System interface

Components:

1. Query formation

2. Ontology/glossary browsing for concept navigation
3. Answer display, interaction history

GUI incorporates key technologies for facilitating user access to diverse databases:

• Context-sensitive menu-based input mechanism
• Visualization and navigation of results and the ontology
• Lightweight client runs on multiple platforms without downloads
• Java/Swing implementation allows client-side processing

Vasileios Hatzivassiloglou, Rsch Sci, Columbia

Jay Sandhaus, GRA, Columbia

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