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Intersect - Introduction ( Paper )
InterSect (Hitchock and Wang, 1992] is a prototype hypertext system designed to meet the requirements of complex documentation environments. It differs from conventional hypertext systems in that its nodes can behave like records in a database, as well as participating in normal hypertext links. This helps to overcome some of the problems, such as getting lost in hyperspace, exhibited by first and second generation hypertext systems. Title:Formal approach to hypertext system based on object-oriented database system Authors:Hitchcock, P.; Wang, B. Affiliation:Dept. of Comput. Sci., York Univ., Heslington, UK Journal: Information and Software Technology Vol: 34 Iss: 9 p. 573-92 Date: Sept. 1992 Country of Publication: UK ISSN: 0950-5849 CODEN: ISOTE7 CCC: 0950-5849/92/090573-20$3.00 Language:English Treatment:Practical Abstract:InterSect is a prototype hypertext system designed to meet the requirements of complex documentation environments. It differs from conventional hypertext systems in that its nodes can behave like records in a database, as well as participating in normal hypertext links. This helps to overcome some of the problems, such as getting lost in hyperspace, exhibited by first-generation hypertext systems. The object-oriented database DAMOKLES is used in the prototype. The paper describes the use of the formal language Z to specify the InterSect system. (9 Refs.) Classification: C6160J (Object-oriented databases); C6110B (Software engineering techniques); C6140D (High level languages); C6160Z (Other DBMS) Thesaurus: Formal specification; Hypermedia; Object-oriented databases; Specification languages Free Terms: Z language; Formal specification language; InterSect; Hypertext system; Documentation environments; Hypertext links; Hyperspace; Object-oriented database; DAMOKLES Doc Type: Conference Paper Title:InterSect: a general purpose hypertext system based on an object oriented database Authors:Wang, B.; Hitchcock, P. Affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., York Univ., UK Conf. Title:DEXA 91. Database and Expert Systems Applications. Proceedings of the International Conference p. 459-64 Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien, Austria Date: 1991 xii+570 pp. Country of Publication: Austria Language:English Conf. Date: 21-23 Aug. 1991 Conf. Loc: Berlin, Germany Treatment:Practical Abstract: Most complicated documentation maintenance environments require sophisticated computer support systems for maintaining relationships between document types and document instances.Unfortunately, existing approaches are not sufficient to achieve this aim. Hypertext technology gives one the possibility to easily browse document contents but it lacks a mechanism for declaring the overall structure of the document and its relationships. Database management systems can model complex real world situations, but do not have the single coherent interface to the database. This paper proposes a general hypertext-based documentation support system, InterSect, which uses an object oriented database as an information repository to support both the definition and manipulation of complex document structures. This prototype provides both hypertext and database views of documents, together with a versioning mechanism driven by a user defined schema for the overall document structure. (9 Refs.) Classification: C6160J (Object-oriented databases) Thesaurus: Data handling; Hypermedia; Information retrieval; Object-oriented databases Free Terms: Document browsing; Documentation maintenance environments; Hypertext-based documentation support system; InterSect; Object oriented database; Information repository; Views; Versioning mechanism; User defined schema