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Thymian:
Dies ist das älteste im Archiv von Dejanews.com auffindbare Posting der news-group alt.hypertext.
"Hypertext" ist der Name für Text mit Verknüpfungen ("Links") zu weiteren Texten. Aus der Verknüpfungstechnik ist das WWW entstanden.
Bob Webber:
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Well, rather than rumaging through a half dozen groups looking for
discussion of hypertext, it should be easier to find it in a group
called hypertext.
Recalling, Pamela McCorduck's The Universal Machine, on page 67 there
was a passing reference:
Translations and hypertext are texts connected organically to
other texts, but text can be transmuted into other things,
pictures, for example. In 1984, Brown and M.I.T. were awarded a
total of $3 million between them by the Annenberg/Corporation
for Public Broadcasting Project for an electronic seminar to help
scholars synthesize ideas, no longer hypertext, but hypermedia.
(M.I.T. planned a novel interactive adventure game as a means of
teaching foreign languages.) ...
It would seem that philosophically, the key issue here is what does it
mean to be ``texts connected organically to other texts.''
Practically, I suppose there is the question of what ever happened to
the $3 million? [ :-) ]
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John Gilmore:
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From: g...@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
Subject: Hypertext Usenet
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[I would've cross posted to comp.society.futures but it's a "mod"
group and doesn't allow links to other groups.]
[Apple's Hypercard has more to do with "hype" than with "hypertext".
If you are looking for a hypertext system, look elsewhere. I think
of hypercard as "shell scripts for the Mac".]
Now to the real topic -- the Hypertexting of Usenet. People [in comp.
society.futures] have been proposing various strange character
conbinations to indicate hypertext content. This is pretty silly.
(1) We haven't figured out what kinds of information we want to
convey, so picking a representation is premature.
(2) We already have a representation for the major thing we need
-- document to document links. This is the <messageid@uniquehost>
notation.
Most proposed hypertext systems give the ability to link one piece
of text with another one, down to the character or word level.
Usenet currently only provides this at the article level, but for
the next few years I think that's fine. Current literary references
(citations, bibliographies, footnotes, etc) typically refer to the
page or section level, which is about the same amount of text as
a Usenet article.
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A major problem with turning the Usenet into a hypertext system is
the automated following of links. Let's say I have an article which
references article <1...@hop.toad.com>. I don't have a copy of 1234.
(Maybe it expired, maybe I didn't subscribe to it, maybe it got dropped
by somebody 3 feeds away.) How do I get a copy?
Currently this is all done manually. Though there are large archives
kept at various places, automated retrieval, even if you know the
unique message-ID of the article, is in an infant stage.
Before we start considering how to build the user interfaces and such,
I think we should shore up the infrastructures so that all the data
which is *somewhere* accessible on the network can be gotten without
human intervention. *Then* build mechanisms, beyond the current
References: lines and such, for indexing this information so that you
can go from a desire-for-info-on-widgets to a bunch of article-IDs
to the actual articles.
Ideally I'd like to see a distributed database, updated when any user
does an "s" command to save a copy of an article (if that user & site
are willing for other people to be able to get it from them), that
would allow anybody else to locate and retrieve that article. Hugh
Daniel and Jeff Anton and I sat down and designed a candidate database
setup a month ago, and it may be doable with a year or two of work.
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This is not to say that we should abandon user interface work on the
Usenet; far from it! But the timbers under the net are pretty rotten
for the kind of loads we will want to put on 'em, once we have better
user interfaces.
John
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Thymian:
Gary Perlman:
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From: perl...@cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Perlman)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,cis.hypermedia,comp.cog-eng,comp.human-factors,comp.infosystems,alt.cyberspace,comp.text,misc.writing,alt.hypertext,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: ACM Hypertext'91 Last Call for Posters
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The deadline for poster submission is one month away.
This final call for posters contains more answers to
commonly asked questions.
===============================================================================
A C M H y p e r t e x t ' 9 1
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San Antonio, Texas
Sunday December 15 to Wednesday December 18, 1991
===============================================================================
POSTER SUBMISSION INFORMATION
(please circulate and post)
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Submission Deadline: POSTMARKED by August 25, 1991
Contents of this File:
[1] GOALS
[2] SELECTION CRITERIA
[3] SUBMISSION FORMAT
[4] SUBMIT TO
[5] LIMITS
[6] ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Hypertext'91 is an international research conference on hypertext. The ACM
Hypertext Conference occurs in the United States every second year in
alternation with ECHT, the European Conference on Hypertext. Hypertext
systems provide computer support for locating, gathering, annotating, and
organizing information. Hypertext systems are being designed for
information collections of diverse material in heterogeneous media, hence
the alternate name, hypermedia.
Hypertext is by nature multi-disciplinary, involving researchers in many
fields, including computer science, cognitive science, rhetoric, and
education, as well as many application domains. This conference will
interest a broad spectrum of professionals in these fields ranging from
theoreticians through behavioral researchers to systems researchers and
application developers. The conference will offer technical events in a
variety of formats as well as guest speakers and opportunities for
information special interest groups.
