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Machovec, George S. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1993
Describes the World Wide Web (WWW), a navigational tool to organize information on the Internet into a set of hypertext documents. Hypertext is explained; relationships between WWW, Gopher, and Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) are discussed; and future possibilities are considered. (Contains three references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Futures (of Society), Hypermedia
Peer reviewedGabbard, Ralph – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1994
Presents an annotated bibliography of materials on hypertext/hypermedia. Information available on the World Wide Web is described; journals that cover hypermedia are listed; and the main bibliography is divided into 3 sections on general hypertext applications (17 titles), DOS/Windows applications (17 titles), and HyperCard applications (18…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Hypermedia
Peer reviewedBarry, Jeff – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994
Describes HyperText Markup Language (HTML), which is used to format documents for the World-Wide Web. HTML tags that enhance ASCII files, examples of their use, and guidelines for organizing hypertext documents are given. Types of documents suitable for the Web and the future of HTML are discussed. (Contains seven references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Guidelines
Nickerson, Gord – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Discussion of software tools for accessing information on the Internet focuses on the WorldWideWeb (WWW) system, which was developed at the European Particle Physics Laboratory (CERN) in Switzerland to build a worldwide network of hypertext links using available networking technology. Its potential for use with multimedia documents is also…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Hypermedia
Berners-Lee, Tim; And Others – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Describes the World-Wide Web (W3) project, which is designed to create a global information universe using techniques of hypertext, information retrieval, and wide area networking. Discussion covers the W3 data model, W3 architecture, the document naming scheme, protocols, document formats, comparison with other systems, experience with the W3…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Hypermedia, Information Networks
Johnson, Doug – MultiMedia Schools, 1995
Discusses the World Wide Web, a system used to display and distribute information on the Internet through hypertext links. Topics include browsing software called Mosaic; Web resources for elementary and secondary education students and teachers; online educational resources; Web server sites; and creating a home page. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Peer reviewedKappe, Frank; And Others – Internet Research, 1993
Discusses the architecture of a global hypermedia information and communication system designed to operate through the Internet that is being developed at the Graz University of Technology (Austria). Topics addressed include clients and servers; distributed hypertext; link server protocol; document cache servers; and applications of the global…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedDescy, Don E. – TechTrends, 1994
Describes the World-Wide Web (WWW), a network information resource based on hypertext. How to access WWW browsers through remote login (telnet) or though free browser software, such as Mosaic, is provided. Eight information sources that can be accessed through the WWW are listed. The address of a listserv reporting on Internet developments is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Hypermedia
Peer reviewedMorgan, Eric Lease – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994
Provides an overview of the Internet's World-Wide Web (Web), a hypertext system. Highlights include the client/server model; Uniform Resource Locator; examples of software; Web servers versus Gopher servers; HyperText Markup Language (HTML); converting files; Common Gateway Interface; organizing Web information; and the role of librarians in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Data Conversion, Gateway Systems
Download full textLaRoe, R. John – 1995
The World Wide Web (WWW) acts as a multimedia Internet, navigable via Web browsers. Web browsers (Mosaic, Netscape, Cello, WinWeb, etc.) read files treated in HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML) and display interactive pages to users. Teachers with computer-mediated classrooms or labs can use HTML and Web browsers to create multimedia presentations…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Electronic Text
Zhang, Zhongdong; Heuer, Andreas; Engel, Thomas; Meinel, Christoph – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Introduces a Web authoring and publishing system, DAPHNE (Distributed Authoring and Publishing in a Hypertext and Networked Environment). Addresses DAPHNE's system architecture and design principles, key features, new developments--especially those regarding integration of a workflow for management of multilingual Web sites, and the possibility of…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedSummit, Roger K.; And Others – Electronic Library, 1993
Presents 19 papers from the Second Southern African Online Information Meeting. The articles are based on practical experience with or applications of information technology, including hypermedia and multimedia, CD-ROM, electronic publishing, network services and gateways, user interfaces, and online searching and software. Contains 83 references…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Developing Nations, Electronic Publishing, Gateway Systems
Peer reviewedPrice-Wilkin, John – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994
Discusses how the World-Wide Web (WWW) can be linked to the PAT system, a search engine supporting access to Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) encoded documents. Technical concepts are reviewed, and the operation of a PAT-to-Web gateway is explained using examples of how it is employed. (JKP)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Direct linkPalmquist, Mike; Rodrigues, Dawn; Kiefer, Kate; Zimmerman, Donald E. – Computers and Composition, 1995
Draws on results of a four-year effort to establish a campus-wide, computer-supported writing environment to suggest that computer networks and specifically designed instructional software can provide the basis for network-supported, writing-center-based writing-across-the-curriculum programs. Discusses development of network communication tools…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Higher Education
