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| Title (Goal) | DSpace should allow end users to search for items |
|---|---|
| Primary Actor | End user |
| Scope | (Optional – notes the perceived design scope. For example, does this use case describe the needs of the overall system or an individual component) |
| Level | (Optional – a general categorization of whether the use case is a very high level summary or almost too low level) |
| Story (A paragraph or two describing what happens) | An end user, Sally, is searching for a specific, known item by title. Sally enters the title into a search box on the front page, hits return, and is presented with a list of results. The item appears at the top of the list because the title matches the search. Sally clicks on the item title and is presented with the item page.
An end user, Sally, is searching to see what graduate work has been done at the university on a specific subject, propeller aerodynamics. Within the thesis and dissertation collection, she searches for "propellor aerodynamics" and is presented with a list of titles. These titles are ranked according to their relevance (if the term appears in the metadata, the item appears higher in the ranking), but she can sort by title, date of publication, and author if she wishes. She then decides she want to add a qualifier to the search "post stall aerodynamics" and is presented with a smaller set of results. |
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