A PilotCard-based shared hypermedia system supporting shared and private databases

Ichimura, Satoshi; Kamita, Takeshi; Matsushita, Yutaka

doi:10.1145/168555.168562

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“…The ability to browse around a network by following navigational links from node to node is a defining feature of hypermedia, Browsing is potentially an important technique for retrieving loosely structured information [Hala88] [Ichi93]. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of clata management, the promise of hypermedia is the ability to produce complex, richly interconnected, and cross-referenced information [Utti89].…”

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Another dimension to hypermedia access

Ichimura

Matsushita

1993

Proceedings of the Fifth ACM Conference on Hypertext - HYPERTEXT '93

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The OpenBook system using a book metaplhor allows a user to leaf through a set of nodes retrieved from a hypermedia just like a book. While leafing thrcmgh the book, the reader does not need to pay attention to the detailed description written in pages, but impressive information such as chapter titles and figures catches reader's eyes. In other words, leafing through an electronic book takes advantage of a cognitive capability to skim the outlines of the contents. Moreover, the system supports a query-based access mechanism which supports a structure search mechanism for the purpose of finding potentially useful nodes. Furthermore, this paper describes a method of linearizing complex hyper-networked nodes to facilitate high speed browsing, which is a unique aspect of OpenBook. KEYWORDS hypermedia, information retrieval, book metaphor, ISM-CSA

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%