Hypermedia Systems and Applications: World Wide Web and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9783540626978 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 297 str.

J. Lennon; Jennifer A. Lennon

Opis

This is the first comprehensive book on hypermedia and the World Wide Web that includes features of the second generation systems. Definitions, history, current technology and problems, leading-edge initiatives, future applications, all these are seen as an unfolding of a millenial communication medium that is not only serving but also involving even the non-technical person in a very technical world.
Much of the promise of hypermedia lies in its applications to education, and this receives prominence in the book. The new hypermedia system HyperWave is described in detail.
The book's vision, organization, and easy-to-read style make it suitable as a source of information for the practitioner and the general reader. It may also serve both as a reference book for researchers and as a textbook.

Spis treści

I. Introduction to Hypermedia Systems and Their Applications.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1 Overview.- 1.2 Definition of Hypermedia.- 1.3 New Qualities in Multimedia Entail New Definitions.- 1.4 Internet: Mess or Messiah?.- 1.5 From Personal Computer to Personal Assistant.- 1.6 Forecasting: An Impossible Necessity.- 1.7 How this Book is Structured.- 2. Visionaries, Pioneers, and Benchmark Applications.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 A Brief Timeline.- 2.3 Vannevar Bush: Memex (1945).- 2.4 Marshall McLuhan: Global Village (1964).- 2.5 Theodor Nelson: Xanadu (1965).- 2.6 van Dam: Hypertext Editing System (HES) (1967).- 2.7 Douglas Engelbart: Augment: NLS (1968).- 2.8 Akscyn: ZOG: Knowledge Management System (KMS) (1975).- 2.9 Alan Kay: Dynabook (1977).- 2.10 Andrew Lippman: Aspen Movie Map (1978).- 2.11 VideoTex (1980s).- 2.12 Ben Shneiderman: HyperTies (1983).- 2.13 Janet Walker: Document Examiner (1985).- 2.14 Norman Meyrowitz: Intermedia: IRIS (1985).- 2.15 Peter Brown: Guide (1986).- 2.16 Frank Halasz: NoteCards: Seven Issues (1987).- 2.17 Bill Atkinson: HyperCard (1987).- 2.18 Hermann Maurer: HM-Card and Hyperwave (1993).- 3. The Internet: A First Glance.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The Fundamental Interconnections.- 3.3 Client/Server Architectures.- 3.4 Internet Services.- 3.5 Pioneering User-Oriented Support.- 3.6 Group Communication Services on the Internet (Text Based).- 3.7 Summary.- 4. Hypermedia Systems: Meeting the Challenges of the Web.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 The Weaving of the Web.- 4.3 First-Generation Problems.- 4.4 Second-Generation Answers.- 4.5 Second-Generation Extensions.- 4.6 Aspects of Web Security.- 4.7 Afterword.- 5. Hypermedia Systems: Their Application to Life, Work, and Learning.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Converging Technology.- 5.3 Computer Animation and Simulation.- 5.4 The Impact of Hypermedia on the Way We Live.- 5.5 The Impact of Hypermedia on the Way We Work.- 5.6 The Impact of Hypermedia on Lifelong Learning.- II. Web Technologies.- 6. The World Wide Web.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Uniform Resource Locators (URL).- 6.3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).- 6.4 HyperText Markup Language (HTML).- 6.5 Common Gateway Interfaces (CGI).- 6.6 Providing Interaction With Forms.- 6.7 Internet and Intranet Browsers.- 6.8 Search Engines.- 6.9 Web Gatherers (Crawlers, Spiders, Robots, and Bots).- 6.10 The World Wide Web of the 90s: A Snapshot.- 6.11 Afterword.- 7. Hyperwave — An Advanced Hypermedia Document Management System Ill.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 The Hyperwave Server.- 7.3 Hyperwave Clients and Their Functionality.- 7.4 Existing Applications.- 8. Hypermedia: Standards and Models.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Networks, Access, and Services.- 8.3 Markup Languages.- 8.4 Digital Compression.