In the recent years, the usage of 3D CVEs for educational purposes has increased. The metaphors behind the design of virtual places are quite diverse, from replication of real universities to art museums and scientific labs. The goal of this paper is to provide an extended characterization of place metaphors in educational CVEs. It will serve as a background for an extensive exploration of 3D e...

This article deals with the question whether metaphors might be integrated into WordNets in a more systematic way. After outlining the advantages of having more information on metaphors in WordNets, it presents the Hamburg Metaphor Database and a possible method for integrating metaphors and corresponding equivalence relations into monolingual WordNets. Finally, problems are discussed that will...

User-interface metaphors are not well understood in terms of their relationships and qualities. They are, however, constantly used both consciously and unconsciously in most user-interface designs. This paper demonstrates a taxonomic classification and analysis of the user-interface metaphors in the Microsoft Office Project Gallery. The classification offers insight both into the nature of the ...

Information technology (IT) professionals use metaphors extensively to reduce complexity for the novice user. Some metaphors are good; others, not. Some are clear; others, confusing. This paper explores several metaphors, then examines in depth one particular metaphor that may be harmful in its present inaccurate portrayal, that of the “machine cycle.” The goal is to enhance understanding of th...

The Tools and Materials Metaphor is a design methodology for interactive software systems. It supports developers with both metaphors on how to interpret and understand an application domain as well as concrete techniques on how to actually construct systems according to the metaphors. The construction process is best supported by an application framework that captures those parts of the metaph...