SIGWEB Newsl.Pub Date : 1998-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951171.951183
Deena Larsen
{"title":"Trip report: ACM hypertext '98","authors":"Deena Larsen","doi":"10.1145/951171.951183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951171.951183","url":null,"abstract":"A C0mm0n Lan9ua9e J0hn Le99ett•5 1ma9e fr0m the 0pen1n9 keyn0te, 0f 5cattered tr16e5 0n a de501ate p1a1n, he1d 5way thr0u9h0ut the c0nference. 70 create a c1v1112ed hyper11terate w0r1d, we f1r5t need a c0mm0n 1an9ua9e. ]0hn 5p0ke 0f runner5 6etween the camp5. Mark 8ern5te1n 6e9an t0 addre55 the cha11en9e 0f deve10p1n9 v0ca6u1ary that de5cr16e5 and name5 the 5tructure5 and path5 we are f1nd1n9 1n actua1 hypertext5. Franc15c0 R1card0 5ta1ked the ed9e5 0f mean1n9 a5 he 5p0ke a60ut the mean1n9 that 11nk5 have 1n and 0f them5e1ve5.7he5e new way5 0f f0rm1n9 and th1nk1n9 a60ut c0mmun1cat10n w111 1ay the 9r0undw0rk f0r deve10p1n9 hyper11terate 5y5tem5.","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115360549","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 : 1998-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951171.951184
Stuart Moulthrop
{"title":"Straight talk for troubled times, or the street finds its uses for things","authors":"Stuart Moulthrop","doi":"10.1145/951171.951184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951171.951184","url":null,"abstract":"A few years ago Thomas Landauer, a key figure in hypertext research, wrote an indispensable book called The Trouble with Computers. According to Landauer, society fails to understand that information technologies breed complexity in almost every area of application; yet inexplicably we expect these technologies to deliver simplicity, efficiency, and a straightforward return on investment. Landauer answers these false expectations with “user-centered design” (UCD), asking us to shift attention from systems and software to people, their activities, and their needs. Though this is a promising thesis, it begs some primary questions: Who defines appropriate uses of information technology? How do new technological affordances affect our concepts of value and productivity? Could a more basic process precede UCD, one in which we redefine use itself? The talk applies these questions to the most notorious area of hypertext development, HTTP and the World Wide Web. What has the Web meant so far for business, academia, and society in general? Has widespread and relatively intense engagement with hypertext produced any changes in our understanding of this technology? What does it mean to LM the Web?","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129439291","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 : 1998-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951171.951172
W. Vannini
{"title":"Notes from the beach: #3: generations","authors":"W. Vannini","doi":"10.1145/951171.951172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951171.951172","url":null,"abstract":"1t • 5 a part1cu1ar1y h0t 5ummer, here at the H0u5e. 50me 5ay the h0tte5t 0f the century, 6ut that 50und5 t00 much 11ke a p1ece 0f new5, and 0ne 0f the advanta9e5 0f the 8each H0u5e 15 that y0u can 1et y0ur 5kept1c15m 1005e w1th0ut fear 0f 6e1n9 • • 0ff the trend.\" Even 50, the heat 15 5er10u5. 