dano@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dan Olson) (03/15/89)
I am currently involved in a project in which we want to make it easier to search a large library of software tools and systems (about 4000 entries) by using hypertext techniques. The idea is to allow someone to find desired s/w without having to know exactly what it is. Being able to browse through hierarchies and follow cross reference links to related items seems to be a possible solution. Since this library already exists in a vanilla database form, there is a potential problem in making all the necessary hypertext links between items. A goal is to come up with some automated linking schemes. One idea is to have a programmable link generator that can be setup to link certain items together when specific conditions are met. -- QUESTIONS -- 1) What hypertext(media) tools are available that like to run on Suns, Macs, and/or, Vaxen? 2) Has anybody worked this kind of problem before (specifically using hypertext to search and browse a s/w library)? 3) What has been done so far that addresses the automatic link generation problem? Personally, I think that automated link generation is an interesting problem and one that needs to be solved if large amounts of existing information are to be hypermedia-ized. Any ideas? dano.
dmcintee@netxcom.UUCP (Dave McIntee) (03/16/89)
In article <2542@ssc-vax.UUCP> dano@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dan Olson) writes: > >I am currently involved in a project in which we want to make it >easier to search a large library of software tools and systems >(about 4000 entries) by using hypertext techniques. The idea is to >allow someone to find desired s/w without having to know exactly >what it is. Being able to browse through hierarchies and follow >cross reference links to related items seems to be a possible solution. > >1) What hypertext(media) tools are available that like to run on > Suns, Macs, and/or, Vaxen? > One interesting approach might be to utilize the Mac HyperCard / Oracle link. With HyperCard's capabilities along with Oracle keeping data on VAX (VMS or UNIX), a very interesting solution could be provided. -- Dave McIntee NetExpress Communications, Inc. Phone: (703)749-2380 1953 Gallows Road, Suite 300 uunet!netxcom!dmcintee Vienna, VA 22180
edrbtsn@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Ed Robertson) (03/20/89)
In article <1171@netxcom.UUCP> dmcintee@netxcom.UUCP (Dave McIntee) writes: > >One interesting approach might be to utilize the Mac HyperCard / >Oracle link. With HyperCard's capabilities along with Oracle keeping >data on VAX (VMS or UNIX), a very interesting solution could be >provided. >-- There is a local company which is doing exactly that: the have built an object oriented interface to Oracle (currently on VMS). Their environment is ment to handle complex objects. They started out doing laboratory instrumentation and have the ability to link experiments into their object environment. They are DOME Software Corp. 655 W Carmel Dr. Suite 151 Carmel, IN 46032 317 573-8100 (I know they are good. They've hired several of our students. :-) )
moineau@lri.lri.fr (Thierry Moineau) (04/04/89)
In `comp.software-eng' (message #1001) dmcintee@netxcom.UUCP wrote: > > In article <2542@ssc-vax.UUCP> dano@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dan Olson) writes: > > > >I am currently involved in a project in which we want to make it > >easier to search a large library of software tools and systems > >(about 4000 entries) by using hypertext techniques. The idea is to > >allow someone to find desired s/w without having to know exactly > >what it is. Being able to browse through hierarchies and follow > >cross reference links to related items seems to be a possible solution. > > > >1) What hypertext(media) tools are available that like to run on > > Suns, Macs, and/or, Vaxen? > > > > One interesting approach might be to utilize the Mac HyperCard / > Oracle link. With HyperCard's capabilities along with Oracle keeping > data on VAX (VMS or UNIX), a very interesting solution could be > provided. > -- > Dave McIntee > NetExpress Communications, Inc. Phone: (703)749-2380 > 1953 Gallows Road, Suite 300 uunet!netxcom!dmcintee > Vienna, VA 22180 >