Supporting semantic information retrieval in communication networks by multimedia techniques

The aim of the project is to understand and describe the information needs and search behavior of a professional design team as a basis for formulation of specifications of an information system that effectively supports the access to a wide network of heterogeneous databases. This project will supplement a similar project focused on the needs of casual users in public libraries and thus serve to generalize from previous research.

To limit the scope of the study to a realistic project, it will be focused on the activities of an industrial design team. Below follows a resume of the original project proposal.