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Use Case: User wants to find the URI of an entity from within a metadata editor

Share Key Concepts:

  • primary label
    • Authority entities are expected to have a primary label that is a human readable representation of the entity.
  • relevant information
    • This will include the primary label of the entity.
    • This likely will include other information from the entity referred to as extended context.
  • accurately select
    • This relates to the user's ability to disambiguate similarly labeled entities based on the information provided in search results.

Sub-Use Case:  User knows keywords related to an entity (aka Keyword Search)

As a user of an application, I want to type in keywords and be presented with a list of relevant information that allows me to accurately select an entity.

Sub-Use Case Key Concepts:

  • accurately select
    • This assumes that search results will be in rank order with the highest ranked search results appearing first for Keyword Search


Sub Use Case: User knows the primary label and starts typing it from the first character (aka Left Anchored Search)

As a user of an application, I want to type in the primary label and be presented with a list of relevant information that allows me to accurately select an entity.  The entity is expected to be the top result in almost all cases.

Sub-Use Case Key Concepts:

  • accurately select
    • This assumes that search results will be in alphabetical order for Left Anchored Search



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