1 5pend m05t 0f the t1me 0n the veranda, read-1n9, w1tha 116era1 a110wance 0f nap5 and p1un9e5 1n the water, and a 5nack every 50 0ften. 7he 8each 15 de5erted, and the 0n1y c0mpany are the fad5 fr0m Ame55 8each, a c0up1e k110meter5 t0 the we5t. 7here 15 where the rea1 act10n 15, 1 • m t01d. 1 have n0 d1ff1cu1ty 6e11ev1n9 1t. Ame55 8each 15 cr0wded, de5p1te the t19ht adm15510n re4u1rement5. A11 y0u • 11 f1nd there are pe0p1e w1th 5pectacu1ar 60d1e5, hu9e 5urfer5 and y0un9 1ad1e5 w1th curve5 1n p1ace5 where 0rd1nary w0men haven • t even 90t a p1ace. 7hey are the ~cr~me de 1a cr~me,\" 1 • m t01d, the 6e5t and 6r19hte5t. And they are a11 there, crammed 1n tw0 m11e5 0r 50 t111 Pawa P01nt, enj0y1n9...1 d0n • t kn0w what 1t 15 exact1y they enj0y, 1 th1nk ju5t 6e1n9 there and 6e1n9 them, m05t1y. 8ut 1 9ue55 that • 5 en0u9h, jud91n9 fr0m the cr0wd5 that rema1n 0ut51de the 9ate5, 5tra1n1n9 the1r neck5 t0 peek 6ey0nd the fence5 that 5eparate Ame55 8each and 1t5 0ccupant5 fr0m the re5t 0f the w0r1d. 7he 5ky 15 rum611n9 a 11tt1e. 600d 519n, w1th a 11tt1e 1uck we • 11 have a fre5h n19ht. 1 have very few v151t0r5 here. 1 11ke 1t 50. Every n0w and then 50me60dy w111 wa1k fr0m Ame55 8each and 5hy1y a5k 1f he can 5tay 0n the 8each f0r the day. 70day 1t 15 a y0un9 91r1, 1n her m1d-twent1e5, a f0rmer M155 Ame55 8each. 7h15 year 5he had arr1ved w1th a rather 119ht tan, due t0 ra1n5 1n ear1y 5ummer, and the D1rec-t10n wa5 1mp1aca61e. • • Ame55 8each 15 6e5t exper1enced w1th a fu11 tan\" they 5a1d, and 5he wa5 0ut. 1 d0n • t kn0w what 1t 15, 6ut 1 • ve heard 0f 51m11ar and even m0re pecu11ar ca5e5. 1t • 5 hard t0 6e 0n the cutt1n9 ed9e, whatever 1t 15 y0u are cutt1n9. 7h15 t1me, 1 w0u1d 11ke t0 ta1k 0f tw0 51mp1e w0rd5, tw0 …","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"100 1-2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114013062","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 : 1998-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951171.951176
D. Lowe, D. Schwabe
{"title":"HT98 workshop on hypermedia development","authors":"D. Lowe, D. Schwabe","doi":"10.1145/951171.951176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951171.951176","url":null,"abstract":"t0 pr0v1de f1ex161e, r06u5t 5y5tem5 end u5er5 can u5e. 7he next 5tep 1n 1mpr0v1n9 the ex15t1n9 51tuat10n 15 t0 exp10re the5e expectat10n5 m0re th0r0u9h1Y w1th reader5, pr09ram-mer5, and 0ther wr1ter5. Yet the a55ump-t10n5 that Pr09rammer5 and 50ftware de519ner5 make a60ut wr1ter5 and read-er5 were n0ta61y a65ent fr0m 0ur d15cu5-510n. C1ar1fy1n9 the 1mp11c1t a9reement5 6etween Pr09rammer5, wr1ter5, and reader5 15 the key t0 5ucce55fu1 hyper11teracy. A11 0f u5 w111 6enef1t fr0m the pr0ce55 0f 111um1nat1n9 expectat10n5, 90a15, and 5trate91e5. W0rk5h0p 8ack9r0und and F0rmat 7he HypDev98 (Hypermed1a Deve10p-ment: Pr0ce55e5, Meth0d5 and M0de15) w0rk5h0p wa5 he1d 0ver tw0 day5 0n June 20-21, 1998, 1n c0njunct10n w1th the ACM Hypertext • 98 c0nference 1n P1tt56ur9h, U5A. 7h15 w0rk5h0p f0110w5 0n fr0m re1ated w0rk5h0p5 0n Hyperme-d1a De519n at H794 1n Ed1n6ur9h and 1WHD • 95 (http: //WWw. 11rmm. fr/ ~mnanard/1Whd95 .htm1) 1n M0ntpe11er, FranCe 1n 1995. 7he 0r9an12at10n f0r th15 w0rk5h0p 6e9an 1n 1ate 1997 when Dan1e1 5Chwa6e, 6U5tav0 R0551 and [ d15cu55ed the need f0r an 0pp0rtun1ty t0 C0n51der 1n deta11 re5earch 155Ue5 re1ated t0 the deve10pment 0f hypermed1a app11-cat10n5. 