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Logan, Andrew – Information Services and Use, 1991
Examines why the "paperless office" has failed to materialize despite the availability of appropriate information technology. Conceptual limits are discussed, including the continued reliance on relational database management systems; the use of free-text retrieval software is considered; and social limits are described, including access…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
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Carr, Les; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1993
Describes Microcosm, an open hypermedia system for browsing through large bodies of multimedia information via links in external linkbases; explains HyTime (Hypermedia/Time-Based Structuring Language), an international standard for representing relationships between document objects; and examines HyTime features which are relevant to Microcosm.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Hypermedia, Information Systems
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Milstead, Jessica L.; Berger, Mary C. – Information Services and Use, 1993
Describes the development of a thesaurus for indexing the databases of Engineering Information, Inc., that improved the former precoordinate indexing vocabulary with postcoordinate descriptors and an appropriate set of thesaurus relationships. Problems of incompatibility with old indexing are addressed, and the use of an outside consultant versus…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Consultants, Databases, Engineering
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Dou, Henri; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1990
Discussion of information retrieval from online databases focuses on sorting techniques to help the user analyze the increasing number of references that may result from a search. Link analysis and Datalink software are described, and examples using keyword factorial analysis and research pole analysis are presented. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Factor Analysis, Information Retrieval
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Oppenheim, Charles – Information Services and Use, 1991
Reviews recent developments in three areas of law which, one way or the other, have an impact on information professionals: copyright, data protection, and liability. This discussion focuses on recent developments that are likely to be of significance to information professionals, including those emanating from the Commission of the European…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Fair Use (Copyrights), Information Scientists
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Hearty, John A.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1988
The impact of emerging information technologies on the information industry is discussed in four papers. Topics covered include electronic delivery of full text primary literature; a brief evaluation of new information processing technologies and software; networking technologies; and the use of gateway technologies to create new products and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Expert Systems, Full Text Databases, Gateway Systems
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Philip, G.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1991
Describes the design and development of an image database for photographs in the Ulster Museum (Northern Ireland) that used parallelism from a transputer network. Topics addressed include image processing techniques; documentation needed for the photographs, including indexing, classifying, and cataloging; problems; hardware and software aspects;…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Computer Networks, Computer Software
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Lowry, Glenn R.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1989
The 10 papers in this collection discuss the database industry in Australia and New Zealand, networking activities in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region, intellectual property protection of databases, the development of land information systems in Australia, the development of expert systems, the use of optical data disks,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Producers, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries