Note on navigation

Not a search engine but navigation routes within a research domain.


1/4 THE WEBSITE FEATURES :

    (i) detailed scientific profiles of CSS5 members including their skill sets along with links to relevant resources, as well as
    (ii) a variety of keyword and concept lists giving access to CSS5 members who are proficient in each specified skill.

 

2/4 USING THE NETWORK

    page d'accueil CI This is the back to network's summary button

 

3/4 INFORMATION DISPLAY

 

4/4 NOTE ON THE APPLICATION


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Navigation in the website : you can move from one information item to another by using any of the numerous "paths" available on the website. Various tables of contents help with navigation. As a result, one can thus nicely reach items of interest and navigate the network.

  The underlying application (Centre d'Informations - CI) purpose is to articulate and display whatever type of knowledge available on a given field such as, here, the CSS5 members competencies.

Focused on parsimony for robustness the CI application is designed as a concept driven information network (figure). The website should not be regarded as a traditional search engine, but rather as various means of navigating within this competencies (information and concept) network.

Each piece of information is thoroughly and sparingly formalized (click on the figure for more information); the goal is not exhaustivity or information quantity, but rather information quality, to ensure the best possible articulation within the existing network (quality of the network). This may ensure subject diversity and, as a result, robust coverage of the field.

   

concept : Jean Le Fur, 1999


Created 14 january 2003 by J. Le Fur, rev. march 2023 by jlefur