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Kahle, Brewster; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Describes two systems--Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) and Rosebud--that provide protocol-based mechanisms for accessing remote full-text information servers. Design constraints, human interface design, and implementation are examined for five interfaces to these systems developed to run on the Macintosh or Unix terminals. Sample screen…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems
Burnett, Kathleen – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Defines the concepts of hypertext, hypermedia, multimedia, and multimedia networks. Using the rhizome as a metaphor for electronically mediated exchange, a theory of hypermedia design that incorporates principles of connection and heterogeneity, multiplicity, asignifying rupture, and cartography and decalomania is explored. (four references) (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Definitions
Tsai, Bor-sheng – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Discussion of the development of a knowledge navigation system to assist users in searching a large database in a local/wide-area network environment considers the construction of navigation maps, the use of DOS and Windows, connection with electronic mail, and parallel operation with other systems such as BITNET. (28 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Electronic Mail
