tag cloud an online application. a collection of signpost documents listed by most frequent terms...

Tag CloudAn online application

A collection of SignPost documents

Listed by most frequent terms (called “tags”) found in the documents

Organized by department

What is Tag Cloud?

What the online application does:

Searches each SignPost PDF document

Pulls the most frequent terms (while disregarding articles, i.e. and, or, but, etc.)

Has an ignore list over 12 pages long edited by Marshall Soules

Displays the results as “tags” into a “cloud”

What the online application does:

Tags are displayed in alphabetical order

Tags are displayed in font-sizes according to their frequency:

bigger the font = more frequent the tag appears in the documentsmaller the font = less frequent the tag appears in the document

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Department List for Tag Cloud

On-line DevelopmentCreative WritingMedia StudiesVisual and Applied ArtInformation TechnologyEducation: Concurrent DegreesBachelor of Science in NursingPhys EdBiologyForestryPulp and Paper ProductionPsychologyGlobal StudiesGeographyStudents Union

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Environment

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Community

Community

Community

Community

Tag Cloud

1. Snapshot of each department’s priorities

2. Easy to use interface

3. Easy implementation on web

4. Could use it for anything (preferably chronologically-based)