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Metaphors are often used to provide the user with a mental model to ease the use of computers. An example of such a metaphor is the commonly used “Desktop Metaphor”. Metaphors also can be used to ease context-aware information access for the users of mobile information systems. In this paper we present a taxonomy that allows the categorisation of such metaphors. Furthermore, we give an overview of existing metaphors and their implementations. After introducing some new metaphors we conclude our considerations with a classification of new and existing metaphors using our taxonomy.
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Coschurba, P., Baumann, J., Kubach, U. et al. Metaphors and Context-Aware Information Access . Personal Ubi Comp 5, 16–19 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007790170022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007790170022