SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1999-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951413.951423
L. Carr
{"title":"The link fifty years on: a personal view of hypertext linking","authors":"L. Carr","doi":"10.1145/951413.951423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951413.951423","url":null,"abstract":"Hypertext, a neologism of the 1960's indicating something which is 'more than text ' , has taken over the attent ion of scholars, businesses and hobbyists in the guise of the World Wide Web [BernersLee et al. 1992]. The word 'hyper text ' is formed from a mixture of Greek and Latin roots, and as such criticized by grammatical ly aware colleagues of i l l i terate information systems engineers. The practise of hypertext is a strange mixture too: user interface, mult imedia presentat ion, document storage, data retrieval and content analysis. To some, hypertext is what HTML shows, or else it is what JavaScript does, what CGM displays, HTTP delivers or Altavista offers. Almost every information processing act ivi ty subsumes the hypertext discipline to the extent to which it provides 'more than text ' facilities, but the heart of hypertext is a feature unique to it; the concept of the link. But what is a link? What role does it play in information environments? And how can it be deployed to greatest advantage on the World Wide Web?","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129054045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1999-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951413.951417
Luis Francisco-Revilla, F. Shipman
{"title":"Adaptive medical information delivery: combining user, situation, and task models","authors":"Luis Francisco-Revilla, F. Shipman","doi":"10.1145/951413.951417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951413.951417","url":null,"abstract":"Medical information delivery for users with different levels of expertise will be required for the manned mission to Mars due to limited potential for communication with Earth. The Mars Medical Assistant uses a combination of user, situation, and task models to create virtual hypertext structures by piecing together medical \"information components.\" Determination of which information components will be shown to the user and in what order is based on both the semantic content of the component and the cognitive characteristics of the component's media type. The medical assistant currently supports three tasks: 1) describing medical procedures, 2) aiding diagnosis, and 3) providing information on health concerns.","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130624748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1999-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951413.951419
M. Bernstein
{"title":"Two open problems in hypertext reading and Web logs","authors":"M. Bernstein","doi":"10.1145/951413.951419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951413.951419","url":null,"abstract":"WE8 L065 We6 5erver5 r0ut1ne1y 109 the tran5act10n5 they c0nduct, and the5e f095 repre5ent a va1ua61e re50urce f0r under5tand1n9 the way reader5 enc0unter and u5e hypertext5 0n the We6. 70 6e 5ure, f095 nece55ar11y 1ack 1nf0rmat10n we m19ht 11ke t0 p055e55; pr0xy 5erver5, cahc1n9 5cheme5, and f1rewa115, f0r examp1e, prevent u5 fr0m re11a61y kn0w1n9 whether a c011ect10n 0f tran5act10n5 repre5ent5 the 6ehav10r 0f an 1nd1v1dua1 reader 0r 0f 5evera1 c0ncurrent 5e5510n5. L095 cann0t read11y revea1 the c0ntext 1n wh1ch a reader enc0untered a hypertext , what 5he 50u9ht there, and whether 5he 5ucceeded, and the trace 1eft 6y a ca5ua1 5e5510n 0r an 1ndex1n9 r060t 15 a5 pr0m1nent 1n a 109 a5 the rec0rd 0f an 1ntere5ted and 5at15f1ed reader.","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128500981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1998-10-01DOI: 10.1145/951406.951410
