This is a presentation of a MSc thesis proposal with the context of the Significant Sights Project. For more information visit: http://semanticweb.cs.vu.nl/sisi

1. User interaction design for an
LOD-based mobile cultural city
tour guide
Edwin Schootemeijer

2. Have you ever followed a tour and got
frustrated?

3. Scenario
Tourist Jack would like to learn more while walking through the
city of Amsterdam...

4. 'Semantour'
Not just another tour...
● Build on a different data type
● Deals with user constraints

5. Linked Open Data
● Amsterdam Museum
Wikipedia State Monuments
Amsterdam City Archive
Sound and Vision Openbeelden
● The Linked Data allows the
application to determine locations
and objects that are related to the
current location

7. Research questions
● Which data aspects are used?
a. The types of LOD data sets
b. The links between the LOD data sets
c. The types of collections
● What should the user interface support?
a. Adjusting the tour real-time
b. Finding a location of interest
c. Presenting detailed information
d. Presenting related
e. Presenting overviews

8. Research approach
● Information gathering
○ Data analysis
○ Scenario creation
○ Focus group discussions
● Interface requirements
● Interface design 1
● Interface evaluation 1
● Interface design 2
● Interface evaluation 2

9. Questions?