Chapt 14: Third-Generation Distributed Hypermeida Systems
14.2 Distributed Hypermedia Systems Definition
What is a distributed hypermedia system?
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Many different hypermedia systems have been described
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A distributed storage model for the hyperdocument database
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A shared hypermedia system to a group of users distributed
on LAN
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Hypermedia access to information repositories that are distributed
over a WAN
Definition for a distributed hypermedia system
in this chapter...
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A distributed hypermedia system provides a group of users
logically transparent access to heterogeneous hypermedia information repositories
that are distributed across local- and wide-area networks
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Minimal access mode is browsing via associative addressing
and authoring
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Other modes could be searching, annotating, and collaborative
access
Important aspects in the design of distributed hypermedia
systems
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Scalability to large amount of multimedia information
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Large numbers of users
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Large numbers of repositories