These documents were at one point Design Issues notes, but have either become obolete, or less relevant, or been overtaken by events, or just abandoned.
This lists decisions to be made in the design or
selection of a hypermedia information system. It assumes
familiarity with the concept of hypertext. A summary of
the uses of hypertext systems is followed by a list of
features which may or may not be available. Some of the
points appear in the Comms ACM July 88 articles on
various hypertext systems. Some points were discussed
also at ECHT90 .
Tentative answers to some design decisions from the CERN
perspective are included.
Here are the criteria and features to be considered:
These are the three important issues which require agreement between systems which can work together
Other historical notes which are not otherwise referenced in this overview: |
Other historical notes