16 2007 - 16:38:56 EDT