Gimpsy Help - Glossary
- A generic term for a collection of things sharing a common attribute; a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme .
- In Gimpsy, the first and highest category is a type of activity that a user can do on the Internet, like 'buy', 'sell', 'create', 'apply', 'play' etc.
A finer division related to a
category, or to another
subcategory. For example, the 'buy'
category may have 'boat', 'books', 'computer' and such like as its
subcategories. A
subcategory may be further divided to finer and more specialized elements. For example, the 'book'
subcategory has its own
subcategories, like 'poetry', 'religion', 'technology' etc.
The combination of all the
categories and
subcategories and their relationships is called the
category tree. The
categories are like main branches, and the
subcategories are smaller branches that spread each of them or from other, smaller, branches. The leaves on that tree are the sites kept in the
Gimpsy database.
A
category that 'points to' or 'leads to' another
category. For example, the 'purchase' category points to the 'buy' category. A
soft link does not have
subcategories. It is used to denote an alternative way of expressing the same requirements, or a semantic equivalence (e.g. 'gamble' is soft linked to 'bet').
A generic term for site characteristics that are not related to site categorization. A web site can have many properties, some of which are used by
Gimpsy. For instance,
size (number of pages),
date created and
popularity are not used, while
'requires registration' and
'adult oriented' are. A
property has two aspects: The
name of the property (like 'size') and the
values of the property (e.g. -'large', 'medium', 'small').
A
property that is used in
Gimpsy for every site in it. In other words, each site in
Gimpsy must have a value in this
property (e.g. - 'requires registration').
A
property that is used in
Gimpsy only for a
subset of sites, usually related to a particular category branch. For example, in the 'download'
category,
Payment is a
property that has the following values: 'freeware', 'shareware' and 'commercial'. Obviously, this
property is not used in the 'donate money'
category.
A
fixed property that shows the relation between an Internet site and the geographical location that it aims at serving. The
Coverage can be very small (a Pizza parlor that only delivers within few miles radius from the shop) or very large (a site that provides Chess playing tournaments worldwide).
The
coverage that the site is primarily concerned with - its prime target or preferred audience. For example, a site that sells hand made costumes only to US residents and does not ship its product anywhere else will have USA as its
primary coverage.
A geographical location that is served by a site, but only as complimentary to its
primary coverage and not at the same level. For example, a bookstore in the USA accepts order from USA or Canada only. It sends books to US residents free of any shipping charges and ensures next day delivery. It also sells in Canada, but at a higher shipping cost and with an up to a 5 days delay. Hence, for this site the primary coverage is USA and the
secondary coverage is Canada.
A
fixed property indicating that a site contains adult oriented material. In most cases it will be related to sex, but may include other content types that in the Editor's judgement are not suitable for under-18 users.
A
fixed property indicating that a site requires the users to register
before they are allowed to use the online service provided by that site. In some categories,
registration is assumed even if not marked, as in the 'subscribe' activity.
A
fixed property indicating that a site requires the users to pay
before they are allowed to use the online service provided by that site. In some categories,
payment is assumed even if not marked, as in the 'buy' activity.
A
fixed property that indicates whether a site provides support for the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) used by mobile phones to browse the Internet.
A
fixed property that indicates the language(s) that are contained in a site. Usually, only if the languages provide the same depth of information they are all mentioned in
Gimpsy.
Currently,
Gimpsy describes sites in English only. Future expansion will allow users speaking different languages to view the sites' description in their own tongue.
