Preface | xiii | |||
Acknowledgments | xvii | |||
Section 1 | Introduction | |||
Chapter 1 | What Is Hypertext? by Emily Berk and Joseph Devlin |
3 | ||
Nodes and Links – The Nuclear Elements of All Hypertexts | 4 | |||
Hypertext Readers, Hypertext Authors | 5 | |||
Navigating the Information Web | 5 | |||
Chapter 2 | Why Hypertext? by Joseph Devlin and Emily Berk |
9 | ||
Chapter 3 | A Hypertext Timeline by Emily Berk and Joseph Devlin |
13 | ||
SECTION II | Types of Hypertexts | |||
Chapter 4 | Text-Only Hypertexts by Emily Berk |
19 | ||
Not every picture is worth a 1000 words! | 19 | |||
Performance | 20 | |||
Economy | 20 | |||
Ease of Development | 21 | |||
Portability | 21 | |||
Chapter 5 | Hypermedia by Oliver Picher, Emily Berk, Joseph Devlin, and Ken Pugh |
23 | ||
Hazards and Rewards of Hypermedia | 24 | |||
The Media of Hypermedia | 27 | |||
Techniques that Make Multimedia Possible | 33 | |||
Introduction to the Design of Hypermedia Applications | 36 | |||
The Unique Challenges of Producing Hypermedia Applications | 39 | |||
Production and Authoring Requirements | 48 | |||
SECTION III | CONVENTIONS FOR WRITERS/READERS OF HYPERTEXT | |||
Chapter 6 | Composing Hypertext: A Discussion for Writing Teachers by John M. Slatin |
55 | ||
Defining Hypertext | 55 | |||
The Goal of Hypertext | 56 | |||
Composing Hypertext | 56 | |||
Chapter 7 | Toward a Paradigm for Reading Hypertexts: Making Nothing Happen in Hypermedia Fiction by Stuart Moulthrop |
65 | ||
Chapter 8 | Selfish Interaction or Subversive Texts and the Multiple Novel by Michael Joyce |
79 | ||
SECTION IV | AUTOMATIC VS. HAND GENERATION | |||
Chapter 9 | Automated Conversion by Rob Riner |
95 | ||
The Decision to Automate | 95 | |||
Detailed Procedures Involved in Conversion | 99 | |||
Detailed Procedures Involved in Conversion | 99 | |||
Open Issues for Translation | 108 | |||
Chapter 10 | Automating the Conversion of Text Into Hypertext by Thomas C. Rearick |
113 | ||
Automation of Text Preprocessing | 114 | |||
Methodologies for Defining Links | 115 | |||
Linking By Direct Manipulation | 116 | |||
Technologies for Computer Assisted Linking | 118 | |||
Alternative Strategies for Improving Productivity | 121 | |||
The SmarText Electronic Document Construction Set | 123 | |||
SGML and the Future of Text-to-Hypertext Conversion | 132 | |||
Example of Automated Link Generation | 133 | |||
SECTION V | DESIGNING HYPERTEXTS | |||
Chapter 11 | Editing to Structure a Reader's Experience by Ben Shneiderman, Charles Kreitzberg, and Emily Berk |
143 | ||
Author’s Goals In Structuring a Hypertext | 144 | |||
Conflict between Physical and Logical Structure | 145 | |||
Description of Hyperties | 145 | |||
Size and Configuration of Nodes | 146 | |||
Links | 152 | |||
Global Structures that Can Help Readers | 155 | |||
Chapter 12 | Structuring Interactive Multimedia Fiction by Geri Gay |
165 | ||
Features of Hypermedia Systems | 166 | |||
Types of Interactivity | 169 | |||
Designing an Interactive Fiction Program | 171 | |||
Design Considerations in the El Avion Hispano Program | 174 | |||
Guidelines | 176 | |||
Chapter 13 | Tools for Designing Hyperdocuments by Franca Garzotto, Paolo Paolini, Daniel Schwabe, and Mark Bernstein |
179 | ||
Authoring in the Large | 180 | |||
Prescriptive Approaches to Structuring Large Hypertexts | 181 | |||
