An {A}nalysis of the {N}avigation {M}etaphor -- {A}nd {W}hy {It} {W}orks for the {W}orld {W}ide {W}eb
Type of publication: | Article |
Citation: | HochmairEA06 |
Journal: | Spatial Cognition and Computation |
Volume: | 6 |
Number: | 3 |
Year: | 2006 |
Pages: | 235-278 |
URL: | http://www.leaonline.com/doi/a... |
Abstract: | 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. |
Userfields: | bdsk-url-1={http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15427633scc0603_3}, project={I4-SPIN}, status={Reviewed}, |
Keywords: | Navigation Sense-Plan-Act Haskell CASL |
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