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- HYPDISS V1.0
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- A STUDY OF TRADITIONAL INFORMATION ACCESS MODELS
- APPLIED IN A HYPERTEXT INFORMATION SYSTEM
- ------------------------------------------------
- by
- Ernest Perez
-
- HYPDISS is the MS-DOS hypertext version of my December, 1991,
- dissertation on the topic of hypertext.
-
- It's a pretty basic hypertext document, I've just added obvious
- footnote and appendix hypertext links, to make it decently easy to
- read. There are links from the Table of Contents to various
- subsections, a brief KWOC (Keyword Out of Context) index module, and a
- full text searching utility. Couldn't do much about the style though;
- it's not really a good read. I mean, it *is* a dissertation.
-
- I did not "chunk" the text into the archetypical small, single-topic,
- nodes favored for hypertext. I instead left it pretty much in the
- chapter and section format. This was deliberate. I chose to keep in
- the easily recognizable dissertation format, to keep the linearity of
- the document. I chose to do extensive linking and indexing to exact
- line or string positions in the larger sections. Else, it would not be
- recognizable as a dissertation document.
-
- The runtime hypertext engine is "Hyplus," a MaxThink, Inc. hypertext
- product. It is very similar, albeit more powerful, than their
- memory-resident "HyperRez" version. HyperRez is the program which Peter
- Scott uses for the popular HYTELNET guide to Internet OPAC access.
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- Hyplus trades power features in return for losing the memory-resident
- convenience of HyperRez. It adds features like: selective printing, "mark
- and save" to ASCII text files, easy "bookmarking," fast string-searching
- within displayed text, an online glossary/KWOC index facility, easy display
- of the link trail, and a simple full-text search utility. With Hyplus, you
- can also easily call up your own ASCII editor to use for making notes,
- adding your own links, and other personal customizing of the hypertext
- system.
-
- Unzipped files include READ.ME and HYPDISK.TXT. The first is an
- ASCII text file with instructions for installing and initially using
- the hypertext system. The second is this file.
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-
-
- Cheers,
-
- Ernest Perez
- Senior Consultant
- Access Information Associates
- eperez@utdallas.bitnet