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Li, Qinglan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Annotations play an increasingly crucial role in scientific exploration and discovery, as the amount of data and the level of collaboration among scientists increases. There are many systems today focusing on annotation management, querying, and propagation. Although all such systems are implemented to take user input (i.e., the annotations…
Descriptors: Documentation, Scientific Research, Data, Users (Information)
Fuller, Nathaniel J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The usability of Identity Management (IdM) systems is highly dependent upon design that simplifies the processes of identification, authentication, and authorization. Recent findings reveal two critical problems that degrade IdM usability: (1) unfeasible techniques for managing various digital identifiers, and (2) ambiguous security interfaces.…
Descriptors: Models, Usability, Database Management Systems, Computer System Design
Khare, Ritu – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In the quest for database usability, several applications enable users to design custom forms using a graphical interface, and forward engineer the forms into new databases. The path-breaking aspect of such applications is that users are completely shielded from the technicalities of database creation. Despite this innovation, the process of…
Descriptors: Databases, Usability, Computer Interfaces, Computer Graphics