| Art der Veröffentlichung: |
Artikel |
| Autor: |
Hartwig H. Hochmair, Klaus Lüttich |
| Titel: |
An {A}nalysis of the {N}avigation {M}etaphor -- {A}nd {W}hy {It} {W}orks for the {W}orld {W}ide {W}eb |
| Band: |
6 |
| Seite(n): |
235 – 278 |
| Zeitschrift: |
Spatial Cognition and Computation |
| Ausgabe: |
3 |
| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2006 |
| Abstract / Kurzbeschreibung: |
People use spatial metaphors when they talk about activities on the World Wide Web, such as navigating the Web, reaching one's goal, visiting a Web site, or moving back to a previous Web page. These expressions are mappings from the physical world to an application domain. We analyze why Web users conceptualize clicking on a sequence of Web links as navigation. The semantics of an object or an activity in its source domain can be defined over its behavior with a set of axioms. We propose that these axioms must also be satisfied in the target domain for an object or activity to yield a sound metaphor. We use a first-order algebraic specification language to define the semantics of navigation in the real world as a set of axioms, specify a Web navigating agent as algebra, and demonstrate that there exists a morphism between both specifications, which means that the Web agent behaves according to the set of wayfinding axioms. This suggested method is another step towards a formally grounded explanation of metaphorical mappings. |
| Internet: |
http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15427633scc0603_3 |
| Schlagworte: |
Navigation Sense-Plan-Act Haskell CASL |
| Status: |
Reviewed |
| Letzte Aktualisierung: |
09. 10. 2006 |