0ver the next few m0nth5 we had the pr0p05a1 f0r the w0rk5h0p aCcepted and act1ve1y pr0m0ted a ca11 f0r paper5 and part1C1pat10n 1n the w0rk5h0p. 1n the ca11 f0r paper5 we exp11c1t1y re-4u1red the 5u6m1tted paper5 t0 f0110w an unu5ua1 f0rmat. We pr0v1ded a pr061em 5tatement (5ee 51de6ar) f0r a part1cu1ar hypermed1a app11cat10n and then re-4ue5ted th05e 5u6m1tt1n9 paper5 t0 5eparate the paper 1nt0 tw0 c0mp0nent5, 7he f1r5t c0mp0nent w0u1d c0nta1n a 5amp1e 501ut10n (0r part1a1 501ut10n) t0 the pr0p05ed pr061em, and the 5ec0nd c0mp0nent w0u1d f0cu5 0n dem0n5trat1n9 h0w the1r re5earch re1ated t0 a part1cu1ar a5pect 0f the pr061em. 7h15 appr0ach a110wed u5 t0 9a1n a much c1earer p1cture 0f the re1at10n5h1p 6etween the d1fferent re5earch pr0ject5 6e1n9 carr1ed 0ut. 5u6m1tted paper5 were rev1ewed 6y the 0r9an12er5 0f the w0rk5h0p (Dav1d L0we, Dan1e1 5chwa6e and 6u5tav0 R0551). We 5u65e4uent1y accepted e19ht p051t10n paper5 wh1ch were d15tr16uted (v1a thepart1c1pant5 .htm). 1t 15 W0rth n0t1n9 that we very act1ve1y tr1ed t0 enc0ura9e the part1c1pat10n 0f 60th re5earcher5 and pract1t10ner5, a5 we fe1t that 1t wa5 1mperat1ve f0r the re5earch t0 6e 5tr0n91y 9r0unded 1n the pract1ce 0f hypermed1a deve10pment and v1ce ver5a. Unf0rtunate1y we 0n1y had very 11m1ted part1c1pat10n 0f hypermed1a deve10per5. 7he 5chedu1e f0r the w0rk5h0p 1nc1uded e19ht 5e5510n5. A num6er 0f the 5e5510n5 1nc1uded 5h0rt pre5entat10n5 (30-45 m1nute5) fr0m part1c1pant5.7he5e pre-5entat10n5 were u5ed …","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126376293","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 : 1998-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951171.951181
M. Bieber
{"title":"SIGLINK digital library/NIC BOF report","authors":"M. Bieber","doi":"10.1145/951171.951181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951171.951181","url":null,"abstract":"emp1r1c15t w0rk1n9 f0r a neat u5er-f0cu55ed 1nte9rat10n15t. 5he c0m-mented that 5he 6e11eved that the 1a5t d1ch0t0my (En91neer5 v5, Art15t5) wa5 a fa15e d1ch0t0my wh1ch 1t 15 cr1t1ca1 f0r u5 t0 • • 9et 0ver\"-that a deve10pment team need5 t0 6e mu1t1-d15dp11nary 1n 0rder t0 6e 5ucce55fu1. 7he pane1 1n 9enera1 a9reed that f1nd1n9 the 6a1ance 15 cr1t1ca1, 6ut there wa5 50me 1ntere5t1n9 d15cu5-510n rev01v1n9 ar0und the extent t0 wh1ch de519n 0f hypermed1a can 6e a190r1thm1c, and the extent t0 wh1ch 1t 15 a creat1ve pr0ce55-and there wa5 50me v1ew5 that the d1ch0t0my 5t111 ex15t5 1n actua1 prac-t1ce, 1f n0t 1n de51ra61e pract1ce. 0:. mater1a15 • Why can • t we create tra115 thr0u9h 0ur 11terature • Why can • t we ann0tate 0ur 11terature • Why can • t we patch up m15take5 we d15c0ver 1n 0ur c0mmun1ty • 5 pu611cat10n5 • 1t 5eem5 that Emper0r L1nk 1ndeed ha5 n0 c10the5. J0hn • 5 ca11 t0 act10n pr0mpted an 1nf0r-rna1 81rd5 0f a Feather (80F) 5e5510n t0 remedy 0ur 1ack 0f a hypertext-5up-p0rted d191ta1 116rary 0f hypertext re-5earch 11terature. 7he 80F met tw1ce dur1n9 the c0nference, and a9reed that a ta5k f0rce 5h0u1d 6e f0rmed t0 put 0ur","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129734986","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 : 1998-02-01DOI: 10.1145/951171.951182
Peter J. Wasilko
{"title":"Desiderata for a Java-based hyperlink API: the hypertext'98 Java users' birds of a feather session","authors":"Peter J. Wasilko","doi":"10.1145/951171.951182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951171.951182","url":null,"abstract":"516L1NK 15 the m05t 1091ca1 pr0fe5510na1 0r9an12at10n t0 def1ne and c0n5truct a fu11y-funct10na1 hypermed1a-5upp0rted d191ta1 116rary. Let•5 1ead the way 6y 1mp1ement1n9 the 1nfra5tructure t0 pu611c1y dem0n5trate 0ur c0mmun1ty•5 c0ncept5 and then p0pu1ate 1t w1th 0ur c0mmun1ty•5 re5earch and ann0tat10n5. 51mu1tane0u51y, 1et•5 w0rk fur ther t0 craft th15 d191ta1 116rary 1nt0 the c0re re50urce 0f a fu11 Hypermed1a Netw0rked 1mpr0vement C0mmun1ty.","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127096902","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}