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- THE PURPOSE AND AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM
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- THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM
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- What you are reading is a screen from a demonstration
- hypertext network created for Sensory Spectrum,
- Inc. In general, this hypertext system was
- constructed for the purpose of showing the value
- and utility of a relatively new form of information
- access technology. In particular, it was
- constructed to prototype a possible solution to an
- information access problem this firm was
- experiencing.
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- Staff of this company had, over years, collected
- articles and clippings on information related to
- their business. These were filed away in cabinets.
- The filing system was cumbersome and it was very
- difficult to access information from the the files
- when it was needed. We suggested that the filed
- articles to be first abstracted and assigned a
- unique accession number. This number would be
- recorded on the document itself and it would be be
- listed in an ASCII file with its abstract. The
- articles would thus not have to be filed in special
- order; they would only have to be filed or refiled
- in numerical order.
-
- The next step was for us to create abstracts of
- articles, which we would then hypertext. With this
- done, staff could easily locate relevant information
- with the hypertext system, and, on the basis of
- information found, quickly pull the actual article
- from the file cabinet using the unique accession
- number listed in the hypertext abstract, which
- corresponds with the number recorded on the filed
- article.
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- - For more information on what hypertext is, see
- <3A263B>
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- Since this is merely a demonstration hypertext
- network, its total size is small. Hence the
- information hypertexted is based on a total of ten
- abstracts of articles in the field of the study of
- the human senses in connection to food technology,
- marketing, flavorings, and related issues. There
- are approximately 500 - 600 links and 400 - 500
- nodes in this network, but a much larger network of
- thousands upon thousands links and nodes can be
- constructed or added to this one. <3A263A TERMS>
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- THE AUTHOR OF THIS HYPERTEXT NETWORK
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- Clifford Urr constructed this hypertext
- demonstration network and wrote the article
- abstracts which appeared in it under contract to
- Sensory Spectrum, Inc. Mr. Urr has a Master's
- of Library Science (M.L.S.) degree from Rutgers
- University, and has a background in reference
- librarianship. He also has extensive experience in
- constructing hypertext knowledgebases.
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- Mr. Urr would be glad to hear any comments on, or
- constructive criticisms of, this hypertext network.
- See below for contact information:
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- Address: 689 Marr Drive
- Warrenton, V.A. 22186
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- Using the "mail" command, you can also reach him on the
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- ALIX BBS at: 202-707-9656
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- On Bitnet, full address is:
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- cliffu@well.uucp.bitnet
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- MCI Mail access is:
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- 459-3708 (MCI ID.) or JMA or Clifford Urr
- Or call -
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- Voice Phone: 703-620-9504
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- He is also available to construct (on a contractual
- basis) new hypertext knowledgebases on almost any
- subject.