Architecture of a Review

The elements inside a review should be grouped according to:

• Target Elements (T1-T5)
• Review Elements (R1-R9)
• Form Elements (F1-F3)

1. Target Elements (T1-T5)
   
   This group displays the Target's information.
   • T1 Target Name (link) Name of Target that links to the detailed target page.
   • T2 Target Attribute List
     A list of Target's brief description.
   • T3 Target Image
     A Target's picture with width of between 40-90px (standard: 70px) and a proportionate height.
   • T4 Target's Review (link)
     A link to view all the reviews for the Target.
   • T5 Target Class
     The category name of a Target.
     
     
2. Review Elements (R1-R9)
   
   This group displays the author's input about the Target.
   • R1 Review Title
     The full title created by the author.
   • R2 Review Date Stamp
     The date of submission of the review.
   • R3 Author Profile
     To identify the author.
   • R3.1 Graph (link set)
     Display the 360 relationship rating between the author and visitor. Use a ">" symbol to separate each person.
   • R3.2 Author's Reviews (link)
     Link to see all the reviews created by an author.
   • R4 Helpfulness Ratio
     A ratio (e.g. N of N) voted by visitors on how helpful an review is.
   • R5.1 Rating Attribute List
     The label of a rating value.
   • R5.1.1 Rating Value List
     The value of a rating (star- or bar-scale.)
   • R6.1 Comment Attribute List
     First group of labels for a text review value.
   • R6.1.1 Comment Value List
     First group of value for a text review.
   • R7 Comment Posting
     The body of comment.
   • R8.1 Secondary Comment Attribute List
     Second group of labels for a text review value.
   • R8.1.1 Secondary Comment Value List
     First group of value for a text review.
   • R.9 Disclosure options
     Toggle to show/hide the remaining R7 when R7 is restricted to display N amount of text.
     
3. Form Elements (F1ÐF4)
   
   This group allows users to act on the review.
   • F1 Helpfulness Input (link)
     Visitors can vote (e.g. Yes - No) on how helpful a review is.
   • F2 Report Abuse (link)
     Allows users to report reviews that appear abusive, off-topic, or otherwise objectionable may violate Yahoo!'s Guidelines and/or Terms of Service. Currently, it is also used for author to edit/delete own reviews.
   • F3 Call to Action (link)
     A property's action that would like the visitor to perform as the next step. E.g. Write your own review for $TargetTitle

This table also indicates whether an element should be displayed or omitted based on the type of displays.

A review should be displayed by following the generic visual architecture.

Generic visual architecture: