From action icon to knowledge icon: Objective-oriented icon taxonomy in computer science |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, 710126 Xi’an, Shaanxi, China;2. UTT (Université de Technologie de Troyes) ICD/Tech-CICO Lab, BP 2060, 10010 Troyes, France;1. College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Lusan Southern Avenue, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China;2. AL-Mansour University College, Al-Andalus Square, Baghdad, Iraq;3. School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;1. Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600, Taiwan, ROC;2. Dept. of Computer Science & Information Engineering, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan, ROC;3. Graduate Institute of Mathematics and Science Education, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 621, Taiwan, ROC;1. Department of Industrial Management, Oriental Institute of Technology, No.58, Sec. 2, Sichuan Rd., Banqiao Dist., New Taipei City, 22061, Taiwan;2. Research Fellow of Asian Studies Centre, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, 80 Castle Peak Road, Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun, N.T., Hong Kong;1. School of Design Art and Media, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China;2. College of Mechanical and Electronic, Hohai University, China;3. UCL Interaction Centre, University College London, United Kingdom;4. Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd, China;1. College of Mechanical &Electrical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China;2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanking 211189, China;3. Science and Technology on Electro-optic Control Laboratory, Luoyang 471023, China;1. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA;2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA;3. Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, School of Architecture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA;4. College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA;5. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA, USA;6. College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA;7. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA |
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| Abstract: | Icon plays a critical role in computer interface design. Studies on icon taxonomy explain the way in which various types of icon represent the objects and provide designers creation rules by which icons are more in line with users’ cognitive psychology. However, along with larger and larger use of icons, the previous classification criterion causes the boundary between categories blur. What’s more, Single classification standard is not able to well illustrate the icons applied in today’s computer applications. The purpose of this paper is to present an objective-oriented icon taxonomy which proposes to categorize icons into action icon and knowledge icon. To assess this proposition, we analyzed a sample of icons that applied in computer interface and suggest precise application domains to both action icon and knowledge icon categories. The results of this practice manifested that action icon and knowledge icon implied a high relation with applied environment and explicated the development trace of computer icons. This work is one of the first to point out the notion of knowledge icon and to highlight the importance of objective of icon application. Findings in this paper could enrich icon use in computer interface design, especially provides possible way to improve online knowledge sharing by visual tool like icon. |
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| Keywords: | Icon Icon taxonomy Action icon Knowledge icon Graphical interface Human–computer interaction |
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