Dynamic views of SGML tagged documents

ABSTRACT

Product information is more frequently being delivered as hypertext webs or documents because of the availability of the World-Wide Web and the associated communications infrastructure. However, this type of document with its large number of files and hyperlinks can become very complex and present significant usability problems for the creator, maintainer and user. Because of this complexity it becomes extremely difficult to implement and maintain dynamic views of a document, a supposed advantage of a hyperlinked structure. In this paper we analyze some of the causes for these usability issues, and then describe some approaches that are being used to make significant improvements to this situation.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation

          Nouns: SGML

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.7 Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement
          Subjects: Documentation

  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.3 Languages

          Nouns: SQL
      H.2.4 Systems
          Subjects: Relational databases

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Languages, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
SGML, SQL, World-Wide Web, XML, documentation, dynamic views, hyperlinks, relational databases, tagging languages, usability