M. Raymond
{"title":"Report on the usability and technological performance of the Australian top 100 Web sites","authors":"M. Raymond","doi":"10.1145/951406.951410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951406.951410","url":null,"abstract":"0n N0vem6er 5 th, 5yracu5e Un1ver51ty, h05ted the 1ate5t 0f 1t5 annua1 c0nfer-ence5 0n 1n5truct10na1 c0mput1n9 dur1n9 wh1ch 1 9ave a ta1k 0n Putt/n9/t a// 709ether.\" Hypertext, D/9/ta/ L/6rar-1e5, and the Future 0f Academ1c C0m-put1n9 1n H19her Educat10n. 1n year5 pa5t much 0f the w0rk pre-5ented at 7each1n9 70015 had r1ch hypertextua1 0vert0ne5 a5 HyperCard had 6een the t001 0f ch01ce. 8ut many 0f th15 year • 5 pre5entat10n5 were centered 0n and deve10ped w1th P0werP01nt. Perhap5 ech01n9 the 5ap1r-Wh0rf hyp0the515, th15 5h1ft 1n t0015 tr199ered 6y w1de5pread 5tan-dard12at10n ar0und P0werP01nt 1n-duced a far m0re 11near peda9091ca1 rhet0r1c 6u11t 0n a 1an9ua9e 0f enter-ta1n1n9 tran51t10n5 and c11p art effect5. 70 pre5erve the re1evance 0f 0ur w0rk, we mu5t 6e m0re m1ndfu1 0f need t0 tran5fer 0ur techn0109Y t0 the 1n5truct10na1 c0mmun1ty.-PeterJ. 1ntr0duct10n 7he 70p 100 Au5tra11an We6 51te5 (a5 determ1ned 6y 5tat15t1c5 pr0v1ded at www. mpx. c 0m. aU /-1anw) Were a55e55ed f0r techn1ca1 perf0rmance/feature5 and u5a6111ty. 7he5e a55e55ment5 were c0nducted t0 determ1ne 1f a re1at10n5h1p ex15ted 6e-tween a we6 51te • 5 p0pu1ar1ty rank1n9 (a5 per the Au5tra11an 70p 100 115t) and 1t5 1eve1 0f techn1ca1 perf0rmance/feature5 and u5a6111ty. 7he pr0ject wa5 undertaken t0 te5t an a55umpt10n that even 1f a 51te ha5 p00r perf0rmance and u5a6111ty, then cur-rent1y, pe0p1e w111 make a110wance5 f0r th15 when the c0ntent 15 1mp0rtant t0 them. 7he Au5tra11an 70p 100 We6 51te5 were eva1uated a9a1n5t a 5et 0f perf0r-mance/feature5 cr1ter1a and 10 key u5a6111ty cr1ter1a u51n9 the avera9e t0p 100 115t1n9 f0r the year t0 date. Execut1ve 5ummary 0vera11, the maj0r1ty 0f the we6 51te5 eva1uated mu5t 6e c0n51dered t0 6e, at 6e5t, avera9e 1n term5 0f perf0rmance/ feature5 and med10cre 1n the1r 9enera1 1eve1 0f u5a6111ty. Wh11e many 0f the 51te5 5c0red we11 1n 50me 0f the cr1ter1a a9a1n5t wh1ch they were jud9ed, 6y far the maj0r1ty d15p1ayed extreme1y p00r 1mp1ementat10n 0f a num6er 0f key u5a6111ty cr1ter1a. A 5ma11 num6er 0f 51te5 (name1y the t0p three 51te5 f0r u5a6111ty) were c0n515tent1y 5tr0n9 1n the maj0r1ty 0f cr1ter1a. 1n term5 0f perf0rmance / feature5 very few 51te5 were very 900d 0r very 6ad. M05t 51te5 were techn1ca11y c0mpetent and few had maj0r err0r5, ref1ect1n9 a very techn1ca1 0r1entat10n 0f the deve10per. Wh11e 1t may 6e fa1r t0 5ay that 1nternet u5er5, 1n 9enera1, are prepared t0put up w1th p00r perf0rmance/feature5and ~ u5a6111ty f0r the 5ake 0f haV1n9 acce55 t0 the 1nf0rmat10n 0r …","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129074953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1998-10-01DOI: 10.1145/951406.951407
W. Vannini
