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Topic: controlled browsing of hypertext

topics > computer science > hypertext > Group: user interface for hypertext



Topic:
browsing with a user interface
Topic:
choice points for a user interface
Topic:
hypertext browser
Topic:
linearization of hypertext
Topic:
Petri net
Topic:
searching hypertext

Summary

Browsing may be controlled to organize the reader's experience of hypertext. For example, the available links may depend on the reader's profile, or pages may be sequenced in depth-first order.

A common idiom is next and previous pointers within a sequence of pages. (cbb 3/07)

Subtopic: how to browse hypertext up

Quote: normal Hypertext does not defining how nodes can be browsed, i.e., browsing semantics [»stotPD12_1988]

Subtopic: petri net controlled browsing, Trellis up

Quote: in Trellis, browsing semantics is based on petri nets [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: map petri nets into hypertext by functions such as logical buttons for each transition [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: a Trellis Hypertext is a petri net of links, user interface components, and mappings between them and the display [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: a marking of a petri net defines the browsing state of a Trellis Hypertext; different initial markings give different browsing patterns [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: a petri net can automatically synchronize multiple displays of Hypertext [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: a petri net allows Hypertext browsing paths with non-adjacent common subsections [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: hide Hypertext elements by associating null elements with the petri net mappings [»stotPD12_1988]
Quote: if timing added to Hypertext petri nets, can implement timed exams and presentations [»stotPD12_1988]

Subtopic: display sequencing up

Quote: Document Presentation System controls display sequencing by a finite state machine
Quote: keywords in the Document Presentation System control display of different parts of a page [»vandA7_1988]
Quote: PROMIS tables for controlling frame display and sequencing, describing entities, documenting facts

Subtopic: multi-media presentations up

Quote: presentation controls for viewing multi-media documents: sequential, simultaneous, independent [»postJB1_1988]

Subtopic: breadth-first search via bookmarks, dog-ears, prefetching up

Quote: use dogears for transient bookmarks and breadth-first traversal; allows prefetching of all interesting pages [»newfD11_1998]
Quote: categorize links for breadth-first search into never seen, visited, pending, and uninteresting (i.e., seen but not selected) [»newfD11_1998]

Subtopic: depth-first search up

Quote: web navigation by depth-first traversal; i.e., hub-and-spoke
[»newfD11_1998]

Related Topics up

Topic: browsing with a user interface (14 items)
Topic: choice points for a user interface (4 items)
Topic: hypertext browser (23 items)
Topic: linearization of hypertext (23 items)
Topic: Petri net (44 items)
Topic: searching hypertext
(17 items)

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