tag cloud an online application. a collection of signpost documents listed by most frequent terms...
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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
Department
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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
Side by Side Comparison
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
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)