Authors:
Vagner Figuerêdo de Santana
and
Maria Cecilia Calani Baranauskas
Affiliation:
Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Event logger, Usage logger, Client-side logger.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Accessibility to Disabled Users
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Internet HCI: Web Interfaces and Usability
;
Ubiquitous Learning
Abstract:
Web Usage Mining usually considers server logs as a data source for collecting patterns of usage data. This solution presents limitations when the goal is to represent how users interact with specific user interface elements, since this approach may not have detailed information about users’ actions. This paper presents a model for logging client-side events and an implementation of it as a websites evaluation tool. By using the model presented here, miner systems can capture detailed Web usage data, making possible a fine-grained examination of Web pages usage. In addition, the model can help Human-Computer Interaction practitioners to log client-side events of mobile devices, set-top boxes, Web pages, among other artefacts.