- 8.5 Hypermedia Models.- III. Advanced Applications and Developments.- 9. Electronic Presentation, Publishing, and Digital Libraries.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Multimedia Presentations.- 9.3 Electronic Publishing.- 9.4 Electronic Publishing on the Web.- 9.5 Electronic Publishing Houses.- 9.6 Repercussions in the World of Advertising.- 9.7 Electronic Newspapers.- 9.8 Digital Libraries on the World Wide Web.- 9.9 Electronic Support for Paper-Based Libraries.- 9.10 Electronic Journals.- 9.11 Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues.- 9.12 Version Control.- 9.13 Afterword.- 10. Integrated Learning Environments.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Professional Learning.- 10.3 Formal Learning.- 10.4 Research.- 10.5 Afterword.- 11. From Traditional Lectures to CAI.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Lecturing Facilities Past to Present.- 11.3 Lecturing Technologies of Tomorrow.- 11.4 Lecturing “On the Fly”.- 11.5 Afterword.- 12. Hypermedia and Distributed Learning Environments.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Prom Teacher Centred to Student Centred Learning.- 12.3 Why So Much “Distance Education” in Urban Areas?.- 12.4 The Electronic Classroom.- 12.5 Computer Mediated Communication (CMC).- 12.6 Emerging Wide-Area Networked Learning Environments.- 12.7 An Illustrative Survey of Distributed Learning Environments.- 12.8 Online Learning: Lecture Rooms of the Future.- 12.9 A Virtual University.- 12.10 Afterword.- 13. Interactive and Annotated Movies.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 A New Definition of Multimedia.- 13.3 Telescopic Movies.- 13.4 Annotated Movies.- 13.5 Movies Where the Reader Influences the Action.- 13.6 New Ways of Using Old Media.- 13.7 Total Immersion Learning Environments.- 13.8 Afterword.- 14. Hypermedia and the Notion of a Personal Assistant.- 14.1 Introduction.- 14.2 Personal Assistance in Writing Documents.- 14.3 Personal Assistance While Reading Documents.- 14.4 Managing Email.- 14.5 Intelligent Calendars.- 14.6 Information Retrieval.- 14.7 Observing and Predicting: Electronic Assistance.- 14.8 Making Use of the Computer’s Ears, Eyes, and Voice.- 14.9 Help with Transaction Processing.- 14.10 The Individualisation Process.- 14.11 Secretary? Tutor? Or even Parent??.- 14.12 Looking to the Future.- 14.13 Summary.- 15. Hypermedia and a New Symbolism for Improved Communication.- 15.1 Introduction.- 15.2 The Environment.- 15.3 Alternative Forms of Communication.- 15.4 The Basic Idea.- 15.5 What MUSLI is Not.- 15.6 A First Tentative Proposal.- 15.7 Bringing It All Alive with Dynamic Symbols.- 15.8 Creating MUSLI Movies.- 15.9 Examples.- 15.10 Afterword.- 16. Hypermedia and a New Multi-Sensory Environment.- 16.1 Introduction.- 16.2 Retaining Our Power to Imagine.- 16.3 Hints and Flashes.- 16.4 The Imagery Debate.- 16.5 Multiple Representations and User-Determined Levels of Abstraction.- 16.6 Making Better Use of Sound.- 16.7 Creative Thinking.- 16.8 Helping People with Disabilities.- 16.9 MUSLI as a Learning-to-Read Tool.- 16.10 MUSLI as a Story-Boarding Tool.- 16.11 Mastering the New Media.- 16.12 Regaining our Power to Imagine.- 16.13 Afterword.- List of URLs.

Blurb

This is the first comprehensive book on hypermedia and the World Wide Web that includes features of second generation systems. Definitions, history, current technology and problems, leading-edge initiatives, future applications, all these are seen as an unfolding of a millennial communication medium that is not only serving but also involving even the non-technical person in a very technical world.
Much of the promise of hypermedia lies in its applications to education, and this receives prominence in the book. The new hypermedia system Hyperwave is described in detail.
The book's vision, organization, and easy-to-read style make it suitable as a source of information for practitioners and the general reader. It may also serve both as a reference book for researchers and as a textbook.