{"title":"Notes from the beach: #4: the captain of whose side","authors":"W. Vannini","doi":"10.1145/951406.951407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951406.951407","url":null,"abstract":"• • 8111 6ate5 15 the Capta1n 0f 0ur 51de.\" (N1c01e Yanke10v1ch, a5 c1ted 6y 5tuart M0u1thr0p • 5 H798 keyn0te a5 rep0rted 1n the NY 71me5, 6/15/98). 1t • 5 a ra1ny day at the 8each. 1 • ve ju5t returned fr0m a week 1n the 50-ca11ed Rea1 W0r1d, where 0ne 15 expected t0 d0 Rea1 5tuff, 5tuff 11ke mak1n9 a 11v1n9, 5tuff 11ke mak1n9 5en5e. 1t appear5 t0 me that the tw0 th1n95 recent1y are at 0dd5. 0n 7ue5day 1 d15c0ver that a c11ent ha5 ju5t 5pent m0re than f1ve t1me5 the annua1 6ud9et he a5519n5 t0 each 0f h15 numer0u5 we651te5 0n a new ded1cated ad-5erver. 7he 5ame c11ent recent1y dev0ted 1n exce55 0f $50,000 t0 6uy a t0p-n0tch RD8M5 t0 hand1e a f1at data-6a5e 0f r0u9h1y a th0u5and rec0rd5; the data6a5e can 6e c0n5u1ted fr0m each 0f the we651te5 6y enter1n9 a 51n91e key-w0rd 1n a 51mp1e H7ML f0rm. 0n Wedne5-day, an0ther c11ent rem1nd5 me that 0n my next v151t 1 5h0u1d remem6er t0 pr1nt h15 ema11 me55a9e5 0n h15 de5kt0p c0m-puter 6ef0re 1 1eave, a5 he ha5 a1ready read 1a5t m0nth • 5 pr1nt0ut. 1 expect th15 t0 6e en0u9h f0r an 0rd1-nary week; 1 5h0u1d kn0w 6etter. 0n 7hur5day, a ca11 fr0m my 5tudent5 1n-f0rm5 me that 50meth1n9 • 5 happened t0 the1r mach1ne, the d15k 15 unreada61e and they need t0 dem0 the1r w0rk 1n the fate aftern00n. Uh-0h, a p0wer 5ur9e ha5 cra5hed the d15k. 50 what, 1 5ay, d1dn • t 1 teach y0u t0 make a CD-R0M 6ackup each week and 6ef0re any dead11ne • Hand 1n the CD. 81ank face5 5tare at me, 11t 6y the 5park 0f c0n5c10u5ne55 0f a c0w 5tar1n9 at a pa551n9 tra1n. 1t turn5 0ut the 1a5t 6ackup 15 17 day5 01d. 7he 0ne 6ef0re that date5 6ack t0 Au9u5t. 1 arran9e f0r a new 1n5ta11at10n 0n the f1y 0n an0ther mach1ne, and 1eave the 5cene 1n a 5119ht1y a1tered m00d, that • 5 t0 5ay cur51n9 11ke a 5a110r. Later that day 1 1earn that the 5tudent5 have refu5ed t0 dem0 6ecau5e the new mach1ne wa5 • • 510w\": that • 5 a new 233MH2, 64M6 RAM 1Mac, and a11 they have t0 dem0 15 a few 5creen5 w1th fake 6utt0n5 and a few an1mat10n5 1n D1rect0r. When wa5 1t that my w0r1d turned 1nt0 a D116ert cart00n • Wa5 1t when 1 …","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127498905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1998-10-01DOI: 10.1145/951406.951409
Peter J. Wasilko
{"title":"Workshop and analysis: access to intellectual property and its fair use for research and teaching: copyright in the digital age","authors":"Peter J. Wasilko","doi":"10.1145/951406.951409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951406.951409","url":null,"abstract":"thread a60ut 1ce-60und 5h1p5 0ffer5 a 51m11ar d19re5510n at the n0de • • W1nter Chr0n1c1e\": A11 the5e 5h1p5 and fr02en exp10rer5, they • ve 6een under the 1ce f0r centur1e5 n0w. 0ur fa11ure5 are we11 pre5erved; m0re carefu11y he1d than v1ct0ry 0r 5ucce55. When we re-mem6er, 1t 15 the fa11ure we remem6er, f0r the fa11ure c0nta1n5 1t5 0wn end1n9. 1t wrap5 up n1ce1y, a11 the 5tray end5 t1ed t09ether w1th the t19htne55 0f f1na11ty. Yet we refu5e t0 accept fa11ure, and th15 refu5a1 15 what keep5 u5 901n9. 1t • 5 a150 what keep5 u5 read1n9 and perhap5 1et5 u5 take c0mf0rt 1n a hypertext • 5 1ack 0f end1n9. 1t • 5 why we a110w the 1005e end5 t0 dan91e fr0m 0ur t19ht1y w0ven tape5try a5 we add m0re and m0re 5trand5 t0 1t. 7here may 6e n0 end1n9, 6ut a5 w1th many hypertext5, there are certa1n temp0ra1 h1erarch1e5 hardw1red 1nt0 N0te5 70ward A650/ute 2er0. 