Purpose – Aims to present the ontology engineering methodology DILIGENT, a methodology focussing on the evolution of ontologies instead of the initial design, thus recognizing that knowledge is a tangible and moving target. Design/methodology/approach – First describes the methodology as a...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between users' role and users' perception of requirements in a web‐based community of practice. Design/methodology/approach – Online survey and social network analysis were adopted in this study. Findings – The study...

Purpose – This paper provides a model for IS planning for building flexibility and success, by considering volatile environment and the possibilities for leveraging the user's cognitive capabilities. Design/methodology/approach – A review of existing IS planning models is given to identify...

Purpose – To identify the relative effects of three features of response toward web interface (RWI) on their advertising promotion effectiveness as measured by the number of accesses to various web pages. Design/methodology/approach – A factorial design experiment was conducted on the...

This manual provides a brief introduction to four classes of software objects developed to help a user create and test interfaces using these objects in the Interface Builder application environment. The Knob, Dial, Alert Light, and Map object classes presented here represent the beginnings of a...

Much time and effort has been devoted to designing and developing library Web sites that are easy to navigate by both new students and experienced researchers. In a review of the Southampton Institute Library it was decided that in addition to updating the existing homepage an alternative would...

This paper presents the development of the user interface for the Robovolc volcano exploration robot. The discussion examines the important issues, concepts that need to be considered and the lessons learnt during the overall development phase. The process by which the final user interface was...

This investigation tested the designer assumption that VIBE is a tool for an expert user and asked: what are the effects of user expertise on usability when VIBE's non‐traditional interface is compared with a more traditional text‐based interface? Three user groups – novices, online...