Poster presentations will allow researchers to present late-breaking results,
significant work in progress, or work that is best presented in conversation.
Poster sessions let conference attendees exchange ideas one-on-one with authors
and let authors discuss their work in more detail than in a paper presentation.
[1] GOALS =====================================================================
Posters will be accepted much later than papers and will provide an opportunity
to present and get feedback on new or developing ideas. System developers
might want to contact Amy Pearl (pe...@eng.sun.com, 415-960-1300) about
submitting a demonstration proposal instead or in addition to a poster.
[2] SELECTION CRITERIA ========================================================
Posters will be reviewed by a panel of subject-matter experts and will be
selected on the basis of their contribution to research or practice.
[3] SUBMISSION FORMAT =========================================================
Submit a cover page with:
* title of the proposed poster
* name and affiliation of the author(s)
* complete contact information (including phone, fax, and email)
for one contact person to whom correspondence will be addressed
Also submit an extended abstract of at most two typewritten pages describing:
* the problem,
* what was done, and
* why the work is important.
Graphic displays can be appended to the two-page limit.
Electronic submission is preferred. Include a "Subject:" line in the form:
Subject: HT91 POSTER: title of your proposed poster
[4] SUBMIT TO =================================================================
Gary Perlman
Department of Computer and Information Science
Room 228, Bolz Hall
The Ohio State University
2036 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1277 USA
Email: perl...@cis.ohio-state.edu
Phone: 614-292-2566
Fax: 614-292-9021
[5] LIMITS ====================================================================
* Because of the interactive nature of poster presentations,
only one submission will be accepted per author.
* All submissions must be postmarked by August 25, 1991.
Overseas submissions should consider express mail if submitting late;
sometimes, overseas mail takes more than two weeks.
* There is a limit of two typewritten pages for submissions.
Figures can be appended to these pages.
[6] ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS =======================================
Q: When will the posters be displayed?
A: Posters will be displayed almost all the time during the conference,
from Monday Morning at 8:30am until 2:00pm Wednesday afternoon.
There will be a two-hour block of time dedicated to the
posters and demonstrations during Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Poster presenters and demonstrators will be expected to have
someone available to answer questions during those periods,
although it would be useful to be available at other times.
Q: Will the posters be published as part of the proceedings?
A: No, but abstracts of the posters will be available at the conference.
Posters will be technical "presentations" but not "publications".
Some posters might make good papers for the SIGLINK newsletter,
or other outlets.
Q: How many posters will be accepted?
A: The program and conference committees have allocated space for 25-40.
The actual number accepted will not exceed the larger number, but we
will not feel compelled to accept posters to fill the space.
We want to have high quality posters as part of the technical program.
Q: How will the posters be displayed?
A: Several large meeting rooms have been reserved in the conference hotel.
The conference committee and the posters chair have taken special
care to provide ample room for people to walk through the posters.
Each poster will be provided with a cork-board, table, and chair.
cork board: 8' x 4' (2.44 m x 1.22 m)
table: 8 x 15" (2.44 m x 0.38 m)
chair: 4 legs (.004 kilolegs)
Pushpins will be provided, but electrical outlets will not.
Q: What about distribution of papers/articles?
A: It is a good idea to bring a printed summary of your work
for people to pick up. Preprints have a tendency to disappear
in large numbers. I suggest you bring about 200, and that
you put them out in stages.
A similar number of business cards might also be useful,
but you can put contact information on your paper.
Keep a signup sheet on your table to get the names of people
who were interested in your work. Place a box for their cards.
--
Name: Gary Perlman | Computer and Information Science Department
Email: perl...@cis.ohio-state.edu | Ohio State University, 228 Bolz Hall
Phone: 614-292-2566 | 2036 Neil Avenue Mall
Fax: 614-785-9837 or 292-9021 | Columbus, OH 43210-1277 USA
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Thymian:
Nari Kannan:
kan...@ardor.enet.dec.com
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From: kan...@ardor.enet.dec.com (Nari Kannan)
Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
Subject: Qualifiers on Hypertext links...
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Is anyone reading this newsgroup aware of research or development efforts in
the
following areas:
1. Hypertext links enabling retrieval from multiple heterogenous sources of
information?
2. "Qualified Hypertext LInks" -- By this I mean attaching semantic
information to the links
themselves and retrieval using this to cut down on links that get
followed.
Any information would be appreciated
Thanks
Nari
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Tim Berners-Lee:
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From: timbl@info .cern.ch (Tim Berners-Lee)
Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
Subject: Re: Qualifiers on Hypertext links...
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In article <1991Aug2.115...@ardor.enet.dec.com> kan...@ardor.enet.dec.com (Nari
Kannan) writes:
>
> Is anyone reading this newsgroup aware of research or development efforts
in
> the
> following areas:
>
> 1. Hypertext links enabling retrieval from multiple heterogeneous sources
of
> information?