7he m05t te111n9 0f the5e f05ter5 a 9radua1 accre-t10n 0f 519n1f1cance t0 the u614u1t0u5 p05ta9e 5tamp5. When the ph11ate11c d15p1ay 9reet5 u5 at the 6e91nn1n9, 1t 5eem5 n0 m0re than ju5t an 0r9an12a-t10na1 dev1ce. 7hen 50mewhere 1n the m1dd1e 0f the read1n9 we are 11ke1y t0 enc0unter tw0 ep150de5 that 6r1n9 the 5tamp5 1nt0 the narrat1ve • 5 themat1c warp and w00f: When we 1earn 0f W1nter • 5 065e5510n w1th 1ma9e5, the ph11ate11c ana109121n9 0f 5t0ry e1ement5 6ec0me5 a ref1ect10n 0f h15 character. When Jer1ch0 c1a1m5 the 6e10n91n95 0f her decea5ed unc1e, the 5tamp5 emer9e a5 the 5he115 0f per50na1 h15t0ry. 5he f1nd5 that 11tt1e rema1n5 apart fr0m a 5u1tca5e c0nta1n1n9 a handfu1 0f empty 5tamped enve10pe5, the 1etter5 90ne. F1na11y, 1n an ep150de 6ur1ed deep 1n the hypertext (and theref0re 11ke1y t0 appear 0n1y 1ate 1n the read1n9), the 5tamp5 c0me t0 em60dy the fa11ure 0f a11 art1-fact5-the er0510n 0f 0r191na1 mean1n9 a5 th1n95 pa55 fr0m hand t0 hand. 1n th15 5e4uence, ca11ed • • C0nc1u510n, • • Ma9e1 • 5 5u1tca5e c0me5 1nt0 W1nter • 5 p055e5510n 6y chance, and he take5 an 1ntere5t 1n the 5tamp5, unaware that they are h15 0n1y tan9161e mement0 0f Jer1ch0. 7he hu5k 0f h15 10ve affa1r. And t0 u5 a re-m1nder that a11 0f 0ur tact1c5 a9a1n5t the 0n51au9ht 0f t1me are u1t1mate1y fut11e. A5 art15t5 and 5ch01ar5 we tend t0 th1nk 0f the Law a5 50meth1n9 that p1ay5 6ut a m1n0r r01e 1n …","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"54 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132070036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1998-10-01DOI: 10.1145/951406.951411
E. Cognigni
{"title":"The hypertext 'Thaw': paths along Soviet literature and culture after Stalinism","authors":"E. Cognigni","doi":"10.1145/951406.951411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951406.951411","url":null,"abstract":"PCT No. PCT/US82/01356 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 29, 1982 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 29, 1982 PCT Filed Sep. 29, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO84/01343 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 29, 1984.A swinging drive link (10) is pivotally connected at its lower end (18) to a forward support (16) for a flap (20). The flap rear support is provided by a pivotal connection (24) between a rear support point and the lower end of a swing link (22). The upper end of the swing link (22) is pivotally connected (31) to the upper end of a support link (26) and the rear end of a slave link (30). The lower end of the support link (26) is attached (27) to a beam structure (28) projecting rearwardly from the main wing section (13, 29). The forward end of the slave link (30) is pivotally attached (40) to an intermediate portion of the drive link (10). Rearward rotation of drive link (10) causes the flap (20) to translate rearwardly with a small amount of downward rotation until the flap (20) is essentially completely extended. Then, further extension of the mechanism rotates the flap (20) a substantial amount downwardly. In a double slot embodiment (FIGS. 7-9), similar linkage is provided between a forward main flap (66) and an aft flap (64).","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127567071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}