A generic menu-based interface for web querying
Other Title(s)
واجهة بينية عامة مبنية على اللوائح لاستعلام الشبكة العنكبوتية
Dissertant
Hasan, Suhayr Muhammad al-Hajj
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
Abbud, Sattar Jabbar
al-Zughul, Fawwaz
University
Middle East University
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Department
Department of Computer Information Systems
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2008
English Abstract
The World Wide Web is a fertile area that holds a very large amount of useful information.
Millions of users access the Web daily searching for various types of needed information.
Having the right information from the right interface is an important issue in the Web querying field.
While searching the web, earlier users had to be aware of various index servers that were deployed on the web to achieve an efficient information retrieval.
In order to solve this problem, Web query languages that rely on Structured Query Language (SQL) were introduced such as: Web Structured Query Language (WebSQL) and Web Object Query Language (WebOQL) to extract data from the web.
Nowadays, users differ in their proficiency and background knowledge.
For those users who are not familiar with formal query languages and others, in this research we have developed a Generic Menu-Based Interface (GMBI) that provides good support and guidance on query formulation driven by a grammar-based control structure, to assist users.
GMBI generates legitimate query step by step as menu choices, provides the users with the SQL query related to the search process, and retrieves the result and the data needed from the database back to the users.
This supports users in remembering the query syntax and metadata, which does not require data processing and database structure knowledge.
Preliminary, testing result showed that this wok can simplify the job of the Web users and make their search more efficient in information context.
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
No. of Pages
132
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Web information mapping and conversion tools and methodologies.
Chapter Three : Converting web data to relational databases.
Chapter Four : Generic menu-based interface (GMBI) development.
Chapter Five : Discussion and results.
Chapter Six : Conclusions and future work.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hasan, Suhayr Muhammad al-Hajj. (2008). A generic menu-based interface for web querying. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-694203
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hasan, Suhayr Muhammad al-Hajj. A generic menu-based interface for web querying. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University. (2008).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-694203
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hasan, Suhayr Muhammad al-Hajj. (2008). A generic menu-based interface for web querying. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-694203
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-694203