Constructive Approaches to Structuring Large Hypertexts | 184 | |||
A Model-Based Approach | 189 | |||
Examples of Hypertext Modeling | 193 | |||
Chapter 14 | Tools for Authoring Hypertexts by Ernest Perez |
209 | ||
Tools for Authoring Hypertexts | 209 | |||
Text Editors and Word Processors | 210 | |||
Graphic Editing Tools | 211 | |||
Hypertext-Specific Tools | 212 | |||
The Master Plan: A Hypertext Authoring Model | 220 | |||
SECTION VI | LICENSING AND PROTECTION OF ELECTRONICALLY PUBLISHED INFORMATION | |||
Chapter 15 | Intellectual Property and Licensing Concerns by Stephen L. Haynes |
227 | ||
Traditional Intellectual Property Factors | 227 | |||
Intellectual Property Concerns Unique to Hypertext | 232 | |||
Licensing Factors (Author vs. Publisher) | 234 | |||
Looking Ahead | 240 | |||
Chapter 16 | Intellectual Property Issues in Multimedia Productions by Stephen Ian McIntosh |
243 | ||
Text | 243 | |||
Graphics | 245 | |||
Still Photos | 245 | |||
Film and Video | 246 | |||
Music and Sound | 247 | |||
Software | 252 | |||
Talent | 257 | |||
Chapter 17 | Copyright Considerations of Hypertext Producers: Imaging and Document Conversion by Patrice Lyons, Esq. |
259 | ||
Subject Matter of Copyright | 260 | |||
Initial Reproductions | 262 | |||
Digital Conversion Process | 263 | |||
Characteristics of Technology | 263 | |||
Derivative Works | 265 | |||
Moral Rights of Authors | 266 | |||
SECTION VII | ISSUES FOR HYPERTEXT READERS: NAVIGATION IN A NON-LINEAR MEDIUM | |||
Chapter 18 | Navigating in Hypermedia by Geri Gay and Joan Mazur |
271 | ||
Definition of Navigation | 271 | |||
Challenges of Navigating Hypermedia Programs | 272 | |||
Global Navigation of a Program | 272 | |||
Characteristics of Effective Navigational Tools | 275 | |||
Research on Navigational Tools for Hypermedia | 276 | |||
Chapter 19 | The Navigation Problem Reconsidered by Mark Bernstein |
285 | ||
The Navigation Problem | 285 | |||
Does the Navigation Problem Exist? | 287 | |||
The Navigation Problem in Linear Texts | 287 | |||
Distractions and Deceptions | 288 | |||
Deliberate Hypertext Disorientation | 289 | |||
Effective Use of Disorientation | 293 | |||
Chapter 20 | Ordering the Information Graph by H. Van Dyke Parunak |
299 | ||
Why Do We Need To Order the Information Graph? | 300 | |||
How Can We Order the Graph? | 301 | |||
What Kinds of Linkage Patterns Are There and How Are They Useful? | 305 | |||
What Kinds of Link Types Are There and How Are They Useful? | 313 | |||
SECTION VI | INTEGRATING HYPERTEXT WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES | |||
Chapter 21 | Integrating Search and Retrieval with Hypertext by Edward A. Fox, Qi Fan Chen, and Robert K. France |
329 | ||
Necessary Capabilities | 331 | |||
Progress Toward Unified Access | 333 | |||
Previous Work | 338 | |||
CODER | 339 | |||
Recommendations for Integration | 342 | |||
Chapter 22 | Artificial Intelligence and Hypermedia by Alan Littleford |
357 | ||
Intelligent Information Retrieval | 357 | |||
The Complications of Hypermedia | 363 | |||
Artificial Intelligence | 364 | |||
Applying AI to Hypermedia Documentation | 368 | |||
It's Deja Vu All Over Again | 373 | |||
Theory Into Practice-Hyperbase | 373 | |||
Current State of AI and Hypertext | 376 | |||
Computer Aided Document Engineering (CADE) | 376 | |||
