The objective of this project is to develop a configurable user interface to an information retrieval system, using an Object-Oriented design methodology and a scripting language for the definition of GUI objects. This will be used to conduct experiments into the effectiveness of various retrieval functions and interface features, with different groups of users.
Thesaurus navigation, and consequent query enhancement, will be fully integrated with other retrieval tasks. Interaction logs will record the progress of retrieval sessions in a relational database for detailed statistical analysis.