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gbv / cocoda

A web-based tool for creating mappings between knowledge organization systems.
https://coli-conc.gbv.de/cocoda/
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In cocoda the various areas are not updated or cleared when a new search is submitted #402

Closed annakasprzik closed 5 years ago

annakasprzik commented 5 years ago

See screenshot -- Update

Various areas show elements of three different searches -- "Papaya", "Pädagogik", and "Koala".

stefandesu commented 5 years ago

As far as I understand, this is not a bug, but rather a combination of a misunderstanding about how Cocoda works and a slightly confusing user interface.

First of all, the Mapping Editor is completely separate from the other components and its content will not change automatically.

The "problem" here is I think the search field. In your case, you must have selected "Antipädagogik" on the left first, and then "Papayas, Avocados, Mangostanen" on the right. Selecting it on the right automatically filled both search fields with "Papayas" (cut off from the full label) (this should be improved, see #397), but not change selected concepts. The results shown in the Mapping Navigator are the mappings related to the selected concepts on both sides.

Any suggestions on how to improve the UI to make it clearer?

annakasprzik commented 5 years ago

Hm, maybe underly the areas that automatically interact with each other with a different colour than those where you have to explicitly drag concepts to in order to make them cross the barrier to that component?

stefandesu commented 5 years ago

This is too general, but we're happy to talk about more specific suggestions.