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KMS: a distributed hypermedia system for managing knowledge in organizations
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Volume 31 ,  Issue 7  (July 1988) table of contents
Pages: 820 - 835  
Year of Publication: 1988
ISSN:0001-0782
Authors
Robert M. Akscyn  Knowledge Systems, Inc., Murrysville, PA
Donald L. McCracken  Knowledge Systems, Inc., Murrysville, PA
Elise A. Yoder  Knowledge Systems, Inc., Murrysville, PA
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Developers of hypermedia systems face many design issues. The design for KMS, a large-scale hypermedia system for collaborative work, seeks improved user productivity through simplicity of the conceptual data model.


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KMS (Knowledge Management System) is a large-scale distributed hypermedia system, an elaboration of the ZOG system developed at Carnegie-Mellon University. KMS is built upon a simple conceptual data model: frames and links. Each frame may contai  more...

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Robert M. Akscyn: colleagues
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Elise A. Yoder: colleagues