EXTERNAL ANCHORING FOR WIDE-AREA NETWORK SUPPORT: THE RHYTHM PROJECT

Cesare Maioli, Stefano Sola and Fabio Vitali ()
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Cesare Maioli: Dept. of Mathematics, University of Bologna P.zza di Porta Zamboni 5, I-40121 Bologna BO—, Italy
Stefano Sola: CIRFID, University of Bologna Via Galliera 3, I-40126 Bologna BO—, Italy
Fabio Vitali: CIRFID, University of Bologna Via Galliera 3, I-40126 Bologna BO—, Italy

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1994, vol. 05, issue 05, 769-783

Abstract: A major step in future hypertext systems, will be that of providing some of the interactivity characteristics of small scale centralised collaborative hypertext systems to larger scale, widely distributed ones such as WWW. Particularly important, as often asserted, is allowing free linking to all users, which may pose severe scale problems unless specific design decisions are taken. One design that is completely scalable is storing links’ anchors cxternally of the nodes they refer to and obtaining correctly updated information by relying on automatic versioning for all nodes. The RHYTHM hypertext system is a highly distributable hypertext system based on this premise. It provides free link, annotation, inclusion and customisation facilities to all users, creating an integrated environment for public and private document. Modularity and expandability in the services provided to the users is also an important part of the RHYTHM project, whose approach is based on allowing additional managers to be included in the client application in order to carry out specific tasks or handle specific data types.

Keywords: Distributed Hypertext Systems; Versioning Support; Collaborative Hypertext Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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