The WorldWideWeb (WWW) project aims to allow links to be made to any
information anywhere. The address format includes an access method
(=namespace), and for most name spaces a hostname and some sort of path.
We have a prototype hypertext editor for the NeXT, and a browser for line mode
terminals which runs on almost anything. These can access files either locally,
NFS mounted, or via anonymous FTP. They can also go out using a simple protocol
(HTTP) to a server which interprets some other data and returns equivalent
hypertext files. For example, we have a server running on our mainframe
(http://cernvm.cern.ch/FIND in WWW syntax) which makes all the CERN computer
center documentation available. The HTTP protocol allows for a keyword search
on an index, which generates a list of matching documents as annother virtual
hypertext document.
If you're interested in using the code, mail me. It's very prototype, but
available by anonymous FTP from info.cern.ch. It's copyright CERN but free
distribution and use is not normally a problem.
The NeXTstep editor can also browse news. If you are using it to read this,
then click on this: <http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html> to find
out more about the project. We haven't put the news access into the line mode
browser yet.
We also have code for a hypertext server. You can use this to make files
available (like anonymous FTP but faster because it only uses one connection).
You can also hack it to take a hypertext address and generate a virtual
hypertext document from any other data you have - database, live data etc. It's
just a question of generating plain text or SGML (ugh! but standard) mark-up on
the fly. The browsers then parse it on the fly.
The WWW project was started to allow high energy physicists to share data,
news, and documentation. We are very interested in spreading the web to other
areas, and having gateway servers for other data. Collaborators welcome! I'll
post a short summary as a separate article.
Tim Berners-Lee ti...@info.cern.ch
World Wide Web project Tel: +41(22)767 3755
CERN Fax: +41(22)767 7155
1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland (usual disclaimer)
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Tim Berners-Lee:
timbl@info .cern.ch
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From: timbl@info .cern.ch (Tim Berners-Lee)
Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
Subject: WorldWideWeb: Summary
Keywords: heterogeneous hypertext, web, source, protocol, index, information retrieval
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In article <6...@cernvax.cern.ch> I promised to post a short summary of the
WorldWideWeb project. Mail me with any queries.
WorldWideWeb - Executive Summary
The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to
make an easy but powerful global information system.
The project started with the philosophy that much academic information should
be freely available to anyone. It aims to allow information sharing within
internationally dispersed teams, and the dissemination of information by
support groups.
Reader view
The WWW world consists of documents, and links. Indexes are special documents
which, rather than being read, may be searched. The result of such a search is
another ("virtual") document containing links to the documents found. A simple
protocol ("HTTP") is used to allow a browser program to request a keyword
search by a remote information server.
The web contains documents in many formats. Those documents which are
hypertext, (real or virtual) contain links to other documents, or places
within documents. All documents, whether real, virtual or indexes, look similar
to the reader and are contained within the same addressing scheme.
To follow a link, a reader clicks with a mouse (or types in a number if he or
she has no mouse). To search and index, a reader gives keywords (or other
search criteria). These are the only operations necessary to access the entire
world of data.
Information provider view
The WWW browsers can access many existing data systems via existing protocols
(FTP, NNTP) or via HTTP and a gateway. In this way, the critical mass of data
is quickly exceeded, and the increasing use of the system by readers and
information suppliers encourage each other.
Making a web is as simple as writing a few SGML files which point to your
existing data. Making it public involves running the FTP or HTTP daemon, and
making at least one link into your web from another. In fact, any file
available by anonymous FTP can be immediately linked into a web. The very small
start-up effort is designed to allow small contributions. At the other end of
the scale, large information providers may provide an HTTP server with full
text or keyword indexing.
The WWW model gets over the frustrating incompatibilities of data format
between suppliers and reader by allowing negotiation of format between a smart
browser and a smart server. This should provide a basis for extension into
multimedia, and allow those who share application standards to make full use of
them across the web.
This summary does not describe the many exciting possibilities opened up by the
WWW project, such as efficient document caching. the reduction of redundant
out-of-date copies, and the use of knowledge daemons. There is more
information in the online project documentation, including some background on
hypertext and many technical notes.
Try it
A prototype (very alpha test) simple line mode browser is currently available
in source form from node info.cern.ch [currently 128.141.201.74] as
/pub/WWW/WWWLineMode_0.9.tar.Z.
Also available is a hypertext editor for the NeXT using the NeXTStep graphical
user interface, and a skeleton server daemon.
Documentation is readable using www (Plain text of the instalation instructions
is included in the tar file!). Document
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
is as good a place to start as any. Note these coordinates may change with
later releases.
_________________________________________________________________
Tim Berners-Lee Tel: +41(22)767 3755
WorldWideWeb project Fax: +41(22)767 7155
C.E.R.N. email: t...@cernvax.cern.ch
1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
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