Abstraction mechanisms in hypertext

ABSTRACT

Abstraction is the means by which information can be stored and retrieved from an information structure at different levels of detail and from different perspectives. As such, abstraction mechanisms in hypertext are interesting to evaluate from a theoretical perspective as they become various first-order logic formulae.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

Additional Classification:
  E. Data

  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING

General Terms:
Design, Theory