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o Clouds can be used for search activities on the portal. Two clouds are available on the
home page: the Keyword Cloud which includes terms included in the metadata
descriptions of content, Query Cloud, which includes keywords frequently used in the
full text queries performed by users;
Calendar: to see important events pointed out by register users by using the internal calendar
module;
Examine lists of public objects from the main page:
o most viewed, the Popular tab on the left column. This list is sorted on the basis of
number of views and downloads of contents. The precise number of play/downloads is
visible on the right of the description text of the object;
o less viewed, the Less Popular tab on the left column;
o most ranked, the Top rated tab on the left column. Only registered users can vote a
content;
o A selection of last posted, the last posted item is always visible on the PC as the last
object on the right part of the list of last posted contents, while the other posted items
are selected among the latest 30 objects being uploaded into the portal;
o Query results as an object list;
o Objects associated to a taxonomical item, through a choice being made on the
taxonomy reported on the right column (in this case only the contents associated to
the taxonomical node are shown, together with those contents associated with the
children of that taxonomical node);
o Public objects associated to individual groups;
o If the user tries to get access to a content he has not been authorized to, the system
keeps him informed of this status;
Examine and access public objects:
o Main web-pages of groups, public web-pages of groups;
o Public objects, they are displayed as clickable icons, with their vote, title, description,
etc. and they have also a Download button. The Download allows to download the file
in the format the user saw. Mini applications are always proposed to the user, when he
is downloading, as AXMEDIS MPEG-21 objects and they are played with an AXMEDIS
player and/or transferred into PDA (whenever PDA contents);
For each public object displayed in a web-page, either this being a PC/iPhone object or a PDA
object, some actions can be carried out:
o Play it (namely execute it) with a click on its icon or title, view the video, listen to the
audio, view the document, flash animation, image, etc., together with its related
metadata for the classification.
o After playing it, some other tasks can be undertaken:
 View the related metadata on the right: title, author, topic, description, groups,
taxonomical classification, ranking, filename, number of downloads;
 Set full screen/page to view better that object;
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