SECTION IX | INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH HYPERTEXT | |||
Chapter 23 | Toward Industrial Strength Hypermedia by H. Van Dyke Parunak |
381 | ||
What's the Problem? | 381 | |||
What Does Hypermedia Have To Offer? | 387 | |||
What Will It Take to Solve the Problem? | 389 | |||
Chapter 24 | Knowledge-Domain Interoperability and an Open Hyperdocument System by Douglas C. Engelbart |
397 | ||
Interoperability in an Individual's Knowledge Workshop | 398 | |||
Interoperability in a Group's Knowledge Workshop | 399 | |||
Interoperability Across Time and Space | 400 | |||
Interoperability Across Knowledge Domains | 401 | |||
The Large Matrix Organization | 402 | |||
Some General Assumptions | 407 | |||
Essential Elements of an OHS | 408 | |||
Hyperdocuments In a General Integrated Architecture | 410 | |||
The Interoperable OHS Environment | 410 | |||
The Interoperability Investment | 410 | |||
The OHS Movement | 412 | |||
Chapter 25 | Work Group Automation and Hypertext by Peter M. Benton, and Joseph Devlin |
415 | ||
The 90s-The Decade of Work Group Automation | 415 | |||
History of Networked Hypertext Systems | 416 | |||
Problems and Opportunities Specific To Networked Hypertext | 417 | |||
Examples of Complex Collaborative Efforts | 420 | |||
SECTION X | THE FUTURE OF HYPERTEXT | |||
Chapter 26 | Standards for Hypertext by Joseph Devlin |
437 | ||
Standardizing Content: Borrowing Existing Standards | 438 | |||
User Interface | 441 | |||
Are There Hypertext-Specific Standards? | 441 | |||
Chapter 27 | Breaking Frames: Hyper-Mass Media by John McDaid |
445 | ||
The Media Ecosystem | 446 | |||
What Is Hypernedia? | 446 | |||
So What? | 447 | |||
The Medium Is the Mirage | 448 | |||
The Word and Its World | 449 | |||
The Text Remains the Same | 450 | |||
Hypermedia: Web of Maya or Isis' Net? | 452 | |||
The Potential of Hypermedia Discourse | 455 | |||
Appendix A: Case Studies | 459 | |||
Case 1 Hypertext and Journalism: Towards a New Mass Medium by Wayne MacPhail |
460 | |||
Case 2 ACM’s Hypertext and Hypermedia Publishing Projects by Edward Fox, Bernard Rous, and Gary Marchionini |
465 | |||
Case 3 DaTa Knowledgebase Systems (Deloitte & Touche Accounting & Auditing Knowledgebase Systems) by Bruce I. Winters, Neil Larson, and Anthony Philips |
468 | |||
Case 4 ML INFO-An On-Line Multimedia Information Center by Lily Diaz and Halsey Minor 475 |
460 | |||
Case 5 The Perseus Project by Cynthia J. Bannon |
480 | |||
Case 6 PathMAC: An Alternative Approach to Medical School Education at Cornell School of Medicine by Lily Diaz |
488 | |||
Case 7 Grapevine Described by Robert Campbell and Patricia Hanlon |
493 | |||
Case 8 Guide To Opportunities in Volunteer Archaeology: Case Study on the Use of a Hypertext System in a Museum Exhibit by Catherine Plaisant |
498 | |||
Case 9 Rediscovering Pompeii by Ruth Giellman |
506 | |||
Case 10 Electronic Music Lover’s Companion: An Interactive Guide to Classic Electronic Music by Thom Holmes |
512 | |||
Case 11 If Monks Had Macs … by Brian Thomas |
519 | |||
Case 12 Xanadu by Harold Berk |
524 | |||
Case 13 Storyspace: Hypertext and the Process of Writing by Mark Bernstein |
529 | |||
Appendix B: A Hypertext Glossary by Emily Berk | 535 | |||
Appendix C: Hypertext and Hypermedia: A Selected Bibliography by Terence Harpold | 555 | |||
Index | 573 |